LAW COMMISSIONER and President of Ethnopad, the National Organisation for the Protection of Human Rights, Leda Koursoumba yesterday warned of the fine line between terrorist fears and racism after two Pakistani men were kicked off a Larnaca-Manchester flight last week.
THE NEW country manager of Arab Bank in Cyprus, Sami Makarem, said yesterday no decision had been taken yet on the future of the bank in Cyprus.
Makarem was commenting on reports at the weekend saying the bank had decided to continue operations in Cyprus despite a deadlock in negotiations on the redundancy packages of a number of staff.
THE TRADE Ministry announced yesterday that it was revamping its economic policies in an effort to attract more foreign investment.
FUEL prices fell yesterday at Petrolina stations across the island, bringing some relief to consumers but also evoking complaints, this time from petrol station owners, who are complaining that Petrolina executives did not inform them after announcing lower their prices.
FATHER Spiridonas Demosthenous, the priest of Ayios Demetrios church in Acropolis, remained in critical condition last night after being shot by the church’s 78-year old neighbour, Georgios Loizou.
The priest remains at the neurosurgical unit at Nicosia General Hospital and is being kept alive by a life-support machine.
CYPRIOT UEFA Cup contenders Anorthosis Famagusta got a nasty scare during their preparations in Sicily ahead of their game with Palermo tonight after being told they would be sued for making insulting comments against the Sicilian club.
A CHARTER flight taking British tourists back to Manchester was cancelled last Sunday after passengers panicked about the presence of two Pakistanis, whom they suspected to be terrorists. These suspicions grew after one of the two Pakistanis ad spent 10 minutes in the toilet before take-off.
WHILE most attention on the recent air crash in Kolossi has focussed on the pilots, little concern has been shown for the people affected on the ground, all of whom are seriously traumatized by the incident.
DIFFERENCES between EU member states on their response to Turkey’s statement that it does not recognise Cyprus have been narrowed, according to a European diplomat, despite the fact that agreement on the counter-declaration was not reached in yesterday’s meeting of permanent representatives (COREPER).
FRANCE said the text presented yesterday as a response to Ankara was probably the best that could be achieved, and that it expected Cyprus to go along with it.
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