TURKISH Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Mehmet Ali Talat has written to the Prime Ministers of 24 EU nations calling on them to honour pledges made before and after the referendum on the Annan plan to help lift Turkish Cypriots out of economic and political isolation.
CYPRUS’ bid to join the ERM-2 European Exchange Rate mechanism this year is likely to hinge on a review in September of its efforts to tidy up public finances, the central bank said yesterday.
CYPRUS’ bid to join the euro zone in 2007 has been called to question by senior government coalition partner AKEL, which advocates caution over rash moves to cut deficits.
A government austerity plan to improve public finances must not be to the detriment of public living standards, a member of AKEL said yesterday.
A GROUP of Turkish Cypriot journalists marched on the north’s ‘parliament’ yesterday morning in protest at legal charges brought against several of their colleagues by the Turkish military.
THE PRESS and Information Office (PIO) has released instructions in English and Greek on how to go about voting for the June 13 Euro elections.
For the many non-Greek speakers who wish to learn more about the election procedure, the PIO website can be accessed at www.moi.gov.cy/pio, where instructions can be found in both languages.
THE Supreme Court yesterday upheld an injunction banning the party headed by former DISY (Democratic Rally) chairman Yiannakis Matsis from using the word ‘Rally’ in his name.
Matsis, along with two expelled DISY deputies and several other dissidents, had named the party Rally for Europe, drawing from the heritage of DISY.
THE COMMERCE Ministry is to launch an investigation into consumer complaints of overpriced gas sales around the island following the liberalisation of the market.
Gas prices before the island’s accession in May were set by the Commerce Ministry, with the last price set at £3.20.
UNIONS could demand that the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) rise by up to 15 per cent in July to take account of recent price hikes.
According to Phileleftheros, unions consider the consumer price indicator for the month of May, expected to be released by the Statistical Service in the next few weeks, as a determining factor for the re-adjustment of the CoLA.
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There has long been a debate among scientists as to whether evolution is one continuous, gradual process or a series of sudden, large changes.
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We have been informed that the Church has succeeded in preventing the entry to Cyprus of Joao de Deus, a well-known Brazilian faith healer.
Yet reports on this healer are generally very favourable. Many prominent personalities, including top scientists, have not only studied him but also consulted him to the great benefit of their own health.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
