TURKEY will not be allowed to open its chapter on Transport during accession negotiations unless it opens its ports and airports to Cypriot traffic, EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot said yesterday.
THE BRITISH Foreign Secretary and EU Council president is expected to refer to the need for Turkey to implement the Protocol extending its customs union to all 25 member states during the start of accession talks on October 3.
TWO MORE people have lost their lives on the roads over the weekend, bringing the death toll up to 71 for the year.
At 1.50am on Sunday morning, 22-year-old Andreas Sazeides was riding his motorbike in Makedonitissa, Nicosia, when he hit the pavement and was dragged 60 metres down the road before hitting a parked car.
SATURDAY’S controversial APOEL-Apollon football match at the GSP stadium in Nicosia was marred by violence both inside and outside the ground.
Six people were injured, including two policemen, with three arrests being made.
ATTORNEY-General Petros Clerides yesterday reacted angrily to comments by Justice Minister Doros Theodorou regarding charges brought against two Drug Squad officers.
THE THREE candidates for the October 9 by-election for the Armenian Representative to the House of Representatives yesterday submitted their candidacies to the election service.
CYPRUS Airways (CY) chairman Lazaros Savvides yesterday presented the airline’s new strategic plan to a crucial meeting of the board of directors.
THE CONSUMERS’ Association yesterday accused the government over the discovery of spoiled ham circulating on the market.
NATIONAL Heart Day on Sunday marked the beginning of the annual ‘Heart Week’.
Starting yesterday and ending on Friday, it will include a series of events aimed at enlightening the public on serious issues concerning heart and brain conditions.
THE situation for the major municipalities in Cyprus is going continuously downhill due to the desperate economic crisis they are facing.
Loan debts alone amount to £98.1million, with the municipality of Limassol being in the deepest waters, owing £46.1 million.
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