Frou Frou announces interest in Coca Cola
GREEK Coca Cola’s 100 per cent bid for the Lanitis Bros soft-drinks empire ran into trouble yesterday when local food manufacturer Frou Frou said it was also considering entering the race to buy up the long-established Cypriot company.
The media might stand accused of hype but the sheer proportion of delinquency incidents in schools begs attention
THE PAPHOS municipality yesterday undertook the initiative of organising a conference to discuss the matter of underage antisocial behaviour. Education Ministry representatives, organised parents’ unions, teachers and police were all in attendance.
FIFTEEN people were rushed to hospital yesterday after suffering chlorine poisoning. Miraculously, none of those affected was seriously harmed.
Negotiators agree on keeping provident fund
CYPRUS Airways (CY) management and unions yesterday inched closer towards breaking the deadlock over a controversial restructuring plan for the debt-ridden airline.
THE LABOUR Ministry yesterday announced three plans, which aim at easing the lives of people with special needs in Cypriot society.
The first two plans fall within the Labour Department’s duties and involve the provision of motives for the employment of disabled people in the private sector.
Families of Helios victims call for investigation results
THE HELIOS victims’ relatives committee yesterday called on President Tassos Papadopoulos to immediately assemble a committee to investigate the air disaster of August 14.
Couple create Christmas wonderland for charity
AN ENGLISH couple and their friend have created a Christmas and New Year’s Park in their gardens in Kitio to raise money for charity.
New plan to exploit island’s estimates £1bn in copper resources
MOST of the copper of Cyprus has yet to be found, with an exploration company set up on the island to search for the metal.
THE TWO sides have agreed that as of December 27, the Zodhia crossing point will be closed for six weeks for infrastructural work, the UNFICYP announced yesterday.
A statement said that as anticipated in August this year, the buffer zone road between the two crocking points would undergo necessary road works as required under EU transportation standards.
Can the British method help to stamp out hooliganism?
OFFICIALS FROM the police, government and football clubs will travel to England in January in an effort to get advice from experts on how to beat the problem of violence at football grounds on the island once and for all.
But will the trip be successful or is Cypriot football in a downward spiral?
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