Hoteliers make their case to officials
GERMAN tourists complain twice as much about their holidays in Cyprus than they do about their visits to Greece and Turkey, chairman of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO), Panos Englezos, said yesterday.
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As a frequent visitor to Larnaca, I know the problems that exist at the airport. However, the chaotic scenes as I checked in on Wednesday afternoon for a flight to Newcastle were something else. The queues at check-in were a headache as the baggage conveyor broke down, the queue for passport control backed 10 metres out into the check in hall and I waited an hour.
A 19-YEAR-OLD Ukrainian boy was yesterday fighting for his life at Nicosia general hospital after he was run over by another teen driver, police said.
The accident occurred at around 10.40pm in Limassol when, under circumstances being investigated, an 18-year-old in a double cabin vehicle crashed into the youth’s motorbike and fled the scene.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES yesterday said they have initiated a comprehensive spraying campaign to control the excessive number of mosquitoes currently being seen across the island.
The capital seems to have been hardest hit, with the hungry insects driving dozens of residents to doctors and pharmacists over the holiday weekend.
A POWWOW today between President Tassos Papadopoulos and communist leader Demetris Christofias could decide the outcome of next year’s elections.
Though both men have played down the high-level meeting, calling it part of their regular contacts, it is almost a given that the 2008 vote will be the top item on the agenda.
THE UNITED Nations Forces In Cyprus (UNFICYP) yesterday paid tribute to 172 of its members who lost their lives over the last 43 years while serving in Cyprus as part of its ceremony to mark International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
THE AUTHORITIES have announced a crackdown on people illegally keeping animals in their back yards.
The Paphos Municipality alone has received over 100 complaints over the past three months from people unhappy over what they claim is excess noise and poor hygiene from neighbours keeping poultry, sheep and rabbits in their gardens.
UN report highlights asylum seekers’ struggle in Cyprus
ASYLUM SEEKERS in Cyprus are forced to wait up to four months for financial assistance even though they are not allowed to work in the meantime, a report issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said yesterday.
Defence rests case in double murder trial
THE DEFENCE lawyer of a man accused of killing his wife and her lover in August last year yesterday closed his case in the trial.
The next court proceeding in the marathon trial will be the summing up of the defence and the prosecution.
POLICE yesterday reminded the public of the fines for dog owners who left their pets to roam the streets.
The warning came after the injury of a 14-year-old Limassol girl who fell after she was chased by a large, stray dog over the long weekend.
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