About 62% of Africans do not have access to an improved sanitation facility — a proper toilet — which separates human waste from human contact, according to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation. A global report will be published later this year, however, preliminary data on the situation in Africa was
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European Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamantouros, who concluded his visit here, said Cypriots must know their rights emanating from aquis communautaire adding “these rights are part of the national lawâ€. Diamantouros said that the objective of his visit was to brief the new political leadership of the island and the citizens for their rights “regardless of their
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The Cyprus-German Business Association, under the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), held its founding assembly last Tuesday in Nicosia. The establishment of the Association is part of the Chamber’s efforts to promote relations between Cyprus and other countries.The aim of these efforts is to promote, expand and encourage economic, commercial and business relations
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The government announced that it will grant an Easter allowance, worth EUR33 mln to a total of 112.000 recipients of state allowances and pensioners.The allowance will be sent to those entitled by April, meeting a commitment included in the pre-election programme of President Demetris Christofias, who was elected to the presidency in February this year.Cyprus
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Cyprus and Germany have circulated a draft text that proposes adding seven new members to the U.N. Security Council, the latest attempt to try to break a deadlock on the issue of expanding the council. For more than a decade, the U.N. General Assembly has been struggling with ways to expand the Security Council, the
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By Renee Maltezou and Karolos Grohmann ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s parliament approved the conservative government’s pension reform bill early on Friday after weeks of protests and strikes by labour unions. The legislation overhauls a pension system experts say will collapse in 15 years if not changed. The bill passed in the 300-seat house with 151
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By Jeff Mason TERRE HAUTE, Ind., (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unveiled a second economic stimulus package on Thursday as a new poll showed her maintaining her lead over Barack Obama among Democrats. With surveys showing the economy the top issue on voters’ minds, Clinton called for new steps to address a deepening
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Auto has a bumper year Wholesale and commission trade rose by 10.4% in value in 2007, according to the turnover index of wholesale trade and commission trade. The fastest rising category was “agricultural raw materials and live animals”, the value of which rose by 45%. This may be related to the outbreak of foot and
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Leaders of Cyprus’s Greek and Turkish communities agreed on Friday to relaunch reunification talks and to open a barricaded street in Nicosia that symbolises the island’s division. It was the first meeting between Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat since Christofias was elected to the Cypriot presidency last month
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The UN Special Representative of the Secretary General and Chief of Mission of UNFICYP Michael Moller read the following statement of the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities in Cyprus, following their meeting today. The full text of the statement is as follows: “I am very pleased to announce the following
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