PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday sought to play down expectations as he flew out to Paris where he is to meet with UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan in talks to test the water for a resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus problem.
TURKISH Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat was in an Istanbul hospital yesterday for major heart surgery after tests showed he was suffering from a blocked artery.
THE HOUSE Watchdog Committee convened extraordinarily yesterday to pore over a disputed deal between the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) and subscriber channel LTV.
NO MORE bureaucracy and waiting in long queues at the Road Transport Department for the renewal of road tax and a number of other activities, such as the issuing of MOT and car registration, with the Department putting its services onto the internet.
MEP MARIOS Matsakis yesterday appeared in a Nicosia court charged with compounding a felony and corruption in connection with allegations that he offered to change his pathologist’s report in a case involving the shooting of a drug suspect.
He denied both charges.
A 28-YEAR-old man from Bangladesh was found bleeding on the side of the road on Limassol’s coastal strip on Sunday night. He had been injured in the face with a sharp object during a brawl between a group of Sri Lankans and Bangladeshis, police said.
THE BANK of Cyprus, the country’s largest financial group, made 88 per cent more after-tax profit in 2005 and said cost containment, a growing market for consumer credit and an improvement in net interest margins would boost profits further in 2006.
PHYSICAL Education lessons were yesterday cancelled at primary and secondary schools due to increased dust concentration levels in the atmosphere, following advice from Labour Ministry inspectors.
MORE than 800 people took part in a demonstration on Sunday demanding the immediate enforcement of the European Directive allowing legal immigrants from third countries to gaining residency rights after completing five years on the island.
The protest was organised by the Movement for Equality, Support and Antiracism (KISA).
SPECULATION about today’s meeting in Paris between President Papadopoulos and UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan has been rife. Ever since the meeting was fixed, politicians and media pundits have been contributing to the speculation, which has confused rather than enlightened.
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