NOBODY is stopping the government from reforming the National Guard and reducing military service, DISY deputy Socrates Hasikos said yesterday.
Hasikos was responding to recent statements by Defence Minister Costas Papacostas, who said parliament’s rejection of his proposal on how to go about the whole affair would prevent the reform and service reduction from ever happening.
Cyprus Airways (CY) said yesterday it had received assurances that none of its planes had been tampered with by a suspected saboteur operating at an aircraft maintenance plant in Brussels.
PARLIAMENT yesterday began examining a report by the Equality Authority involving a man with disabilities, who failed the entry exam for a job in the public sector.
The Authority felt the man in question was unfairly treated and discriminated against.
A TURKISH Cypriot convicted rapist and murderer who escaped from Nicosia’s Central Prison almost 18 months ago was arrested on drugs charges in the occupied areas.
Turkish Cypriot ‘authorities’ yesterday confirmed Panayiotis Netzadi was in custody after he was arrested in possession of 1kg of opium.
GREEK Cypriot politicians yesterday voiced satisfaction after the European Parliament urged Turkey to pull its troops from the island and stressed the need to reach a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus question based on UN Security Council resolutions.
PARLIAMENT yesterday examined three possible scenarios on how to impose the smoking ban, set to be implemented in the summer.
The first scenario is a complete ban in all public areas, without the possibility of having designated smoking areas.
THE WATER Development Department yesterday defended its decision to increase subsidies for drilling boreholes despite the drought, arguing that using borehole water to supply gardens, swimming pools and toilets saved valuable drinking water.
KISA, the Action for Equality, Support, Anti-racism group and the left-wing trade union PEO are joining hands to honour migrant women in Cyprus and the socio-economic contribution they make to the island, in an event called ‘Working Women in Cyprus in the Fight Against Discrimination and Racism’ this Sunday.
POLICE have both criminal and disciplinary liability in their investigation into the deaths of the three infants that contracted Legionnaires’ disease at the Hippocration Hospital in December last year.
The report will be out either today or at the latest by Monday, Nicosia Police Chief Kypros Michaelides said yesterday.
THE TIMEFRAME for new projects in Peyia, including a much anticipated ambulance service, has drawn a negative response from critics who say the service should have been included in the 2009 budget.
The mayor of Peyia, Neophytos Akourshiotis has announced that a new fire department and ambulance station would be built, and be operational from 2010.
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