Court ruling allows ministry to finalise bus deal with new company
The administrative court has upheld a prior decision by the government to award a 10-year contract for the running of Nicosia bus services, dismissing action...
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New bus operators contracts in balance pending court decision
The outcome of court proceedings on Wednesday could gridlock the government’s recent decision to award four contracts for public transportation services. Bus companies OSEA of...
Race on to avert bus strike in three cities next week
Transport Minister Vasiliki Anastassiadou said on Friday she would meet with representatives of public transport companies in a bid to avert the strike measures announced...
Nicosia and Larnaca bus companies announce indefinite strike from Tuesday
Nicosia and Larnaca could be left with no public transport next week after two public bus companies have said they will be going on indefinite...
Paphos, Limassol bus drivers to strike on Monday (updated)
Bus drivers in Paphos and Limassol will proceed with a strike from 6am on Monday, while the transport ministry said on Sunday payments will be...
Honest bus driver honoured by House president
House President Demetris Syllouris on Friday morning honoured Costas Tanos, the bus driver who found €10,000 in his vehicle blonging to an elderly man and...
Bus driver finds and returns elderly passenger’s life savings
Because of the honesty of an Osel bus driver an elderly man still has his life savings of €10,000. According to daily Phileleftheros driver Costas...
Nicosia buses to have seatbelts fitted in days, a week after major accident, OSEL says
Nicosia buses will be fitted with seatbelts for drivers as soon as possible, hopefully within days, Nicosia bus company OSEL director Andreas Athanasiades said on...
Transport minister wants report into safety issues arising from bus crash
Transport Minister Marios Demetriades has requested a report into safety issues arising from Thursday’s fatal accident involving an OSEL Nicosia city bus, in which the...
Nicosia bus drivers to receive training in how to assist disabled
DRIVERS of Nicosia buses will be trained in how to assist people in wheelchairs during a programme to be held on Wednesday. The bus drivers...
Ousted OSEL board member reappoints himself
Tasos Michaelides, a major shareholder in the scandal-rocked Nicosia bus company OSEL, on Thursday re-appointed himself to the board of the company hours after shareholders...
Laid-off OSEL employees sign up for unemployment amid media spotlight
By Evie Andreou Holding placards saying “We are the victims of Iordanis Iordanous”, and “Where is the state?” nine men and women laid off last...
Suspects in OSEL fracas due in court next month
By Evie Andreou Six suspects, alleged by the Nicosia bus company OSEL to be responsible for the attack last Friday against chairman Iordanis Iordanous and...
Sophisticated public transport in 5 years at the earliest, minister says
By Stelios Orphanides Cyprus may have to wait at least five years’ time until existing contracts with public bus companies expire before it gets a...
OSEL’s Michaelides says he will report police to complaints authority
Tasos Michaelides, the shareholder in the Nicosia bus company OSEL who made allegations of mismanagement against the firm, which culminated in a brawl on Friday...
OSEL calls on police to arrest fracas suspects (Updated)
By Angelos Anastasiou Police on Saturday continued to investigate the alleged attacks on OSEL bus-company board chairman Iordanis Iordanous and two staff, but no arrests...
Three injured in scuffles at bus company HQ (Update 2)
Three people were taken to hospital on Friday, including the head of the Nicosia bus company OSEL after scuffles broke out the company’s main offices...
New measures will monitor bus company expenses
By Evie Andreou A special monitor installed on all buses which gauges how much fuel a bus consumes is just one of several recent measures...
OSEL routes back to normal
OSEL routes are running smoothly and all services have been fully restored, transport minister Marios Demetriades said on Tuesday. Speaking after a House watchdog committee,...
Our View: Government should act on bus safety fears
THE ROW triggered by differences between shareholders of the Nicosia bus company OSEL continued yesterday over the airwaves, even though bus transport was largely restored...