NORWEGIAN research teams exploring for hydrocarbons off the island’s south coast will complete their work within the next few days, President Demetris Christofias said yesterday.
Christofias, speaking at a news conference at the close of his Athens visit, made it clear that the intimidation by Turkish navy vessels would not stop the exploration.
THOUSANDS of Cyprus Airways (CY) passengers will face flight delays of up to five hours on Monday due to a four-hour strike by pilots.
Late yesterday CY issued a new timetable under a contingency plan but the majority of flights have been postponed until after midday on Monday when the strike ends.
AWARD-WINNING architect Zaha Hadid has defended her controversial plans to remodel the heart of Nicosia.
Nicosia Mayor Eleni Mavrou was in London on Thursday night to present plans for the redesign of the capital’s historic focal point, Eleftheria Square, along with the project’s architect Zaha Hadid.
EOKA fighters are outraged over plans by Britons living in the north to erect a memorial to the 371 British soldiers killed during the Cypriot struggle for independence.
According to the website of the ‘Friends of the Cyprus Memorial’, a memorial is to be erected in the old British cemetery at Kyrenia to mark the 50th anniversary of “the ending of the Cyprus Emergency”.
LIMASSOL Municipal Council yesterday rejected a request from the Grivas Digenis Foundation to create a museum and exhibition space on the site of the existing memorial to the EOKA leader on the street that bears his name in Limassol.
THE FRENCH Embassy in Mumbai has informed the Republic of Cyprus that they are co-ordinating evacuations for anyone wishing to leave the country, with a direct flight from Mumbai to Paris, Cypriot High Commissioner in India, Andreas Zenonos, said yesterday.
THE PROMOTION of alternative tourism sectors such as eco-tourism and agrotourism is the focus of a new CTO project.
The CTO and the Ministry of Commerce organised an alternative tourism information day in Limassol yesterday, where they reiterated their commitment to developing alternative tourism as a priority for Cyprus’ tourism strategy.
A POLICE sergeant has been suspended in Paphos following a complaint of theft made by a Sri Lankan woman.
The 35-year-old told police that following a visit by immigration officers, she discovered a large amount of cash had been stolen from her Paphos apartment.
ONE third of the annual budget of Peyia municipality is being spent on the local football team, caught up in the middle of a drugs doping scandal.
APOP Kinyras Peyia has been in the spotlight this week amid claims of positive drug testing.
THE ASSOCIATION of Private Teaching Institutions (SIFK) said yesterday their intention was not to cast aspersions on public school teachers, but simply to uphold the law in their drive to clamp down on illegal private lessons after school hours
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