TURKEY YESTERDAY warned Lebanon and Egypt not to go ahead with deals on oil and gas exploration with Cyprus, claiming Ankara and the Turkish Cypriots had rights in the region.
A statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry said the Cyprus government had no right to sign international agreements and warned that the issue might negatively affect the resolution of the Cyprus issue.
AT ONE fell swoop, the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday threw out Marfin Popular Bank’s takeover bid for the Bank of Cyprus, saying it was in contravention of stock market procedure, and gave the nod to Piraeus’ rival offer for Marfin.
BRITISH AIRWAYS yesterday operated its full flying programme after a strike by cabin crew strike was called off at the last minute.
The two-day strike, officially announced last week, had been scheduled for yesterday and today.
British Airways in Cyprus said travellers had been informed that the strike was off by email, as well as press and trade announcements.
THE HOUSE Commerce Committee yesterday called on the government to speed up proceedings to inform the public on the introduction of the euro in Cyprus next January.
PHOTIS PHOTIOU yesterday asked the EU to intervene and support the member states that are facing the negative consequences of drought, adding that the government, as part of its water policy, is planning and implementing desalination and water recycling projects.
THE EUROPEAN Union’s health chief will seek a “comprehensive ban” on smoking in public places across the group’s 27 countries, he said yesterday.
ISRAELI NATIONAL carrier El Al Israel Airlines said yesterday it was discontinuing flights to Turkey and Cyprus from the end of next month.
El Al runs three weekly flights to Istanbul and Larnaca and plans to cancel the service from March 1, it said in a statement.
TWO-THIRDS of all Electricity Authority (EAC) staff will hold a two hour stoppage next week to protest the semi-government organisation’s delay in implementing their collective agreements.
A NICOSIA COURT found two men guilty yesterday of creating a public disturbance, following a brawl in 2004.
Jordanian national Feres Alsadek Hamzeh and Palestinian national Jihad Abdoi Samer had been charged by State Prosecutor Margarita Avraamidou of brawling and causing public affray after they were arrested back in March 2004 in central Nicosia.
TWO GREEK pop stars were in a Nicosia Court yesterday after a lawsuit was filed against them by a popular Nicosia club owner.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
