Cyprus News

Hampshire Police have quietly dropped a case against Chris Christofi  for failing to display a tax disc. Chris found a penalty notice on his vehicle issued by a “Special” Police Officer (or “plastic bobby” as some people unkindly refer to them) last winter following a visit to Pe

After the grant by the Cyprus Government of a new year reprieve for many homeowners who have not yet issued proceedings against the banks in Cyprus -with the extension of the limitation period in Cyprus to December 2014 – a new phenomenon has appeared for the new year – pe

PRESS RELEASE Following on from recent articles on the Christofi Law website regarding Alpha Bank proposals sent to various clients of Christofi Law, people  with foreign currency loans in Cyprus have been contacting Christofi Law to share information on proposals they have received f

The proposal  made to a number of account holders by Alpha Bank ( including a number of clients of Christofi Law) ) to consider the possibility of restructuring and writing off part of the loans made to those clients raises a number of issues for those unsure what to do about the prop

A number of Christofi Law Clients have received letters from Alpha Bank, headed “without prejudice”, offering to restructure their loans. The bank writes that it does so because of the “global crisis” and the proposal is intended to assist its customers either to continue to pay off t

The views of Chris Christofi and Christofi Law are mentioned and considered  in the House of Commons Library in articles under the “International Affairs and Defence Section”  relating to Cyprus. The House of Commons Library is a facility to assist Government , Ministers of

…well, 1 Parliament Street actually. Chris Christofi was in Westminster  on 15 May meeting among others David Lidington Minister for Europe, the British High Commissioner in Cyprus, Mathew Kidd  and Bill Cash MP , the founder of the rather cumbersome sounding  All Party

Cyprus lawyers, facing a hard time and devoid of any work from their chums the developers and bankers, have started to tout for business from British homebuyers. In an act of  what some might say is outrageous impudence, many Cypriot  lawyers suddenly profess themselves to b

You know that sinking feeling, when an official looking letter drops through your door from what looks like a firm of solicitors, demanding that you pay up some money to someone or other . There is usually slip at the bottom of the letter touting countless Visa and Mastercard logos an