An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather early on Monday. Four bodies were recovered as a search for survivors began. The Boeing 737-800, heading for Addis Ababa, disappeared off the radar some five minutes after taking off at 2:37 a.m.
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. Japanese… Oriental pleasures… a reminiscence, a book and a recipe, with wine to match… and special nights at the Hilton… Years ago, when I was planning my first visit to Japan, my hosts informed me that in the week I would be there, Wednesday was a public holiday; what would I like to do?
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Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat will begin today the second round of intensive talks in the context of the ongoing UN-led negotiations for the solution of the Cyprus problem. The intensive round is being held at the official residence of UNFICYP Chief of Mission in the UN Protected Area.
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Total registrations of motor vehicles during 2009 decreased by 25.7% to 50,291, of which 23,333 new and 26,958 used, from 67,722 vehicles in 2008, according to a report issued today by the Statistical Service of Cyprus. According to the Statistical Service, the registration of private saloon cars decreased to 36,252 from 49,100 in 2008 recording
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. – Impotence of int’l community to address crisis – Ships carry 90% of world trade The Cyprus Shipping Chamber has expressed its deepening frustration at the seeming impotence of the international community to address the continuing piracy crisis in the Indian Ocean, with around 1,500 seafarers and 50 ships having so far been taken
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. The government’s ambition to embark on a grand national-building programme could get the ruling party and, in effect, the capital’s mayor in deep trouble over plans to build a skyscraper in the already overcrowded Old GSP area where traffic congestion is getting worse. New high-rises are already going up and the taxpayer will dish
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Civil servants pensions 3 times higher The Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEV) wants the Minister of Finance to call an urgent meeting of all interested parties to deal with the worsening economy and find ways to spur development. OEV chairman Andreas Pittas said that the government’s development plan had only reached half of the implementation
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A new airline is to operate out of Glasgow following the collapse of Flyglobespan, it has been announced. Kiss Flights, which operates from eight UK airports outside Scotland, will be offering 12 summer routes to Mediterranean destinations from April. They include Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey. A spokesman said flights will be operated on
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The Cyprus government has embarked on investment road shows abroad in order to raise more than EUR 1 bln in new money to plug the widening deficit and before the economic data of Cyprus worsen any further. The road shows, which started in Brussels, will continue in Zurich and Frankfurt and are informative in nature
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Cyprus income tax receipts tumbled by 14% year-on-year to EUR 1.84 bln in 2009 from EUR 2.15 bln in 2008, according to the Inland Revenue Department, creating a gap of EUR 310.5 mln. The income tax gap of EUR 310.5 mln, when added with the EUR 265 mln shortfall from indirect taxes for 2009, takes
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