CYPRUS-ISRAEL FERRY SERVICE RINGS ALARM BELLS
20.02.2009 - ANSAmed
NICOSIA - The Cyprus government is seeking urgent clarifications from the Israeli embassy in Nicosia after a Turkish Cypriot official announced the introduction of a new ferry service between the occupied areas of the island and Israel. Turkish Cypriot Tourism minister Savas Ugurlu made the revelation to a gathering of journalists in Tel Aviv, as Famagusta Gazette daily reports today. He said the new service would run between Haifa and occupied Famagusta and will be launched as soon as April. Speaking at the 15th Annual International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM) which opened earlier this week, Ugurlu, gave few other details. Relations between Nicosia and Jerusalem have recently been frosty, especially in the light of Cyprus' public support for the recent Gaza ferry aid missions ... mehr
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CYPRUS-ISRAEL 'ILLEGAL' FERRY CONNECTION PLANS LAUNCH
02.12.2009 - ANSAmed
NICOSIA - A new ferry route between Israel and north Cyprus, designed to bring at least 100,000 Israelis to the occupied areas every year, is planning to launch next month, daily Famagusta Gazette online reports. Turkish Cypriot daily Havadis newspaper quotes Cafer Curcafer, a wealthy local businessman and chairman of the Turkish Cypriot Building Contractors' Union saying the ferry services will run between Haifa and occupied Famagusta. According to Curcafer a vessel named 'Med Dream' has just arrived from Spain and has a capacity of 650 people. Curcafer says the ferry services will take place three times a week, with a launch date of the end of January or at the beginning of February. The company hopes to make profits of 300 million dollars per year. Last year the government of the Republic of Cyprus (the only one recognized at international level) failed to halt a service between Syria and Famagusta, which continues to operate twice a week. The Cyprus' government said that opening such a ferry operation was illegal, as the harbour of Famagusta is a declared "closed access point" to and from the Republic of Cyprus.
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02.12.2009 - ANSAmed
NICOSIA - A new ferry route between Israel and north Cyprus, designed to bring at least 100,000 Israelis to the occupied areas every year, is planning to launch next month, daily Famagusta Gazette online reports. Turkish Cypriot daily Havadis newspaper quotes Cafer Curcafer, a wealthy local businessman and chairman of the Turkish Cypriot Building Contractors' Union saying the ferry services will run between Haifa and occupied Famagusta. According to Curcafer a vessel named 'Med Dream' has just arrived from Spain and has a capacity of 650 people. Curcafer says the ferry services will take place three times a week, with a launch date of the end of January or at the beginning of February. The company hopes to make profits of 300 million dollars per year. Last year the government of the Republic of Cyprus (the only one recognized at international level) failed to halt a service between Syria and Famagusta, which continues to operate twice a week. The Cyprus' government said that opening such a ferry operation was illegal, as the harbour of Famagusta is a declared "closed access point" to and from the Republic of Cyprus.
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