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Lillikas shaken by Beirut devastation

Cyprus and Lebanon, both victims of foreign agrression, understand and support each other so profoundly that Cyprus’ membership of the European Union and participation in EU decisions «makes us feel as if we are there ourselves,’’ the Lebanese President told the visiting Cyprus foreign Minister here yesterday.

Talks resume after summer break

Talks between the representatives of the two community leaders resumed this week after a short summer break, but officials confirmed they faced numerous difficulties and were not making any speedy headway.

Diplomatic scandal

THE Foreign Minister has asked for a criminal investigation into the embezzlement of Θ200,000 from the Cyprus Embassy in Sweden, it was officially announced yesterday.

Talat to meet Tassos ‘in days’

TURKISH Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said yesterday he hoped to meet President Papadopoulos "in the coming days," possibly at a reception.

Free areas give north power lifeline

THE government yesterday came to the rescue of Turkish Cypriots supplying the north with electricity when it was plunged into darkness after an explosion at their main power plant in Kyrenia. ..... more

Turk generals insisted on troops

TURKISH Generals insisted that some Turkish troops should stay in Cyprus, even after a settlement based on the Annan Plan, and UN officials acting as "arbitrators" quickly accepted their demand, without bothering even to inform the Greek Cypriot side about the change. ..... more

Deadly strain identified in Turkish bird flu cases

By Demetra Molyva THE bird flu virus found in Turkish poultry was the H5N1 strain that scientists fear may mutate into a human virus and spark a pandemic, it was confirmed yesterday..... more

Greek President to address House

PRESIDENT Carolos Papoulias of Greece will address the House of Representatives and tour the island’s main towns during his four-day official visit to the island starting on Sunday..... more

UN man promises moves on Cyprus

By Angelos Marcopoulos, In New York
THE UN’S new Director for Political affairs, who supervised the end of apartheid in South Africa, this week promised equivalent moves on Cyprus, New Under-Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari, gave an exclusive Interview to The Cyprus Weeklyas the temperature mounted ... more

Turkey fumes over EU stance

By Alex Efthyvoulos
Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership continued to fume yesterday over the European Union's counter-declaration which demands that it must recognise Cyprus, while the Cyprus government spokesman spent more time rejecting Greek Cypriot criticism the declaration was ... more

Rapporteur tough on Turkey

By Bouli Hadjioannou
EUROPE must insist that Turkey implement the customs agreement swiftly as a key test of its commitment to EU ideals, European Parliament rapporteur on Turkey Camiel Eurlings said yesterday..... more

No checks for 10 months

By Charlie Charalambous
A senior civil aviation official yesterday blew the whistle on civil aviation safety measures saying that no supervised in-flight checks were carried out for ten months on aircraft despite Cypriot airlines paying the authority to do the specific job.
Air transport licensing chief Charalambos Hadjigeorgiou criticised what he said was the shambolic way civil aviation was run in light of the Helios Airways crash that killed all 121 people on board, most of them Cypriot families.

EU experts wrap up fact-finding missionEU experts wrap up fact-finding mission

A pair of top European air safety experts are back in Brussels to sift through Civil Aviation records and determine whether departmental deficiencies were partly to blame for the Helios disaster.
Jean Paul Henrotte from the Aviation Safety Unit of the European Commission’s Directorate-General of Transport and Francois Janvier, from the European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) Quality and Standardisation Directorate wrapped up their two-day fact-finding mission for their appraisal of the Civil Aviation Department.

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