IN A further twist, the Mayor of Paphos yesterday overruled a council decision to open the seafront road to traffic.
Savvas Vergas had attended a protest on Poseidonos Avenue late on Thursday afternoon, which was being held by those opposed to allowing vehicle access to the road.
DESPITE THE new airport shuttle bus service recording booming trade, residents and tourists in the Famagusta region are perplexed as to why they have been excluded from the scheme.
As it was announced yesterday that airport buses from Nicosia, Paphos and Limassol had been used by more than 20,000 people, questions have again been raised as to why Ayia Napa was left out.
MORE than 20,000 travellers, locals and foreigners, have used buses for transportation to and from the airports of Larnaca and Paphos since July 14 when the service made its maiden journey.
Communications Minister Nicos Nicolaides said yesterday the figures were proof that society needed this measure, adding that “this proves that Cypriots can and want to use public transport”.
THE ULTIMATE collapse of the direct talks was the prediction prevalent among many Greek Cypriot politicians yesterday, who viewed the statements made by Turkish leader Mehmet Ali Talat over the past few days with great pessimism.
THE ELECTRICITY Authority of Cyprus (EAC) paid €7.5 million for internal combustion units it rented earlier this summer to enhance the production of power.
THE EUROPEAN parliament has called on the Commission to ban the use of cloned animals in the food chain.
Citing reduced genetic diversity among other concerns, the EP went ahead and adopted the relevant resolution with 622 votes in favour, 32 against and 25 abstentions.
A SEARCH and rescue team had to be sent out to locate a 28-year-old British woman who lost her way while hiking in the Paphos district, police said yesterday.
The woman went missing at around 2pm on Thursday while she was in the Tsada area in the Paphos district.
A 22-YEAR-OLD murder suspect was arrested during a sting operation at Paphos airport yesterday afternoon, reports said.
The suspect, wanted by German authorities, was arrested during the undercover operation when he went to the operation to collect a relative.
MORE than two in three of the world’s population tuned in to watch last month’s Olympic Games in Beijing, according to global information and media company Nielsen.
THE MARCH FOR PEACE last Monday marked a significant milestone in the pursuit for a common movement in Cyprus. What brought us all together was Peace Day, which takes on a special significance in Cyprus, given that we have all been living under conditions of suspended cease-fire since 1974.
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