A RECENT study of working hours and paid holidays indicated that employees in Nicosia cannot complain. The Nicosia worker puts in an average of just 1,680 hours per year, the fifth lowest of all 73 cities.
Only in Lyon, Paris, Madrid and Copenhagen do employees spend less time at work than employees in Nicosia.
Not so long ago a CTO official named Glafkos Kariolou, rightly, commented on the state of our beaches. His overall observation was that we have an embedded cultural issue which affects our behaviour when we visit the beach (and other parts of the island)… in a nutshell, we are ‘slobs’ who leave our garbage anywhere as long it’s not in our own backyard.
A 50-YEAR-OLD Nicosia man was forced to change the locks on his dead mother’s home when her former Bulgarian housemaid refused to move out.
The 63-year-old, who worked for the man’s mother for seven years up until her death in 2007, said she and her son would sleep on the street.
THE COMMERCE Ministry is pushing the House of Representatives to amend a 2005 law banning the sale of biofuels made from genetically-modified (GM) plants, in order to avoid being fined millions of euros by the EU for non-compliance with one of its directives.
An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale shook the island at around 9.30am yesterday, which was felt particularly strongly in Limassol and Paphos districts.
Preliminary estimates indicate that the epicentre was located in the sea off Amathus, with an intensity of around 4 – 4.5 on the Richter scale.
Four senior police officers recently suspended, pending the conclusion of their criminal trial regarding their involvement in the Antonis Prokopiou Kitas debacle, are demanding their reinstatement.
This contribution is part of a series of personal views invited by Cyprus Mail on the subject of consumer prices.
Michael Hagisoteri, Managing Director, Toni & Guy Cyprus Ltd
THE DIASPORA is currently holding the 16th annual conference of overseas Cypriots in Nicosia. Eminent Cypriots from around the world have descended on the homeland to discuss the plight of the island, bringing with them a US senator among others.
CYPRUS’ political leaders yesterday addressed the 16th international overseas Cypriots’ conference, which continued for the second day running and ended with a dinner hosted by President Demetris Christofias.
The conference started with a brief recount of the overseas’ Cypriots’ work so far and their action plans for the future.
INVESTIGATIONS into the causes of the massive fire that erupted in the Paphos region on Monday appear to have identified a National Guard (NG) helicopter flying at the time as the culprit.
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