Turks offer to dismantle controversial bridge, but ask Greeks to remove ‘offensive’ signs
THE TURKISH Cypriot Nicosia Municipality said yesterday it was willing to remove the bridge it has built at the Ledra Street barricade, as long as the Greek Cypriot side reciprocated by removing “offensive” signs at the proposed new crossing and the one at Ledra Palace.
DISCUSSIONS are under way between Cyprus Airways (CY) and the government for the potential acquisition of the national carrier’s charter subsidiary Eurocypria.
The news emerged in a brief announcement made to the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) on the eve of a deadline for CY’s unions to accept or reject a restructuring plan.
TWO MORE women yesterday reported being attacked by a masked man, bringing police enquiries back to square one as a man arrested on Wednesday was ruled out as a suspect for a series of rapes and sexual assaults across Nicosia.
THE government defended the police yesterday for obstructing the potato farmers as they descended upon the Presidential Palace and for arresting them after they blocked the road at the Rizoelias roundabout, calling the move “completely justified”.
The potato farmers plan to again head towards the Presidential Palace today, but this time in pickup trucks, not tractors.
RESPONSIBILITIES for the August 14 Helios crash in Greece that killed all 121 passengers on board will soon be meted out, as the investigation into the crash nears its final stages.
THE GOVERNMENT said yesterday it would study in depth the latest declassified documents from the British Foreign Office, which concern US attitudes to Turkey following the invasion.
“What is published does not throw further light on what we already knew about the period referred to,” said Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides.
“THE CONSTITUTION says I can park wherever I want!” This was the astonishing statement made by DISY deputy George Tasou at the potato farmers’ protest at the Rizoelia roundabout on Wednesday.
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