Sir,
As an English woman married to a British Cypriot and for the past 38 years we have been more than regular visitors to the island. However, our experience at the airport last Wednesday can only be described at best as ludicrous and at worst absolutely appalling.
Sir,
Last week, a gentleman wrote in about rubbish in Oriklini area. I have the same complaint, but regarding the beaches of Protaras.
I’m Russian and have lived here for five years. We have a holiday apartment in Protaras – a very nice place with its beautiful beaches, and we really enjoy spending our weekends there.
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos and other politicians yesterday called the fire a tragedy and a catastrophe and focused on what would need to be done to help those who sustained damage to their property.
THEY HAVE called it the greatest ever fire in Cyprus.
The government has labelled it as an ecological disaster of “gigantic proportions”. Authorities have not even begun counting the cost of the blaze and authorities are claiming it will take decades to restore the mountain area to its former glory.
WITH THE euro set to become the island’s new currency on January 1 next year, how will we pay for the things that we take for granted on a daily basis in the days immediately after the changeover?
TWO Eurocypria flights were forced to return to Larnaca with technical problems within 12 hours of each other on Friday evening and yesterday.
The Eurocypria Dublin flight was one and a half hours into its flight on Friday after leaving Larnaca at 8pm when the pilot announced there was a technical problem and he would be returning to base.
HERE’S a useful tip for those wanting to travel out or into Cyprus this summer.
Avoid Wednesdays and Sundays.
It is a known fact that the island’s two international airports at Larnaca and Paphos hit panic stations on the same two days of the week.
And the biggest question is why can nobody do anything about it?
ON WEDNESDAY, workers at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) went ahead with a strike they had been threatening with for weeks, to protest the government’s plans for an offshore unit to process liquid natural gas (LNG).
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