CYPRUS Airways could be heading for a “big crisis” if pilots decide to escalate strike measures, the airline’s spokesman warned yesterday.
The pilots are striking for five hours today, from 10am to 3pm, during which they will hold a general assembly to discuss the next steps.
MEMBERS of the International Airline Carriers Association (IACA) will continue refusing to pay what they say are exorbitant fees to airport operator Hermes, lawyers for the organisation said yesterday.
A MAN who repeatedly sexually abused his underage niece was yesterday jailed for six years by the Nicosia Criminal Court.
The 45-year-old was found guilty of the 18 charges, nine related to sexual offences against a minor and the remaining nine relating to indecent assault offences under the Violence in the Family Act.
THE Supreme Court has turned down an appeal by the Attorney-general for a heavier sentence on a man found in possession of child pornography.
The initial court decision last year imposed a £1,000 on the 45-year-old man.
The AG’s office appealed the decision, seeking tougher sentencing based on the maximum penalties allowed for such crimes, a 10-year prison sentence or £25,000 fine.
A POLICE officer was injured yesterday after being run over by a car driven by a group of suspects he had moved in to arrest.
The police officer had gone to the Lakatamia area of Nicosia after it was reported that a group of people were in the area selling fake jewellery.
A MUNDANE dispute over a staff promotion at the English School has had the unforeseen consequence of turning the institution’s legal status on its head.
THIRTY-three years after the Turkish invasion of 1974, the state and church yesterday united to condemn the continuing occupation and to honour those who died during the war.
Archbishop Chrysostomos held a memorial service at Phaneromeni Church in Nicosia and called for the withdrawal of Turkish forces, the return of refugees to their homes and the location of the missing persons.
Thraki had been painting since early childhood but did not begin exhibiting her work until 1980, after which she received numerous awards and honours, including the Grand Prix from The Jagotina Museum of Yugoslavia in 1994 & 1995,and the Gold Badge in 1999 for her Cultural Services to the Serbian State.
THE government expects to grant licences for renewable power generation in the autumn in an attempt to meet European Union commitments on switching to cleaner energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources Minister Fotis Fotiou said yesterday.
Fotiou also said the authorities would look at making it compulsory that “clean” energy be used on public projects.
THIS year, there have been more fires in southern Europe than ever before. It’s easy to say it’s the fault of global warming. True, it’s hot. True, the countryside is tinder dry. True, water resources are at their lowest; but apart from lightning strikes, fires don’t just start without our negligence.
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.
