DOCKERS have warned of industrial action, including strikes, as part of a Europe-wide trade union campaign against a proposed EU Directive on the liberalisation of port services.

UNIONS and management at Cyprus Airways (CY) are expected to give their answers today to a Labour Ministry proposal to save the company, but until late last night the unions were far from happy.

TWO doctors were charged yesterday in connection with the death of a 10-year-old boy who was being treated at the Makarios children hospital in Nicosia.

BISHOP Chrysostomos of Kiti yesterday joined his Paphos counterpart in warning political parties to stay out of the elections for the new Archbishop.

“As parties do not want clerics to intervene in their election campaigns so they have to respect the Church,” Chrysostomos said.

A GROUP of Bangladeshi men found themselves forced to leave their home last night after part of the wall of the mud brick house they rented in Nicosia’s old town came crashing down.

The outer wall of the old house on Alexiou Kominou Street collapsed at around 3pm yesterday, exposing a bedroom and bathroom to the elements.

THE CYPRUS Hypermarket Association yesterday confirmed that the majority of hypermarkets which had violated their closing hours at the weekend had been fined.
Fifty hypermarkets, including Demos, E&S, Papantoniou, Chris Cash & Carry, Orphanides, Olympic, Sarris and SYK Anemos hypermarkets, stayed open from 7am to 7pm on Saturday and from 9am to 3pm on Sunday.

YOU flip open the mailbox and reach inside, pick up the letters and bills and other junk. Pretty straightforward, right? What you don’t know, though, is that your mail has been fitted with an inconspicuous microchip.

Sorry to disappoint the conspiracy theory buffs out there, but, no, this is not some new government scheme to invade your privacy and spy on you.

ANOTHER two teenagers lost their lives on the road at the weekend when their car veered out of control and crashed into concrete wall, before hitting a post-box. Three other youngsters in the car were being treated in hospital for injuries but were out of danger.

PHILELEFTHEROS: “EU chides Turkey” The paper’s lead story focused on the EU’s call on Turkey to refrain from trying to impede Cyprus’ membership in various international organisations. Reportedly the issue came up during a discussion at the International Immigration Organisation; until recently, Ankara had observer status, but wanted to become a full member.