POLICE yesterday warned of impending anarchy after four officers were injured in the early hours of Sunday when arrests were made during an open-air party at Nicosia’s Phaneromeni area and protesters subsequently stormed Paphos Gate police station.
THE LEADERS of DISY and EDEK have called for a hardening of Cyprus’ stance regarding Turkey’s candidacy to join the EU, ahead of the progress report by the European Commission (EC) which will be presented in its preliminary form tomorrow and finalised in December.
CYPRUS AIRWAYS (CY) unions will meet today to decide whether to go on strike if the government goes ahead and supports Eurocypria financially.
The row is over a plan by the government, which owns 100 per cent of charter firm Eurocypria, to restructure the airline, which may involve the injection of an additional €35 million.
THE STATE’S controversial move to alter the collection period for VAT in respect of some business would added some €50 million to state coffers in 2009, Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis said yesterday.
EDUCATION Minister Andreas Demetriou yesterday confirmed that the Legal Services have sent him a draft bill on the tuition fees of private universities.
He said the bill provides that private universities are obliged to submit details of the tuition fee to the Ministry for approval six months before the beginning of the academic year.
THE AGRICULTURAL Research Institute (ARI) has invited a truffle expert from Greece to train staff in using a dog to hunt truffles, in anticipation of the final stages of a four-year experiment to cultivate the highly desirable – and valuable – fungi in Cyprus.
A CAR MILEAGE checking firm yesterday released figures showing that two thirds of all imported cars had had their mileage fraudulently reduced, or ‘clocked’.
According to Mileage Check, “Recent evidence shows that over 62 per cent of all cars imported into Cyprus have been clocked on arrival.”
ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos II yesterday warned that the state would be faced with the wrath of the Church if the Interior Ministry did not accept a request for an upgrade of the construction co-efficient of Church land in Engomi to cover the cost of rural priests’ salaries.
A TOTAL UPGRADE of the medical services currently available to patients with eating disorders on the island is an absolute necessity said Health Minister Christos Patsalides yesterday.
MAYOR IN HOT WATER OVER MARINA
YEROSKIPOU Mayor Tassos Kousapos has angered council members by issuing statements on a decision he made without consulting them.
The stand- off has arisen over the subject of the construction of a small new marina, which local authorities had hoped would be created within the municipality.
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