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Stansted flights
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By
Patrick Dewhurst Cyprus mail Published on October
25, 2011
Cyprus
Airways (CY) has
announced the resumption of flights from Larnaca to London Stansted on
December 19 in light of
passengers’ demand.
Flights
will run from Larnaca
to Stansted Airport every Monday and Thursday
morning, with more
flights
planned for the summer.
The airline
also announced
that from October 30, it will operate flights to Heathrow Airport at more convenient and
competitive hours,
with early
morning flights moved from 5.00 am
departures (local time) to 10.05 am.
From
October 30, CY will
operate two daily flights to Heathrow Airport from Larnaca, one in the
morning and one in
the
afternoon. The morning flight (CY346) will depart from Larnaca at 10.05
(local
time) and will arrive in London at 13.05.
The return flight (CY347) will depart from London at 14.25 (GMT) and will
arrive to Larnaca at
21.05.
The
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- Heathrow departs from Larnaca at 17.45 (local time). The return
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The new modern bus terminal
at Nicosia’s Solomou Square has opened. The
€4.85m construction
project took 12 months
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Ayia
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top in EU
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Nov 04, 2011
Ayia Napa
and Protaras beaches
ranked among the top European beaches at a voting, carried out by a
well-known
European tourism website “Trip Advisor”. Ayia Napa
beaches
rank first and
Protaras beaches third among the beaches of Europe.
Twenty-three beaches of Ayia
Napa and Protaras were awarded the Blue Flag, something that proves the
high
standard of quality of those beaches, Secretary of the Famagusta
Chamber of
Commerce and Industry Iacovos Hadjivarnavas has said.
Speaking to CNA,
Hadjivarnavas
said that approximately the one third of the tourists visit Cyprus, stay at a hotel in the
region of Famagusta.
The main reasons that the
tourists choose Ayia Napa and Protaras for their holidays are the clean
waters,
the fine beaches, the hospitality of people and the quality of the
services
offered by the region’s tourism industry.
However, Hadjivarnava pointed
out that more infrastructure works need to be done in the region of Famagusta, in order to enrich the
tourist product and
to further
improve the level of services offered.
He specifically referred to
Protaras and Ayia Napa marinas and golf courts. Hadjivarnava said that
private
strategic investors are expected to undertake those works.
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Nicosia
planning on Capital of Culture win
Cyprus mail Published on November
8, 2011
Nicosia and Paphos enter culture
capital race - Nicosia municipality has launched
its 2017 European
capital of
culture bid under the slogan “Planning for the
future”
According
to the bid’s
artistic director Achilleas Kentonis, Nicosia’s proposal
takes
into account the
"universality of culture" and is based on six pillars; architecture,
arts
and cultural heritage, economy, science, environment and civil
society.
“We
view culture from a
different approach,” Kentonis told the Cyprus News Agency:
“(It is) the medium
that shapes our thoughts in relation to the others, the nature and the
society,
so culture is a pretty expanded notion”.
Kentonis
also spoke of the
city’s division which he said should not be ignored, and that
the
projection of
the divided Nicosia through the bid for the
Cultural Capital of
2017 is a
big responsibility.
Asked about
Nicosia’s old town,
Kentonis said it needs real
solutions that
will be resolved if Nicosia wins the title of Cultural
Capital for 2017.
One Cypriot
and one Danish
city will be designated as European Capitals of Culture in 2017. Nicosia has already submitted its
candidacy, along
with
Limassol and Paphos.
Paphos
mayor Savvas Vergas
said last week that the innovative ideas and events that are included
in
Paphos’ bid make the Paphos municipality optimistic about its
chances.
“We
have submitted an
innovative and original proposal, which is comprehensive, and we have
used our
city’s strengths like its history, culture and ancient
heritage,” he said.
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Shift
in thinking needed to reap full
gas wealth
Cyprus Mail Published on October
30, 2011
CYPRUS must find ways of doing
business with Turkey if it is to capitalise fully
on the
potentially huge
gas bonanza in its offshore waters, energy experts say.
The most
cost-effective way to
export any finds to European markets and beyond is by pipeline to Turkey where it could mesh with
major pipeline
projects.
The other
main option is to
build a liquefaction plant in Cyprus to export the gas by tanker.
That could cost
$8
billion and take years to complete. A pipeline to Greece, meanwhile, would be
prohibitively expensive.
Dealing
commercially with Turkey in the absence of a Cyprus solution would require a
seismic shift in
political
thinking. But given the financial, political and security rewards,
there are
some signs that is already happening.
“There
are those on our side
who say: now that we’ve found gas we shall kick the
Turks’
backside. That is
just nonsense. It doesn’t work that way. Nor will the Turks
back
off,” a member
of the House Committee on Foreign and European Affairs told the Sunday
Mail. “So
perhaps we should explore the situation where everybody
wins,”
the politician, a
member of the opposition, added.
While
agreeing that a Cyprus-Turkey
pipeline would be the best solution, former Foreign Minister Nicos
Rolandis
said he doubted the Greek Cypriots would ever agree to do business with
Turkey because of the ongoing
occupation.
“I
doubt anyone on the Greek
Cypriot side would so much as dare suggest this. All hell would break
loose on
the domestic scene,” he said.
Even so,
diplomats hope the
clear benefits for all parties will serve as an incentive to resolve
the Cyprus problem.
Although
there was little
optimism ahead of today’s high-level meeting in New York between the UN Secretary
General, Ban
Ki-Moon, President
Demetris Christofias and the Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, the
possibility of dazzling hydrocarbon riches has added the first new
dimension to
peace talks in three decades.
It could
take several years
before Cyprus is in a position to export
gas, by which time
there
could be a re-unification deal, analysts say.
President
Demetris Christofias
has already attempted to separate the Cyprus problem from the gas issue.
He told the UN
General Assembly
last month that Cyprus was willing to share any
hydrocarbon profits
with the Turkish Cypriots
even without a settlement.
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By Bejay
Browne Cyprus mail Published on October
8, 2011
THE FIRST
World Bowls
Championships to be held in Cyprus will take place in Paphos
next week, despite
the lack
of support from the Cyprus Tourism Organisation and the Cyprus Sports
Authority.
The
prestigious event, which
will be hosted at the Athena Beach and Athena Royal beach Hotels Bowls
Greens -
will see 13 countries compete in Fours, Singles, Triples and Pairs
events.
Loukas
Paraskevas, President
of Bowls Cyprus said, “We are somewhat disappointed that KOA
and
CTO are not
more forthcoming with support in an active way…because the
potential is immense
here. The island will benefit from tourism as would the hotels. We
really need
them to get on board…”
Aristos
Diomedous , General
Manager of the Costantinou Bros Hotels- the main sponsors of the event
- agreed.
“This
is an International
event without any involvement of KOA, which is very strange. Yet they
support
so many sports which don’t bring tourism to Cyprus.”
He added:
“I think they don’t
have an excuse not to support an event like this. It happens for two
weeks this
year and next year - also for two weeks- we have the Champion of
Champions
event.”
Diomedous
highlighted the fact
that bowls brings an increasing number of winter business to Cyprus.
“The
backing of KOA is
essential. The sports council in Cyprus in needs to get involved in
all sorts of
sport which
is taking place on the island and they should do this
actively,”
he said.
The Bowls
Cyprus president said
obviously the sport had no roots in Cypriot life.
“It’s not
something we grew
up with for generations, it is difficult to get people on board, but
through
the many events we successfully take part in, we are actually promoting
the
island all over the world.”
Paraskevas
underlined the
urgent need for ‘new blood’ to enter the sport,
describing
players as ‘an
ageing generation.’
“We
need to have more input
from the authorities to encourage Cypriots to play and move the sport
forward.”
Barrie
Davies, the Chairman of
Bowls Cyprus said, “Recently the number of players has been
depleting. This is
because most of the people involved are British ex pats, many of whom
are going
back to the UK. This is down to economic
reasons and the
fact that
with ageing comes failing health.”
Paraskevas
said that a
possible solution would be to introduce a programme to encourage
younger
Cypriot players to take up the game.
The World
Bowls Atlantic
Championships will take place between October 17-30, and players from
13
countries including Canada, England, Ireland, Israel, the United States and South Africa will take part.
Competitors
will make use of
the world-class bowls facilities of both the Athena Beach and Athena
Royal
hotels.
The Bowls
Cyprus International
squad- currently being led by Roger Shire - has gained a strong
reputation and
players will also take part in the European Championships in Portugal
in
November.
Cyprus has already been represented
in competitions
as far a
field as China, Hong Kong, Australia and Africa with encouraging results.
Davies
said: “This is in spite
of the fact that we play on artificial surfaces rather than grass, as
in most
other countries, and also the fact that we only have 350 members as
opposed to
more than 30,000 in the UK.”
He said
even though Bowls
Cyprus was only five years old it had a number of touring teams who
want to
play here regularly.
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over for cow parade
Cyprus mail
Published on October 25, 2011
THIRTY-THREE
cows, with the
flamboyant designs will grace the streets of Nicosia next September, as part of
the renowned Cow
Parade art
event, which will be held in Cyprus for the first time.
The Cow
Parade event is part
of a wide range of activities undertaken by the Nicosia Municipality, ahead of Cyprus’ EU Presidency
during the second half
of 2012.
Nicosia
Mayor, Eleni Mavrou, said
that the event would propel Nicosia’s
profile internationally and help it secure the nod for the European
Capital of
Culture 2017 title.
“This
constitutes the largest
public art event in the world, and it is Nicosia’s honour to be
hosting an event of such
status, especially
during a crucial period for Cyprus” said Mavrou.
Cow Parade
events have been
staged in over 50 cities worldwide since 1999, including Chicago, New
York City,
London, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Paris to name a few.
According
to the Cow Parade
Holdings Corporation, approximately 100 million people have seen the
cows
around the world, while over $20 million have been raised so far for
charitable
events around the globe.
Lilia
Larmou, chairwoman of
the event’s organising team, said that the 33 cows would be
displayed in the
capital’s streets between September and October of 2012,
while
some will also
be displayed in touristic hubs, such as the Larnaca airport.
They will
be subsequently sold
at auction, with the funds given to the Cyprus Cancer Association (CCA).
The cows,
which will have real
size dimensions, will be made of fibreglass and will weigh up to 60
kilos each.
They will be waterproof and originally white, until they are given to
artists
for designing.
The event
will officially
start in February 2012, when artists will be asked to submit their
ideas of how
to design the cows either in a standing, sitting or grazing positions.
A committee
will decide on the
best designs in March, and will then give the artists three months to
prepare
their cows.
Studios
will be offered to the
artists and will be open for the public to observe the creative
process.
The top
five designs will be
incorporated into the worldwide Cow Parade catalogue and sold into
smaller
models.
“Our
target is not merely to
contribute to culture, but also to lend a helping hand to the people
who need
it most in our community” said Mavrou.
“We
are very excited by this
event, and the Mayor’s enthusiasm was very
encouraging”
said Maro Ftellecha, chairperson
of the CCA’s board.
She said
that the CCA was
facing serious financial problems, with its 3 million euros budget not
being
enough to finance its care of over 1,200 patients. She expressed her
hope that
the funds raised through the auction would be enough to enhance the
services of
the CCA.
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Closest
ever to a Cyprus
deal
By
Makarios Droushiotis Cyprus Mail Published on November
6, 2011
GREEK and
Turkish Cypriots
were never before so close to an agreed settlement but the next few
months will
be critical as the United Nations push for a deal before Cyprus assumes
the
presidency of the EU in July next year.
According
to informed sources,
both leaders gave assurances to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon,
during their
meeting in New
York last
week that they were committed to producing the
convergences he had asked for by the time they meet him next in January.
“Never
before were the
two sides so close to an agreed solution as they are now,” a
source close to
the negotiations said.
Significant
differences
nevertheless remain between the two sides.
However,
Ban made it clear to
them that his Good Offices will be terminated in the next months if the
sides
did not break the deadlock.
The
timeframe for a solution
is June 2012. Until then there must be an agreement; the two sides must
hold
referenda and a federal Cyprus will assume the presidency
of the Council of
the EU.
If the
deadlock is not broken
by February, the UN will shut its Good Offices mission in Cyprus, the source said.
The option
of freezing the
talks until 2013 is unrealistic and it is something both leaders
understood.
In fact,
Christofias told Ban
that he would not be a presidential candidate for a second term and has
no
plans to continue the talks in 2013. Presidential elections are
schedule for
February 2013.
Both
Christofias and Eroglu
told the UN that they believe they can bridge their differences in the
immediate future.
Talks in Nicosia will start again on Thursday
with one weekly
meeting
between the two leaders.
The
leaders’ aides and work
groups will take it from there while UN representatives together with
their
experts will be shuttling between the two sides, enriching discussions
with
their ideas and suggestions.
The UN
assured that they are
not interested in imposing any solution, seeking especially to dispel
the fears
of the Greek Cypriots who vehemently oppose arbitration.
According
to the new roadmap, the
final round of talks in Cyprus will cover all chapters that
are still open:
governance,
territory, property and citizenship.
A new
tripartite meeting will
be held in New
York
around January 15.
Ban expects
that the new
meeting would be part of the final phase and not its beginning in the
sense
that when the leaders go to New York they would have already
agreed on the four
remaining
chapters.
If they go
to the new meeting
empty handed they would just be confirming the deadlock in the talks.
Sources
said there is neither
time nor inclination for another tripartite meeting. In New York there would only be two
possibilities:
declaring a
deadlock or an agreement on the internal aspects and scheduling a
multilateral
meeting.
If all goes
as planned, the
multilateral meeting will again be held in New York at the end of February or
early March.
If the
talks reach the point
of a multilateral meeting their success is a given, but if they
collapse, it
will happen in January.
However,
while a settlement is
feasible on paper, it would have no valued if it is not approved by
both
communities.
The UN
believes that
Christofias can count on the strong backing of the EU in case of a
settlement
while Russia has given assurances that it will back a deal that is
acceptable
by both communities.
Turkey is still willing, but less
enthusiastic than
before.
Ban has
already asked for
support from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan while his
envoy in Cyprus, Alexander Downer is
planning a trip to Ankara.
The United States will not get involved in the
talks but have
pledged to
provide help backstage.
The UN
Secretary-general has
the backing of the Security Council.
Its
President, José Filipe
Moraes Cabral, said that both Ban’s and Downer’s
efforts
have the council’s
strong support.
He added:
“The Council agreed
that the sides should make additional efforts and display the necessary
political will to move forward and conclude the negotiations in a
positive way.”
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New
pesticide law could save
pets’ lives
By
Patrick Dewhurst Cyprus Mail
Published on November 6, 2011
NEW
PESTICIDE legislation
could reduce accidental pet poisonings by “cowboy”
exterminators and
unsuspecting public when it comes into effect in the New Year.
The
government’s move to
introduce a two-tier system of pesticide control follows a July EU
directive
and will allow only licensed and certified exterminators to use
dangerous
pesticides and rodenticides.
Relatively
less dangerous
pesticides will continue to be available to the general public.
The chief
pesticide targeted
by the new law is Brodifacoum: a highly toxic anti-coagulant that is
widely
used around the world to kill rats, but which has also killed many pet
cats and
dogs.
“A
lot of animals have been
poisoned by this because people put the poison around their properties
without
using the right protection,” said exterminators’
association president Michael
Michael.
He also
said that some members
of the public had deliberately bought the poison to use against cats
and dogs.
Brodifacoum
is equally lethal
to dogs, cats and rats, with median lethal dosage of around 0.25 mg per
kilogram of bodyweight, but the risk to humans, according to a 2010
European
Commission report, is very low.
The report
says the risk of
poisoning from Brodifacoum exposure to professionals resulting from
“routine
preparation, placement and clean up of bait points is very
low”.
Under the
new legislation, which
Michael said he would discuss with the government before the end of the
year, and
which could be fully implemented by February, the general public would
not be
able to buy Brodifacoum.
Instead,
only certified
exterminators who will have had to pass an exam to be able to handle
the
substance, will be allowed to place it, and only then in a strictly
defined way.
For example, to ensure that dogs and infants cannot access the poison,
it must
be contained inside a secured box that only rats can enter.
The
measures are likely to
prevent accidental animal poisonings, but it is not known whether this
will
reduce malicious poisonings, given the ready availability of more
common
poisons: Lannate and Furadan (aka “Furandan”).
The
measures will also address
an escalating problem of rogue exterminators with little experience -
and who
have been known to use entirely wrong and dangerous - chemicals in the
homes of
unsuspecting customers.
According
to Michael, these
have tended to be moonlighting government employees.
“There
are a lot of cowboys
around” said Michael. “We have had a lot of
complaints
about damage (to houses).
For example, one house had to be shut for three months because an
exterminator
had used the wrong chemical.”
He said
that there are
currently two such cases in court.
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Cyprus mail Published on October
14, 2011
ROAD works
are due to start
along the Larnaca-Famagusta main road between Achna roundabout and St
Kendeas
Monastery, the British bases announced yesterday.
The works
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