Sir,
There is no wonder so many people are leaving Cyprus, the Government Offices are ridiculous! I have just had a tax demand three years after leaving. I thought I had concluded all my business with Cyprus, but it seems that they want some more money from me yet again. The demand was for €2.79.
Sir,
Three days ago I went to the cinema – K-Cineplex, to be precise. The last time I went, a few months ago, I paid £4.00 for my ticket. They have now been re-printed in both pounds and euros, and the new price is €7.50, and the Cyprus pound equivalent (which was what I paid) was £4.39 – i.e. an increase of very nearly 10 per cent.
Sir,
In the hunt for the culprits behind Sunday’s bombing of the Limassol police chief’s car, investigators might also want to look into disgruntled local pedestrians, the disabled or even people with baby strollers, seeing as Tassos Economides’ car was parked slap-bang in the middle of the pavement.
Sir,
I was very interested in reading about the preparations for the euro in you edition on Sunday December 30.
I queued in the Laiki bank in Paphos last Friday to get a euro starter pack and was told when I got to the counter it was not available until next week.
THE EURO has arrived at our doorstep in all its glory. Some saw euro adoption as a chance to make a quick buck by imagining the Cyprus pound to be worth two euro.
MANY PETROL stations across the island were yesterday still unable to accept euro notes, despite promises that electronic payment machines would have been converted and ready by January 1.
Yesterday, Pambinos Charalambous, spokesman for the Association of Petrol Station Owners, said all the island’s 270 stations would be converted within the next 10 to 15 days.
EUROPEAN Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has welcomed Cyprus to the euro area of 15 EU countries, stretching from the Mediterranean to the Artic Circle.
In a written statement on the occasion of the currency’s adoption, Barroso said the arrival of the euro marks a new chapter of Cypriot history.
WITH the euro finally a reality, opinions on the street yesterday ranged from negative to positive, as shoppers tried to adjust to the new currency.
HIGHER fuel prices pushed Cyprus’s consumer inflation to a year high of 3.9 per cent year on year in December after a November reading of 3.5 per cent, the statistics department said yesterday. But for the whole year, the CPI index rose by 2.4 per cent, down from 2.5 percent in 2006, it said.
By Easyjet will be operating flights from Gatwick and Manchester to Paphos after March 31 as part of its takeover of GB Airways, the low-cost carrier has said.
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