CTO in talks with easyJet and Ryanair
THE CYPRUS Tourism Organisation (CTO) has been given the green light from the EU to offer support to new airlines in order to entice them to fly to the island.
The move, which has been in the pipeline since last year, is part of a strategic plan to bring in more visitors to boost the flagging tourism industry.
CLOSE to 20,000 people are said to have gone through the Ledra Street crossing since it opened last Thursday, the majority on Saturday and Sunday.
LEDRA Street saw a massive surge in business over the weekend, but not everyone got a share of the pie, and shopkeepers said it was too soon to say the street would return to its glory days.
The notion that business was booming on Ledra Street following last week’s opening of the checkpoint was only partially true, Greek Cypriot shopkeepers said yesterday.
TRADERS in the Arasta area at Turkish Cypriot end of Ledra Street can hardly believe the change in their fortunes since the opening of the new crossing in central Nicosia last Thursday.
UN UNDER-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe yesterday met Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyiannis in Athens as part of his round of contacts to evaluate the Cyprus issue.
Pascoe, who was on the island last week, will be in Ankara today to continue his talks and from there he will travel to Brussels, a UN spokesman said.
DISABUSE yourself of any false beliefs you may have about plastic bags being harmful to the environment: they’re the best solution we have.
This was yesterday’s message given by the Association of Plastic Manufacturers at the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
A 28-YEAR-old man drug addict died on Sunday evening in Paphos after inhaling liquid gas from a gas canister.
The victim was Michalis Neophytou, a repatriated Cypriot, who was living in Paphos.
THE HEALTH Ministry is looking at ways to tackle an increase in medical conditions resulting from severe weather caused by climate change.
Health Minister Christos Patsalides spoke of increasing concerns at a news conference to mark this years World Health Day, dedicated to the protection of Health from Climate Change.
THE SHOWSTOPPER of last Saturday’s Easter egg auction at the Chocolate Workshop in Platres will be on display until Easter and those interested can still make a bid for it.
The egg is on its way to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records as the most expensive chocolate Easter egg ever made.
BETTER co-ordination between the services involved in putting out forest fires is the order of the season this summer.
Interior Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis presided a meeting attended by representatives of those involved for the purpose of a more effective handling of the island’s perennial summer problem.
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