Larnaca

New major investment plans in Cyprus are under way by Fattal Hotel Group, the largest hospitality organization in Israel and one of the fastest-growing hotel groups - with 270 units in 117 destinations. It is now further expanding its portfolio in Cyprus. 

The company owns nine hotel units in Paphos, Larnaca, Protaras and Limassol. 

The need to modernize Cyprus' marina legislation was raised this week before the House Commerce Committee, with its chairman, Kyriakos Hatzigiannis, declaring his willingness to move forward with a legislative proposal.

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides took a commercial flight to Athens on Sunday for his first trip overseas since taking office, with reports saying the presidential aircraft was grounded due to a minor mechanical problem.

Christodoulides is in Athens this week on his first trip overseas since taking office, a route taken without fail by all his predecessors.

Members of nationalist Greek Cypriot political parties, especially the far-right ELAM, have requested the change of some Turkish street names from the local authorities of the city of Larnaca, where Turkish and Greek Cypriot communities lived together before 1974.

Monday's resumption of a considerable number of international flights to Athens and Thessaloniki produced a marginally satisfactory occupancy rate for Aegean Airlines, Kathimerini understands.

Greek authorities say a British Airways jet carrying 158 people from Cyprus to London has made a safe unscheduled landing at Athens International Airport.

Airport officials said the Airbus 320 took off from the city of Larnaca in Cyprus and was in the air on Wednesday evening when the pilot requested permission to land in Athens.

Cyprus Airways and Bulgaria Air have entered into a codeshare partnership. Cyprus Airways' customers will be able to fly from Larnaca to Sofia through a codeshare agreement with Bulgaria Air. The agreement will allow Cyprus Airways to sell tickets under its own flight code between Larnaca and Sofia. Other routes will be added in future.

According to the company's website, the option is available for Air Serbia flights from Belgrade, Banjaluka, Podgorica, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tivat, Zagreb, Athens, Thessaloniki, Sofia, Tirana and Bucharest.

Nikos Mouyiaris, a businessman, philanthropist and prominent member of the Greek-American and Cypriot-American Communities died early Saturday at 73.

Cyprus authorities say a police helicopter has airlifted a man that a US-flagged merchant ship plucked from stormy seas off the east Mediterranean island's southeastern tip.