AN INTER-ministerial committee convenes on Friday to assess investors’ initial expressions of interest in the stock and/or assets of national carrier Cyprus Airways.

As reported by the Cyprus News Agency, the meeting will take place at the finance ministry, and will be attended by the finance minister, the communications minister, the accountant-general, the chairman of Cyprus Airways and KPMG, the airline’s consultants.

The deadline for submissions of non-binding expressions of interest expired on July 23. Some 20 companies expressed an…

By Evie Andreou

POLICE handling of animal abuse cases has already improved but more is expected, animal rights activists said after their meeting with police chief Zacharias Chrysostomou on Thursday.

Chrysostomou said that animals are an integral part of our eco-system and that they too have rights to life, health and welfare, just as humans.

“I am in favour of animal rights as well as human rights,” he said.

Chrysostomou said that the police, which are responsible for the enforcement…

By Stefanos Evripidou

THE European Union must demand Turkey to leave Cyprus as part of the obligation to protect its members, a British MP said on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Turkish invasion.

In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, Labour MP for Mansfield Sir Alan Meale criticised the EU and UK government for not demanding freedom for Cyprus.

“What is the use of having a family if you don’t support its members? What we have…

By George Psyllides

THE two weeks between August 11 and 24 are expected to see some 470,000 people move through the island’s two airports on a total of 2,900 flights, it emerged on Thursday.

“Cypriot airports are going through their most active period these days,” airport operator Hermes spokesman Adamos Aspris said. “Based on Hermes figures, the period between August 11 and 24 is expected to be the climax of passenger traffic.”

Aspris said most flights, or about 2,230, will…