THE GOVERNMENT’S reform of pharmaceutical pricing was announced with great fanfare by the President earlier this year, with a list of set medicine prices, many of which were 50 per cent lower than those under the previous regime. It was even presented as the farewell gift to the people of former Health Minister Dina Akkelidou, forced to step down following her entanglement with the law.
TWIN sisters with disability problems are now living in a house bought with the proceeds from a special Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) campaign and the ‘Association of the friends of the sisters Erato and Marilena Theofanous’ and the contribution of many other people to help the girls after their mother died in 1998.
HOTELIERS yesterday hinted that tourism chiefs were spinning figures to give a better picture of the current situation in the sector, particularly with regards to revenue.
CARREFOUR Marinopoulos yesterday announced it had reached a £21.6 million agreement with the Chris Cash and Carry supermarket chain to take over the company.
THE case of the 15-year-old girl who went missing from home this week is not the sign of an increasing trend, a child psychologist and family councillor said yesterday.
THE JURY is out on whether Cyprus will cut interest rates today in a bid to narrow its wide gap with euro zone levels, or hold its firepower because of an April spike in inflation.
ATTORNEY-general Petros Clerides yesterday sought to play down the hype over the sale of Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied north.
Clerides said he doubted whether reports reflected the true dimension of the matter and warned that the manner in which the issue was being presented could create unjustified panic.
A QUESTION over car park priority has arisen at the Makarios III Hospital in Nicosia.
EUROPEAN Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquín Almunia yesterday warned there was no time for complacency on the economy between now and joining the eurozone, and that Cyprus had much to do before the switch.
TRAFFIC cameras will soon be on the roads after the Ministry of Communications announced a contract for their supply yesterday.
Speaking to reporters Minister Haris Thrasou said the cameras, costing 6.5million euros, would be installed over five different stages.
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