THE GOVERNMENT said yesterday that the thinly veiled threats levelled by Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem at the weekend were counterproductive and confirmed Turkish intransigence on Cyprus.
AROUND £56 million pounds were spent for the development of the road network last year while an additional £51 million would be spend this year, the Communications Ministry announced yesterday.
The figures were released during a news conference, in which Minister Averoff Neophytou presented the work and vision of the communications ministry.
THE DEFENCE Ministry was yesterday investigating the case of a 15-year-old boy who lost the tips of his fingers after a military detonator blew up in his hand.
DISY is seeking to overturn a contentious amendment allowing deputies serving since 1991 to buy high-powered duty free cars.
It emerged last week that a group of MPs had managed to amend a 1992 law so they could buy such cars.
TWO Turkish Cypriot gypsies have been detained after fleeing the scene of an accident in a Paphos village on Sunday.
A CHANGE in the law, coming into force at the end of the month, will, for the first time, provide guidelines for negligence claims against lawyers. The changes also aim to clarify the procedures for bringing complaints to the bar association.
FARMERS and government yesterday agreed on a two-month compensatory plan to offset imminent increases in petrol prices, which prompted demonstration by farmers’ unions last week.
Following a meeting between farmers unions PEK and EKA and the Ministers of Commerce and Agriculture, it was announced that the farmers had accepted the government’s proposal.
INTERIOR Minister Christodoulos Christodoulou said yesterday that four groups of Greek government officials were expected on the island within the next two to three weeks to resolve the issue of the origin of a large number of Pontian Greeks living on the island.
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