Turkish Cypriot court allows CTA privatisation so Unions stage rally

Yesterday (24th June 2010) the Turkish Cypriot’s top administrative court rejected an appeal to disallow the privatisation of the collapsed Cyprus Turkish Airline. This paves the way for AtlasJet to own 50.01% of the shares of the company and for the government to take a back seat in the operation. AtlasJet are supposed to […]

Do Greek Cypriots really want a Cyprus Problem settlement?

The Greek Cypriot Journalist Makarios Drousatis (Author of several well re-searched books on the Cyprus problem) has indicated in a newspaper article that the Southside has no interest in a solution to the problem. A while ago the Turkish Minister Bagis made the offer of full withdrawal of all Turkish troops. According to Drousotis, […]

in Cyprus Today – 23/6/2010

CHAOS REIGNS –CTA flights grounded, leaving passsengers stranded, as airline misses debts deadline – Workers protests turn to violence, as Pegasus rescue fails to materialise – Confusion and chaos reigned yesterday as Cyprus Turkish Airlines’s aircraft were grounded and a proposed rescue deal by Pegasus failed to materialise. The Turkish Civil Aviation Authority announced […]