Water Department seeks free rein after revealing £50m debts
THE WATER Development Department yesterday asked Parliament for a law amendment that would enable them to increase water costs without needing approval – after announcing that local water boards owed almost £50 million in debts.
House calls on British government to act on bases
THE HOUSE of Representatives passed a resolution last night calling on the Republic to demand from the British government that they pay back all the money they owe Cyprus regarding the Bases.
THE DISPUTE over the proposed waste disposal plant in Lymbia appeared to be reaching a compromise yesterday, after the Interior Minister and the village council discussed ways to relocate some units of the plant further away from the community.
A CIRCULAR letter by the Inland Revenue Department stating that financial assistance in the agricultural sector would from now on be taxed yesterday provoked an intense reaction by the House Agriculture Committee.
TWO DRUG dealers who appealed to the Supreme Court over their sentences have had their jail-time doubled after the three-judge panel ruled against their request.
LOW PASS rates in the Larnaca and Famagusta districts yesterday prompted driving instructors to stage a 12-hour strike.
SLOVAK PRESIDENT Ivan Ga?parovi? who was yesterday on an official visit to Cyprus said the time had come for the EU to take a more concrete and absolute stance as far as Turkey and complying with its accession obligations were concerned.
THE DELIVERY of two fire-fighting helicopters to Cyprus has been held up due to a change in their original specifications.
GOVERNMENT doctors have threatened to go on strike if the Health Ministry does not change its terms of agreement with private doctors who it wants to employ to cover gaps in the public sector.
MULTINATIONAL real estate agencies are illegally operating in Cyprus and are selling Greek Cypriot properties in the north, Parliament was told yesterday.
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