THE CYPRUS Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) is optimistic that the House of Representatives will approve its plans to overhaul the way it charges for calls, which could come into affect by the end of October this year.
HARSHER penalties for traffic violations are set to be passed by the House of Representatives next week, with police insisting they will help save lives on the island’s roads.
MOST Cypriot motorists favour the expected increases in fines for not wearing seat belts or helmets and using a mobile phone whilst driving, according to an informal poll carried out by the Cyprus Mail in Nicosia yesterday.
PETROL pump prices could go up this evening if the government feels it has secured enough support for its compromise fuel prices package.
COMMUNICATIONS Minister Averoff Neophytou yesterday issued a stark warning to the island’s port workers: accept change or have change forced upon you.
The Minister said local ports were "sinking" and the government was not about to let port workers’ refusal to change work practices stand in the way of its rescue package.
Jean Christou
CYPRUS Airways (CY) pilots union Pasipy will begin elections today to appoint a new executive committee, but the agreement giving them promotions in Eurocypria is expected to stand.
LOCAL authorities have responsibility for battling any fires breaking out more than 13 kilometres from a fire station, but possess no fire-fighting equipment whatsoever.
THE FORESTRY Department yesterday warned there was a high risk of forest fires because of consistent high temperatures in recent days.
In a written statement, the department urged the public to be extra careful, especially in forest areas.
The penalty for causing a fire is one year in jail, or £1,000 fine, or both.
THE STOCKMARKET emerged 0.7 per cent weaker yesterday on generally flat-footed trading, which chipped away points from most sectors.
The bourse lacked sparkle as it limply moved in a thin range of 10 points, settling at 492.09 and on traded value of £33.4 million pounds.
THE spat over the allegations of a ‘paramilitary’ group operating in the National Guard picked up speed yesterday with Akel and Disy exchanging bitter accusations alluding back to the 1974 coup.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
