INTERIOR Minister Neoclis Sylikiotios yesterday called on land developers to acknowledge they were part of the problem when it came to the title-deeds debacle, and to shoulder their responsibilities to buyers.
He said legislation was in process that would bring an end to the problem affecting 100,000 home owners, including 30,000 foreigners, most of whom are British.
CYPRIOT workers whose wages are collectively agreed, saw them increase by only 2.5 per cent in 2008, the second lowest in the EU and an actual drop in real terms, new research revealed yesterday.
The research also revealed that Cyprus has the worst gender pay gap in the bloc, and that there is a lack of trust in employees.
THE PLENUM yesterday insisted on passing the restaurant VAT bill after President Demetris Christofias refused to sign it for a second time, leading the matter to the Supreme Court.
BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown said his government “can and will” contribute a solution in Cyprus.
Brown, who attended a reception On Wednesday given at the Foreign Office in London by British Minister for Europe, Caroline Flint, for Cypriots living in the UK, said that the solution of the Cyprus problem must come from Cypriots themselves.
MINISTER of Communications and Works Nicos Nicolaides yesterday confirmed plans for infrastructure and development projects in the Old and New Ports of Limassol, with a combined cost of approximately €100 million.
The projects to be carried out over the next three years are expected to radically transform the area of the Old Port and revamp the New Port.
EDUCATION Minister Andreas Demetriou yesterday sought a deal with secondary teachers under which some of the students holding controversial foreign accreditation would in the end have to take the Pancyprian Greek exam.
Criticism of Qatar trip ‘petty and short-sighted’ says Christofias
PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias yesterday dismissed criticism of his Qatar trip as petty and short-sighted, saying Cyprus only stood to benefit from closer relations with the oil-rich emirate.
FIVE MEMBERS of a Greek Cypriot family between the ages of two and 48, who were murdered during the 1974 Turkish invasion will be buried on Sunday, 35 years after they were killed.
THE POSTAL Services issued two new series’ of commemorative stamps this week.
The stamps, released on Monday, are called Europa and Planet Earth and are viewed as collectors’ items.
FLOWER festivals are taking place this weekend in both Larnaca and Limassol.
The annual Yermasoyia Flower Festival is taking in the parking area along the waterfront, while in Larnaca a parade of flower-adorned floats will be on display along the Phinikoudes seafront.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
