PEACE talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots are unlikely to resume before 2008, Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Serdar Denktash said yesterday, adding to the growing gloom over international efforts to solve the decades-old problem which now threatens Turkey’s EU bid.
Sir,
My mother purchased a property from a developer over three years ago, and, even though her contract had stated that completion would be 18 months, it is now only finally being completed.
Nothing new here, as this is Cyprus and we all know exactly what such contracts are worth.
AN EMBITTERED government yesterday expressed dissatisfaction at UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan’s stated intention to bring back to the surface a May 2004 report that was critical of Greek Cypriots’ stance in the referendum and that called for the partial lifting of the northern regime’s isolation.
CONSUMERS are likely to welcome the Central Bank’s decision to lower interest rates. But with the excitement, comes the danger, according to many analysts who are warning people not to fall into misleading interest rate offers from banks.
THE government has received the green light from the Attorney-general and foreign legal firms to sign a deal with an investor for the upgrade of the island’s two airports, Communications Minister Harris Thrasou said yesterday.
And this, irrespective of the European Commission’s inquiries into the deal, the minister said.
A MEETING of the ministers of justice and communications, the police and the civil aviation authority will on Monday look into the major security breach at Larnaca airport on Wednesday when a man managed to drive his car onto the taxiway, causing chaos along the way.
The 29-year-old man, who is suffering from mental problems, was arrested after a 20-minute chase amid the aircraft.
SOME 30,000 tourists from China are expected to flood into the island according to the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism George Lillikas.
THE government’s decision to appoint the former director of the Electricity Authority (EAC) to look into the £9.2 million missing from the authority’s pension fund yesterday raised eyebrows, despite official assurances that the investigation would be objective.
THE EUROPEAN Union will rubber-stamp an agreement with Turkey on Monday expanding their customs union to the 10 new EU member states in a key step towards opening membership talks with Ankara in October.
THE STARS are shining once more in Paphos today and tomorrow as they take clubs in hand to take part in the ‘Legends of Sport’ golf tournament.
The aim of the tournament is to raise money for the Red Cross in Cyprus, while a Charity Raffle/Auction will be held and all proceeds donated to the Red Cross.
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