The six who go to Brussels

DEMOCRATIC RALLY (DISY)

Ioannis Casoulides

Received 67,251 preference votes
Studied Medicine at the university of Lyons, France. Served as Government Spokesman in the Clerides administration from 1993 to 1997; was later appointed Foreign Minister, a position he retained until February 2003.
“Today, Cyprus has consolidated its European identity.”

Panayiotis Demetriou
Received 24,589 preference votes
Studied Law in London. One of the founding members of DISY (1976). Has served as an observer in the European Parliament since April 2003.
“I feel great awe, because I know what the European Parliament is about and what it means to represent little Cyprus in this milieu.”

AKEL

Adamos Adamou
Received preference 30,290 votes
Studied Medicine in Athens, specialising in Oncology. Became an AKEL deputy in March 2003. Sits on the following House committees: European Affairs, the Environment, Health.
“Certainly this is a very emotional time for all of us.”

Kyriacos Triantafylides
Received preference 27,766 votes
Graduate and postgraduate studies in New Zealand, where he taught English and Social Sciences for three years. Served in senior various posts in the civil service.
“This is a great responsibility for us all, and I am confident we shall make the most of it through hard work and persistence.”

COALITION FOR EUROPE

Yiannakis Matsis
Received preference 24,839 votes
An active member of the 1955-59 EOKA uprising. Chairman of DISY from 1993 to 1997. Participated in the congress of European Popular Party government heads from 1994 to 1996.
“To me, this is a new chapter in my life. My colleagues and I in the European Parliament shall devote ourselves to this new task…”

DIKO

Marios Matsakis
Received 27,371 preference votes
Graduate and postgraduate studies (England) in Microbiology, Forensic Medicine, Biochemistry. Has been employed as a coroner in Cyprus since 1994. Elected DIKO deputy in 1996, re-elected 2001.
“I hope I can continue representing Cyprus abroad, striving toward a fair solution for the Cypriot people…”

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.