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Cobalt receives commercial licence (updated)
Cypriot airline Cobalt received its operating licence on Tuesday, 27 days after the Department of Civil Aviation issued the company its air operator certificate, a company spokesman said. “We managed...
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Over 11,000 injured in road accidents in past 16 years
Over 11,000 people have been seriously injured in traffic accidents in Cyprus in the last 16 years, according to an NGO. “In Cyprus in the past 16 years we’ve had 11,280 serious injuries,” Marios...
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Government wants to expand shipping to new markets, minister says
The government is implementing a new Cyprus shipping strategy to widen the sector’s horizons and create new opportunities for expansion into new markets, Transport Minister Marios Demetriades said on...
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Demetriades says Turkey must lift restrictions on transport
Turkey must lift the restrictions on Cypriot air and sea traffic, which prevent the implementation of the principles of free competition, Transport Minister Marios Demetriades has said. The minister,...
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Highway lane shut after fuel tanker crash
One of the lanes of the Limassol to Nicosia highway near the Chirokitia exit closed on Friday after a petrol tanker jackknifed. Police said there were no injuries and no other cars were involved....
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Two injured in road accident
The 20-year-old driver of a car involved in an accident that injured him and a passenger, had 62 microgrammes of alcohol in his system, police said. The legal limit is 22. The 20-year-old Russian...
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Unannounced Larnaca airport strike affects flights (Updated)
An unannounced strike at Larnaca airport on Monday which lasted 90 minutes affected a total of six flights, airports operator Hermes said on Monday. The flights were delayed by 45 to 90 minutes. At...
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Limassol road death (updated)
A 39-year-old Lebanese man died on Wednesday night after he was hit by a car while trying to cross a road in Limassol. Charbel Elias Ghafary was trying to cross Amathundos Avenue at around 9.20pm when...
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Arrest warrant issued for female driver involved in deadly crash (updated)
Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a 44-year-old woman in connection with a deadly road crash in Nicosia on Thursday. The woman, who was injured in the crash, was being treated in Nicosia...
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Cobalt director indicted in Switzerland, in connection with money laundering...
(Adds comment by Cobalt manager on internal due diligence procedures in 22nd paragraph) By Stelios Orphanides Meisterhans, the Swiss director of Cobalt, the new Cypriot airline, faces charges in...
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Cobalt chairman Diacou informed in August about stakeholder’s indictments...
(Adds more background in thirteenth paragraph) By Stelios Orphanides Cobalt chairman and shareholder Gregory Diacou became aware of the indictments of the Swiss director Urs Meisterhans, as early as in...
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Police, transport department carry out vehicle inspections
Police in cooperation with inspectors from the Road Transport Department conducted extensive inspections on buses, lorries, and other vehicles, on Wednesday in an effort to reduce accidents and raise...
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Underage drivers caught
Two teenagers, 14 and 15, were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday in Limassol for driving without a licence. On Wednesday at 11.15pm police stopped a car driven by a 14-year-old after he failed to stop...
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Car bursts into flames after crash
A car was destroyed after it crashed and burst into flames in the early morning hours on Thursday near Pareklisha, Limassol. No one was injured in the incident. The vehicle was on the Limassol to...
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Transport minister urges the young to pursue seafaring careers
Transport Minister Marios Demetriades on Thursday pledged the government’s support for the first Maritime Academy in Cyprus, an initiative of the University of Nicosia. Speaking at the academy’s...
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Police lose traffic accident file (updated with police comment)
A police file relating to a traffic accident, after which a Sri Lankan woman sued a Greek Cypriot woman for damages, has been lost, the Nicosia district court heard, though compensation was paid. The...
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Drivers arrested for causing accidents while under the influence of alcohol
Traffic police in Limassol were kept busy overnight with two accidents involving drivers with alcohol levels exceeding the legal limit. Called to an accident at 11.30pm on Wednesday, police were...
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Police to launch seatbelt campaign
Police are planning an island-wide seatbelt campaign in the week starting Monday, August 15, as part of efforts to prevent and reduce road traffic collisions, particularly serious and fatal ones....
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Akaki road death
A 76-year-old man died on Tuesday morning in Akaki after his vehicle was crushed by a water tank that was being towed by a tractor. At some point the steel tank disengaged from the tractor, tipped over...
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Traffic police Limassol campaign
Limassol police announced the results of a campaign carried out on Monday to combat serious and fatal collisions, which involved targeted checks on drivers using their cell phones, and other motoring...
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