Travel agents telling people to rebook with BA Cyprus Airways pilots resisted pressure on Monday to call off their planned four-hour strike on Thursday February 9, arguing that the government’s stance is “not good for the airline”. Both the major trade unions SEK and PEO appealed to the Cyprus Airways pilots on Monday to suspend
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After about two years of waiting, Turkish Cypriots trying to trade across the Green Line will finally get licences to transport their goods over by truck, in the face of stiff resistance from Greek Cypriot truckers, who are threatening strike action. Government Spokesman George Lillikas said the government decided to grant Turkish Cypriots the licences,
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The Cyprus government has called for all five permanent members of the UN Security Council to get involved in the intractable Cyprus problem. Government Spokesman George Lillikas said, “Any UN initiative which we expect or look forward to and we are ready to support, must include the five permanent members of the Security Council and
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Government Spokesman George Lillikas said here Monday that the government will make representations over a documentary by Euronews TV channel, which referred to the illegal regime and to a profit making estate agent selling Greek Cypriot properties in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus. The Spokesman said the report was tendentious and there was no
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A drop in US unemployment combined with rising wages have fuelled expectations of another interest-rate rise by the US Federal Reserve at its next meeting in March. Ben Bernanke took over from long-serving US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan On February 1. Rates, currently at 4.5%, could rise another two times this year by 25
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Cyprus and Ireland have agreed to promote cooperation on issues concerning overseas development assistance, an official press release said, adding that the agreement was the result of contacts a Cypriot delegation chaired by Cyprus Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Sotos Zackheos held in Dublin between January 20 and February 1. Cooperation will concentrate on training in
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