Cyprus Air Traffic controllers declared 12 hours strike at the control towers of Larnaca and Paphos Airports, from 0900 to 2100 local time, on December 15.

This strike is when the House of Representatives will be voting on the government's financial consolidation measures.

The trade union said that on the day of strike the air traffic controllers will not work overtime. The 12 hours strike will affect each and every flight except the VIP, state, military, hospital, humanitarian, search and rescue, and emergency flights, and flights with technical problems.