WHILE NO countries have been short on thanks to Cyprus for its participation in the mass evacuation effort of nationals out of Lebanon, there has been only a limited response until now to Cyprus’ plea for additional planes and to the opening of other countries’ borders to refugees.
AS OF YESTERDAY morning over 35,000 foreigners had arrived in Cyprus from Lebanon since the start of the Israeli offensive, according to Communications and Works Minister Harris Thrassou.
Thrassou said that only 15,000-20,000 of those passengers had departed over the same period.
Red Cross puts out an appeal for supplies and volunteers
WITH 10,000 evacuees arriving every day at several ports in Cyprus, the Red Cross is doing everything in its power to help and accommodate all these refugees who are fleeing Lebanon for their safety.
RENEWED efforts are under way to open a long-awaited crossing between the Turkish and Greek Cypriot sectors of central Nicosia at Ledra Street, it emerged yesterday.
POLICE are on the lookout for culprits that bombed the house of a man who is key witness in an attempted murder trial in Limassol.
The witness, Yiannakis Christodoulou, aka Foxis, was not home at the time, because he is being guarded at an unknown location somewhere in Nicosia.
A NICOSIA man was in court yesterday on suspicion of having molested and attempting to rape his 12-year-old stepdaughter.
Judge Charalambos Charalambous remanded the suspect for five days in light of the preliminary police investigations and the seriousness of the charges, which are likely to be brought against him on the basis of witness statements.
U.S. SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice stopped over at Larnaca Airport yesterday, on her way to the Middle East for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
Twenty minutes after she arrived on the island from Ireland at 12.28pm, she left on an American military helicopter accompanied by another two choppers.
THE TURKISH Cypriot authorities said yesterday they and north Cyprus-based shipping companies have joined in efforts to evacuate victims of the ongoing conflict in Lebanon, and have so far been instrumental in helping with the evacuation of around 3,000 people from the war-torn capital.
GREEK dairy group, Delta Holdings, yesterday said it has reached a preliminary agreement to buy 45.8 per cent of Christies Dairies for 30 cents per share from the Shacolas group.
Delta said the non-binding deal, based on a letter of intent, is subject to due diligence and permission from regulatory authorities.
CYPRUS HAS come under serious fire from the European Commission, which has threatened us with legal measures if the government does not rid itself of dangerous substances that are posing a serious threat to the ozone layer.
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