MINISTER for Commerce and Tourism Nicos Rolandis has hailed three agreements signed with Greece yesterday as historic, not only in the development of economic relations, but in national relations as well.
A 22 YEAR-old Turkish man has been sentenced to 12 months in prison by Nicosia District Court after he took on a false identity in an attempt to be reunited with his lover in England, Phileleftheros reported yesterday.
THE CIVIL Service Committee has appointed a new Prison director to replace Haris Themistocleous, who resigned in May.
COMMERCE and Industry Minister Nicos Rolandis yesterday confirmed that a bill imposing penalties for late payment to suppliers would be heard by the Cabinet today.
Rolandis described the measure as an, “EU harmonisation bill,” required for accession to the European Union, but also a necessary step towards better business practice in the country.
PRESIDENT Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash yesterday resumed direct UN-led negotiation talks ahead of next week’s key meeting in Paris with UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan.
HEALTH Minister Frixos Savvides said yesterday the Public Services Committee had agreed late in the afternoon to suspend the two doctors in the Cardiological Unit of Limassol General Hospital while police continue their investigations into allegations of medical negligence causing loss of life.
HEALTH Minister Frixos Savvides said yesterday the future of the Nemitsas foundry in Limassol lay with the findings of the Labour Ministry technical committee on whether emissions from the foundry were within EU limits.
A LIST of senior National Guard officers has been drawn up for early retirement to allow promotion further down the ranks after a meeting of the newly formed army Retirement Council.
The Council was set up after a new law was passed allowing for the early discharge of high-ranking officers.
LARNACA Police yesterday confirmed that the use of DNA testing had been critical in the arrest of an alleged arsonist.
THE CYPRUS Consumers’ Association (CCA) intends to carry out market surveys that will highlight companies that profiteer in the retail market, its chairman Petros Markou said yesterday.
Markou asked Commerce Minister Nicos Rolandis to convene the Consumers Consultative Committee to consider the need to protect consumers against unwarranted price increases.
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