MARCH 21 was fixed yesterday as the date for the much-anticipated meeting between President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, as both sides jockeyed for position with jibes about the other’s commitment to progress.
HOPES for a swift opening of the crossing at Ledra Street grew yesterday when Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou said significant progress had been made during a meeting with the Turkish Cypriot side.
A MEETING is due to take place at a technical level in an attempt to settle problems between Nicosia and Brussels over the implementation of the financial aid package to the Turkish Cypriots.
FOREIGN Minister and former EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou is bothered by the amount of smoking that goes on in political circles in Cyprus, according to the Financial Times.
PRIVATE mobile phone operators MTN yesterday announced the launch of mobile broadband, through the provision of their 3.5G service – the first such technology available in Cyprus.
The new 3.5G is an enhancement to the third generation (3G) technology, which offers faster mobile internet access speeds, allowing users to download data up to five times faster than with 3G.
THE ISRAELI embassy in Nicosia said yesterday it did not recognise the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the north, but said nothing about preventing the opening of a ‘TRNC’ office in Tel Aviv.
The embassy was responding to reports that the Turkish Cypriots were planning to open a trade office in Israel.
ANIMAL grazers yesterday gathered outside Limassol Port to prevent the entry into the country of approximately 1,000 animals imported from Bulgaria via Pireaus Port.
The protesters say the imports jeopardise the sustainability of the local market, and claim they are of low quality and do not meet regulations.
IT’S 3.5 metres long, 1.4 metres wide and weighs 350 kilograms.
These are the measurements of the shark caught in Latsi in the Paphos district yesterday morning.
The Mayor of Polis Chrysochous Angelos Georgiou said that, “the shark is a species which lives in the open sea.”
THE ordeal of Russian land developer Viacheslav Shimkevich, who was kidnapped on Tuesday noon, came to an end early yesterday.
Shimkevich was set free after a 12-hour nightmare which saw the 60-year-old being psychologically, but not physically, abused.
According to police, the kidnapping appears to be an all-Russian affair, fuelled by financial motives.
THE CHAIRMAN of the House Commerce Committee yesterday expressed his concern over the absence of a Competition Commissioner.
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