Archive for 2015

Legal obstacles preclude mobile network unification in Cyprus

Mobile network unification in Cyprus has encountered legal obstacles and the issue has been referred back to the leaders of the island’s two communities, a source with knowledge of the subject has told the Cyprus News Agency.

The bicommunal Technical …

Arsenal beat Man City to challenge for the premiership title

Arsenal have really improved  yheir chances in the Premier League title race with a 2-1 win at home to rivals Manchester City on Monday that swept away a few more doubts about their title credentials.

 

Arsene Wenger’s team showed …

​Appeal after bus Inspector assaulted on Islington bus

Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Roads and Transport Policing Command are appealing for information after a Transport for London Revenue Protection Inspector was assaulted on a bus in Islington.

 

As part of the appeal they are releasing an …

Barnet Council launches new electric car scheme

Barnet Council, working in partnership with Re*, has unveiled a new car sharing scheme that allows residents to hire an electric car by the hour.

The two Renault Zoe’s, along with two dedicated charge points, are located at Barnet House …

Barnet Council proposes to build new leisure centre

Plans to replace Church Farm Leisure Centre with a new state-of-the-art sports facility at Victoria Recreation Ground are set to be discussed at Policy and Resources Committee (16 December 2015).

The proposed new building will include a 25 metre six …

Drink driver from Brookmans Park banned from driving

A drink driver from Brookmans Park who crashed his car into a lamppost before driving home has been fined more than £500 by magistrates and disqualified from driving for a year.

Henry Dace, aged 21 years old and from Calder …

Turkish Foreign Minister discussed the Cyprus problem with UN General Secretary

Cavusoglu discussed the Cyprus problem with Ban
Ankara Anatolia news agency (19.12.15) reported that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held face-to-face talks with UN’s Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York on Friday.

According to diplomatic sources, Cavusoglu and Ban discussed

We have not discussed the territory in Cyprus ; Many things changed since the Annan Plan

Akinci: We have not discussed the territory; Many things changed since the Annan Plan
Turkish Cypriot illegal Bayrak television (21.12.15, online) broadcast that Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci commented today on the statement made yesterday by President Anastasiades that the

Joint Cyprus-France SAR drill completed successfully

Cyprus and France successfully completed a Joint Search and Rescue Exercise (SAR) titled “CYPFRA-05/15”.

According to a press release issued on Monday by the Defense Ministry, the exercise was concluded near the coast of Cyprus, with the participation of SAR …

Cyprus imports down, exports up in first 9 months 2015

Total imports to Cyprus were down in the period of January – September 2015 whereas total exports showed at the same period an upward trend, data released on Monday by the Cyprus Statistical Service show.

In particular according to the …