Get the national policies right During the debate with National Parliaments conducted at the European Parliament last week and attended by the Financial Mirror, Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia said that one of the problems the EU faces is “many citizens consider that European and national institutions have been unable to come
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A group of 78 Turkish Cypriots have been refused the chance to vote in the Republic of Cyprus parliamentary elections on May 21st because they live in the occupied northern part of Cyprus. The group making the request asked two months ago to exercise their right to elect and be elected in separate electoral lists,
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The following statement was issued following the meeting in Paris today between UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the President of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos: United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan and President Tassos Papadopoulos met in Paris today to review the situation in Cyprus and examine modalities for moving forward on the process leading to the
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— AKEL: 32.3%, DISY: 31.4%, DIKO: 19.9% The first opinion polls ahead of the May 21 parliamentary elections has put the traditional rival parties clearly in the lead, with the President’s ruling party making a strong comeback and other parties diminishing their voter power. Of the 1451 respondents who took part in the Evresis/Antenna TV
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New gov’t taxes “a serious blow” Passengers to foot the bill Foreign airlines are ready to chop their Cyprus routes that could deal a serious blow to tourism arrivals, following the government’s unilateral decision to hike airport taxes and fees when the new operator takes over in June. Some airline companies, which have consistently provided
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Defends miVision deal, eyes Alpha TV content 18c cash offer for Multichoice Lumiere TV Public Co. Ltd. went on the counteroffensive Tuesday after coming under a barrage of criticism following its content management deal with CyTA to move its transmissions to the miVision platform. LTV Chairman Akis Avraamides called an impromptu press briefing where he
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The EUR 139 mln in financial aid for Turkish Cypriots which was approved by the EU foreign ministers on Friday and adopted by the General Affairs and External Relations Council on Monday will focus on energy and the environment and will help prepare Turkish Cypriots to apply EU law for the day when a comprehensive
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