Filenews 12 December 2021
By Socrates Ioakim
socratis@phileleftheros.com
With a delay of a few months from its initial planning, Cyprus Airways officially announced its new route, which connects Larnaca Airport with London Heathrow Airport (Terminal 2). The flights, based on the company's initial schedule, would be daily and would start from September 10, 2021. In fact, the company had also proceeded with pre-sales of tickets. However, for a reason that the company did not make public, this was not possible, since the flights will finally start in February 2022 and will not be on a daily basis.
Specifically, flights to London Heathrow Airport, the busiest airport in Europe, are scheduled to start from 1 February 2022, with three weekly flights, every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. Flights to London will depart from Larnaca in the morning, an ideal time for someone who wishes to spend a whole day in London. For the record, let's say that the state-owned Cyprus Airways, in 2014, took the big decision to sell the slots in Heathrow and continued flights to London via Stansted Airport, which was the beginning of the company's end. However, in winter, based on its renewed flight schedule, the Cyprus airline, based in Larnaca, will operate flights to Greece, the United Kingdom, Russia, Lebanon and Israel. It should be remembered that, recently, Cyprus Airways was acquired by the SJC Group, based in Malta and operating operations throughout Africa and the Middle East. In total, Cyprus Airways connects Larnaca, through its international network, with 11 destinations: Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Skiathos, Preveza, Prague, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv, Beirut, Malta and now London.
Two new towers are coming to Limassol
The environmental authority has lit the green light for the construction of two residential towers in the Limassol district, 81 meters high and 75.3 meters high, 17 and 19 floors respectively. Specifically, one project of cyagama ltd, concerns the construction and operation of residential development 81 meters high, under the name "Westminster Residences", in the administrative boundaries of Yermasoyia River. The proposed development concerns the construction of a very tall building and 2 individual buildings that frame it. The main building includes 17 floors with apartments, a roof garden with a swimming pool, a roof and a roof for a stairwell. In addition, it includes a semi-basement area with gym, hammam, changing rooms, warehouses, an electromechanical equipment room, a stairwell and an elevator. The individual buildings are identical, with a height of 18 m. and 4 floors with apartments and an outdoor swimming pool on the 3rd and 4th floor. They also have a gate with warehouses, an electromechanical equipment room, an elevator and 7 parking spaces each. Around the project there will be another 52 parking spaces.
The tower of Klelia
The second project, named "Klelia", in the municipality of Agios Tychonas, includes a modern and luxurious, purely residential building of 19 levels, with underground private parking. The development, which bears the name of the Cypriot businesswoman Klelia Chatziioannou, will have a height of about 75.3 meters and will include a private swimming pool and a private gym. It will consist of 26 residential units, which, as noted, have been designed with high-level specifications and with 41 parking spaces. The residential units include two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments and a maisonette. The access of the vehicles to the development will be made from the service road that will be created within the framework of the project, alongside Amathus Avenue.
New private clinic in Aglantzia
The environmental approval was received by a project concerning the construction and operation of a new private day care clinic in Aglantzia. The construction of the project will be done by quale Vita Healthcare Ltd and has an estimated cost of €1.5 million. Based on the project's planning, the basement will consist mainly of the parking area and will include warehouses, a sanitary area, a generator and compressors. The ground floor will function as a dental office, with all the necessary equipment and will consist of a reception area and four dental clinics, a sterilization area, toilets, a dental laboratory, a panoramic machine area and a blood collection room, which will serve the day care clinic. The mezzanine will consist mainly of auxiliary spaces and includes warehouses, toilets, changing rooms and staff dining rooms, while the first and second floors will function as a day care clinic.
The first floor includes four double equipped patient rooms, medical gases and toilets. It also includes an endoscopy room, a nurses' station and auxiliary rooms. The second floor includes a reception area, 5 doctors' offices, with toilets and two offices. Mechanical equipment and a system of photovoltaic panels will be installed on the roof. The project is located in an urban area in the Municipality of Aglatzia, in a plot of 494 sq.m. It is a three-storey building with basement and mezzanine with an area of 917 sq.m. and an underground parking area of 400 sq.m. The total height of the building is 21 meters. The clinic is very close to cyBC's facilities and will operate, as planned, in 2023.
The new general manager of Parklane
MHV Mediterranean Hospitality Venture Limited has announced the appointment of Louisa Ioannidou as General Manager of Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa in Limassol. Louisa Ioannidou has many years of experience in Cyprus and abroad as a recognized professional in the hotel management sector, with a proven track record of improving the quality of service, satisfaction of her team members, and corporate financial performance. In the past, she has served as Director of Operations at Parklane Resort & Spa, Hilton Diagonal Mar in Barcelona and Hilton Cyprus, as well as Director of F&B at Hilton Amsterdam, having significant distinctions in all the positions she held.
12 years imprisonment to the prime minister - associate of our compatriot
The 12-year sentence of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak for his involvement in the mega scandal of looting/stealing $4.5 billion US from Malaysia's State Strategic Development Fund was confirmed on Wednesday. This scandal became widely known in Cyprus because of the mastermind of fraud, international fugitive and distinguished compatriot (naturalized Cypriot) Jho Low. In particular, Malaysia's Court of Appeal upheld former Prime Minister Najib Razak's 12-year sentence and prison sentence, linked to the massive looting of the 1MDB state investment fund, which overthrew his government in 2018. Najib was found guilty by a high court of first instance in July 2020 of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust, money laundering and unlawfully taking 42 million ringgits ($9.9 million) from SRC International, a former 1MDB unit. It was the first of many corruption trials against Najib, linked to the 1MDB scandal, which sparked investigations in the US and many other countries.
| 6 out of 100 did not make a tax return |
According to the Department of Taxation, the total number of salaried taxpayers who definitively submitted their tax returns by the end of December 6, for 2020, stood at 273.3 thousand or 94.1%. In 2019, a total of 290,390 income statements were submitted to an individual (employees and self-employed without accounts). The obligation to submit an income statement remains for the tax year 2020 to persons whose annual gross total income is beyond €19,500.The administrative fine for late submission of income statement for people who have the obligation to submit a return is €100.
