AKEL candidate Demetris Christofias is gaining ground on incumbent President Tassos Papadopoulos, according to the latest poll published yesterday in Simerini.
The poll, carried out by Insight Market Research, shows Christofias with 32.6 per cent to Papadopoulos’ 33.1 per cent and Kasoulides’ 29.1 per cent.
THERE will be no water cuts for the time being, despite reserves reaching an all-time low, an Agriculture Ministry official confirmed yesterday.
However, opponents accuse the Ministry is still dragging its heels in securing deals for more desalination plants.
THE FORESTRY Department and Game Fund have announced that they will work together in order to increase Cyprus’ dwindling vulture population.
The story begins 15 years ago, with the Forestry Department initiating a programme for the conservation of the Griffon vulture in Cyprus.
THE CABINET yesterday approved a proposal by the Education Ministry to offer 1,000 Open University positions to National Guard conscripts.
The proposal, made in collaboration with the Defence Ministry, will offer soldiers the opportunity to make a head-start on their studies while they are carrying out their service and it will come into immediate effect.
THE DISAGREEMENT between the Port Authority and its employees on the terms of the collective agreement has finally come to an end, eliminating the future risk of strikes at Limassol Port.
The agreement was reached on Wednesday, following a meeting between the Port Authority and the six trade union organisations representing Port staff, officials said yesterday.
VIDEOS circulating on the internet show tennis star Marcos Baghdatis chanting anti-Turkish slogans with the alleged ringleader of Tuesday night’s violent confrontation at the Australian Open tennis tournament.
FOLLOWING the request of Kato Polemidia Council, the Minister of Transport and Works Maria Malaktou-Babali will visit the municipality today to discuss a number of infrastructure problems in the area.
CHAIRMAN of the Municipalities Union (MU), mayor of Limassol Andreas Christou, yesterday accused President Tassos Papadopoulos of failing to fulfil his 2003 electoral pledge to increase state funding to local government.
BUSINESSMAN Christodoulos Neophytou yesterday announced he would be running for president in the forthcoming elections.
He accused the other candidates of failing to achieve a solution to the Cyprus problem and said the main reason he was standing for presidency was because the island was in great danger.
CYPRUS plans to launch a new licensing round for hydrocarbons in offshore blocks in the eastern Mediterranean on July 1, a senior energy official said yesterday.
“We intend, subject to the approval of the Council of Ministers, to announce a second exploration round on July 1,” said Solon Kassinis, head of the energy service at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
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