COMMUTERS are wasting 100,000 hours every day in traffic, the Communications Minister told Parliament yesterday, announcing a number of measures to tackle the growing spiral of congestion.
Nicos Nicolaides said a number of measures – some immediate, others long-term – would be taken to ease the traffic situation in Nicosia.
POLITICAL parties have aired their disapproval over the President’s decision to cancel the Nikiforos military exercise, even though the Turkish Cypriot side has reciprocated the gesture.
The government’s decision to cancel the military exercise is aimed at maintaining the peaceful climate in accordance with the ongoing peace negotiations, President Christofias said yesterday.
CATTLE farmers will this evening begin to assemble in Kofinou ahead of tomorrow’s peaceful rally to Limassol where they hope to meet EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel.
The farmers, who are unhappy with the amount of compensation allotted to them by the government, said they would not hesitate to take on police if they tried to put a stop to their progress.
POLICE yesterday honoured the two firemen who risked their lives to save two-year-old Joseph Pesiara who was critically injured in a fire in Nicosia last week.
Kypros Koulouma and George Flaouna were honoured for their act of bravery and congratulated for their self-sacrifice to save the child at a ceremony at the Nicosia Fire Department.
RIDING on a wave of euphoric relief after European governments pledged to help banks through the credit crunch, the Cyprus stock exchange yesterday registered gains for a second consecutive day, but market observers warn the party may be over soon.
Again, largely buoyed by banks, the CSE general index went up 6.48 per cent, with the volume in trading reaching €12,880,254.
THE MINISTER of Education has sent a circular out to schools, clarifying the criteria used when choosing students for school parades.
The latest one followed complaints after an earlier circular called on students of ‘impeccable appearance’ to attend parades.
A SUGGESTION by AKEL to scrap school parades was yesterday met with an outraged reaction by DISY deputy Andreas Themistocleous.
In a written announcement by the head of AKEL’s Education Office, George Loukaides, the ruling party called for a cancellation of the pupils’ two annual parades to mark national holidays, describing them as an outdated tradition.
ALMOST 132,000 European women die from breast cancer every year and 430,000 are diagnosed with the disease.
Given the enormous influence of lifestyle factors on women’s breast health, European Breast Cancer Coalition Europa Donna will today hold its first annual Breast Health Day.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS Regulator Vasos Pyrgos has quit unexpectedly amid rampant speculation that he was under pressure to turn a blind eye to infractions in Cyprus’ ‘Wild West’ telecoms market.
Appointed to the newly-created job in 2002, Pyrgos’ term as the market watchdog was due to expire six years from now.
A PARLIAMENTARY discussion on the reasons behind the collapse of the roof at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre yesterday failed to shed light on the issue.
The reason was because there was still an on-going investigation into the matter, which limited what the parliamentary guests could or couldn’t say.
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