HOTEL workers are planning a two-hour demonstration in Limassol on May 10 to protest against working conditions they say fall below trade union standards.
The unions say the Limassol strike could be the first on a series of industrial actions across the national tourism sector if hoteliers continue to ignore their demands for better treatment.
GREEK Cypriots in north London are being wooed by a joint operation between the British Labour Party and ruling Greek Socialist party, PASOK, to keep north London constituencies voting left in Britain’s general elections, expected in June.
AN International conference studying the true dimensions of crime in Cyprus and look at ways of combating it was opened last night at Cyprus University.
The conference, “Ways of dealing with crime in Cyprus: a comparative approach”, is organised by the Justice Ministry and the university and will finish this evening.
THE RELEASE of Greek Cypriot contractor Panicos Tsiakourmas from the north has opened the way for the possible release of convicted drugs smuggler Omer Tekogul, who was jailed for ten years last month.
ELENI Tsiakourmas, 78, was buried at a Larnaca cemetery yesterday afternoon, a day after her son Panicos was released from a Turkish Cypriot jail following his abduction last December from the British bases.
FRENCH Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine wrapped up a two-day official visit to the island yesterday, expressing support for Cyprus’ EU candidacy whether or not the two sides reach a settlement over the Cyprus problem.
AN EXTENSIVE report into the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) has recommended partial privatisation and liberalisation of its operating framework as “essential” to the bourse staying competitive on a global level.
THE ATTORNEY-general yesterday ruled there would be no criminal investigation against DIKO vice-chairman Nicos Pittokopitis and other officials at the Paphos co-op involved in a loans scandal.
“There is no call for a further investigation in the form of a criminal investigation,” Alecos Markides said in a statement released yesterday afternoon.
A NICOSIA man is standing as a candidate for the forthcoming parliamentary elections in a bid to attract protest votes from disaffected voters.
Costas Tsangarides’ yesterday launched his campaign under the motto: ‘Turn your blank vote into a voice of protest’.
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