CYPRUS Airways (CY) chairman Constantinos Loizides last night stopped short of saying he had gambled and lost when the board decided to issue redundancy letters to 22 pursers in violation of labour laws, which led to a two-day strike.
Sir,
As a child growing up in England in the 70’s, board games were a big part of our play time, apart from the usual candidates like Monopoly, Scrabble and Cluedo, I also owned a game called “Go For Broke” by MB games. It was not a very popular game but it was a Christmas present from someone I cannot recall right now, and it was dragged out of the wardrobe occasionally.
Sir,
I am writing to you in the hope this makes you realise the problem we are having getting to your lovely Island of Cyprus!
ANGRY wheat growers gathered with their tractors across the island yesterday lunchtime bringing heavy traffic to a standstill in some areas after leaving a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture Timis Efthymiou unsatisfied with the Ministry’s subsidy offer which fell almost £3million short of their demands.
Dire consequences for local industry unless we form an action plan
CYPRUS can not currently compete on price in the tourism sector and even if numbers go up, revenue will continue to decline, CTO Director of Tourism Lefkos Phylactides said yesterday.
Wilton Park delivers solid recommendations in conclusions
THE CONTROVERSIAL Wilton Park Conference, slammed as biased by the Greek Cypriot side last month, has recommended Turkey withdraw all forces from the areas which would revert to Greek Cypriot control under a settlement based on the Annan plan.
PETER Millett has been appointed British High Commissioner to Cyprus to replace Lyn Parker, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service.
Millett, 50, entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office back in 1974 and has worked in a number of positions in Caracas, Doha, Brussels and Athens.
HEAD of the meteorological service Kyriacos Theophilou said yesterday the cloud of atmospheric dust plaguing Cyprus the last few days should disappear today.
Dust levels in the atmosphere were expected to subside from yesterday afternoon and return to normal levels today as a result of a change in the wind direction, according to Theophilou.
THE TURKISH Cypriot ‘council of ministers’ passed a motion on Tuesday, further opening up the north to imports from the Republic.
The move comes in response to a recent broadening of the Green Line regulation, a mechanism put in place after Cyprus joined the EU last May allowing Turkish Cypriots limited access to markets in the south.
HEALTH Minister Andreas Gavrielides yesterday made the opening of the new Nicosia General Hospital before the end of the year a personal target of his.
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