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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-01-07
CONTENTS
[01] Forty polling stations to operate abroad during presidential
elections
[02] Cyprus Airways begins consultations with unions on rescue plan
[01] Forty polling stations to operate abroad during presidential
elections
Forty polling stations will operate abroad during the upcoming
presidential elections, scheduled for February 17.
According to the Office of the Chief Returning Officer, there will five
polling stations in Athens, three in Thessaloniki, as well as polling
stations in Volos, Heraklion, Ioannina, Komotini, Larissa, Patra,
Rethymno and Rhodes.
Five polling stations will operate in London at the High Commission
building and two at the Cypriot Community Centre. In other parts of the
UK there will be a polling station in Leeds, two in Manchester, two in
Birmingham and one in Bristol. Polling stations will also operate in
Berlin, Vienna, Budapest, Brussels, Manama (Bahrain), New York, Doha,
Paris, Prague, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Sofia.
[02] Cyprus Airways begins consultations with unions on rescue plan
A solution to the problems and an agreement on the rescue plan aimed
at securing the future of Cyprus Airways will be sought in the next
one week to ten days between the company's administration and the
trade unions. The two sides, who had here today their first meeting,
will engage in intensive talks, on the basis of a reconstruction plan
drafted by Air France and KLM.
Stavros Stavrou, Chairman of the Board of Cyprus Airways told the press
after the meeting that the cooperation with all trade unions is excellent
and there is consensus in order to reach the desirable outcome.
The restructuring plan will provide the basis fro all actions, he added
and expressed his optimism that all deadlines will be met. Moreover,
he said that all issues concerning the employees will be completed by
the end of January, in order to proceed with the next restructuring phase.
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