THE GOVERNMENT yesterday accused Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat of trying to exploit the island’s EU accession without having to comply with EU norms.
Spokesman Chrysostomides was referring to the issue of Greek Cypriots having to show passports when crossing to the north of the island.
OPPOSITION DISY yesterday accused the government of preparing a raft of tax reforms that would be imposed immediately after the Euro elections.
Speaking at a news conference, deputy Maria Kyriacou and Euro election candidate Manthos Mavromatis, charged that the government was preparing measures on three levels that would be imposed right after the June 13 elections.
WORKERS AT the Limassol hospital sterilisation unit yesterday staged a one-hour walkout, demanding better working conditions in their department.
The workers said that for the past nine months they have been forced to hand-wash the surgery equipment due the malfunction of the special machines.
A WEEKEND road accident claimed the lives of three people in Paphos, puching the year’s road toll to 36. A Russian couple and a 47-year-old woman from Georgia were the latest victims of the car accident, which occurred at 2.45pm on Argakas Street in Polis Chrysochous.
AFTER LONG discussions, the House Finance Committee yesterday came to some agreement on the framework of the proposed bill designed to fight tax evasion.
Approval of the bill without substantial changes would enhance the government’s tax collecting abilities and improve the flow of much-needed cash in the state coffers.
PARLIAMENT yesterday discussed a bill tabled by deputies from the Rally for Europe on the Euro elections that states candidates for the European Parliament who gather a five per cent vote be given the chance to partake in the second round.
THE MAJORITY of Greek Cypriots couldn’t be happier with how President Tassos Papadopoulos has handled matters since the rejection of the UN Secretary General’s plan in the April 24 referendum, according to an opinion poll conducted by RAI Consultants.
THE WORLD Bank and the US government signalled at the weekend they were ready to take action on Cyprus to end the forty-year economic and political isolation of the Turkish Cypriots.
ALITHIA: “Bush crashes with mountain bike”. The paper led on US President George Bush’s fall off his mountain bike at the weekend. The president was 16 miles into a 17-mile ride on his ranch when he hit some loose soil. In addition to a military aide and Secret Service agent, Bush was with his doctor, who treated him on the spot and pronounced him “fine”.
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