PROXIMITY TALKS for the settlement of the Cyprus problem could start as soon as tomorrow after both sides last night handed their replies to the United Nations outlining the points they wished to change in the solution plan.
THE NATIONAL Council will not be accompanying the President to the European summit in Copenhagen, House president Demetris Christofias said yesterday.
Speaking after a meeting with party leaders and representatives, Christofias said party leaders would not be going to Copenhagen, where the European Union would be taking its final decisions concerning enlargement.
ISRAEL YESTERDAY issued a flight-ban threat to Cyprus, which was later withdrawn after the two countries agreed to negotiate on Israel’s concerns over security at Larnaca Airport.
THE ONGOING dispute between Exxon-Mobil and BP airport staff over provisions in a collective agreement regarding pension and redundancy pay rises has yet to be resolved, as workers yesterday went ahead with a 48-hour strike at Larnaca and Paphos airports.
EXPLORATORY digging is underway at Alaminos village in the Larnaca district to locate and identify the bodies of Turkish Cypriots killed in a gun battle with the Greek Cypriot National Guard on July 20, 1974.
A NEW state-of-the art Highway Management system funded entirely by the European Union is expected to be operational by May 2004, Communications Minister Averoff Neophytou said yesterday.
Speaking at the presentation of a study carried out by a Greek and German company, Neophytou said works began in September at an estimated cost of _485,050.
THE HOUSE yesterday unanimously ratified the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines.
IF YOU want your Christmas cards delivered on time, get them posted no later than December 18, a senior postal service official said yesterday. Any later than that and they will end up arriving after Christmas Day.
AROUND 100 pupils of a Limassol high school yesterday blocked the entrance to their school protesting against the United Nations plan for the settlement of the Cyprus problem.
CYPRUS Airways (CY) said yesterday that four of its flights had been affected by a 24-hour strike by Greek air traffic controllers.
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.
