By George Psyllides THE GOVERNMENT Spokesman yesterday launched a scorching attack against a high-ranking state attorney who has, according to Michalis Papapetrou, repeatedly published insults
ABDUCTED Greek Cypriot contractor Panicos Tsiakourmas yesterday met President Glafcos Clerides to thank the government for its efforts in having him released from prison in the north.
Speaking after the meeting, Tsiakourmas told reporters of his plans to file an application to the European Court of Human Rights against Turkey for his abduction last year.
DETAILS of a near air miss involving a tourist flight on its way to Cyprus were disclosed yesterday in an accident report.
A missed call to climb to a higher altitude led to the mid-air “near disaster” involving an F-15 military fighter and a Britannia holiday jet on its way to Paphos carrying 234 passengers.
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday expressed sympathy at the death of coup president Nicos Sampson, but stopped short of any gesture forgiving him for his part in the 1974 coup that triggered Turkey’s invasion.
AN UNNAMED organisation in the north has threatened to take action over the jailing of Turkish Cypriot drugs smuggler Omer Tekogul.
THE Chairman of the State Fair Authority, Jacovos Dimitriou, said yesterday that over 150,000 people were expected to visit the 26th Cyprus International Fair.
The Fair is to be held from May 18-27 at the International Fair Grounds, between 6 and 11pm during the week and Sundays and 6pm and midnight on Saturdays.
THE OWNER of MaxDATA Holdings Ltd was yesterday re-remanded in custody for eight days on suspicion of using £680,000 of investors’ money for personal purposes.
HOTEL workers in Limassol came out on a two-hour strike yesterday morning to protest against two hotels they say are violating agreements on working conditions.
The strike, which affected hotels between 10am and midday, was organised by left-wing workers’ union PEO and its right-wing equivalent, SEK.
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