The Cypriot Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment, Mr. Photis Photiou, issued the licensing of the Collective Packaging Management System, organized by Green Dot Cyprus, with effect from the 1st of August 2006. This is the first license issued in Cyprus for this purpose, rendering the Green Dot Cyprus system currently the only
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Minister of Justice and Public Order Sophocles Sophocleous announced that a meeting he chaired today with the participation of the police and civil authorities of Larnaca Airport decided to implement precautionary and, if necessary, suppressive measures for the security of the airports and ports of Cyprus. Sophocleous told the press that ‘specific instructions have been
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The financial dependency of the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus on Turkey, which is due inter alia to the use of the Turkish lira, the uncertainty arising out of the Cyprus problem which remains unsolved, the insistence on secessionist actions and efforts aiming at the recognition or upgrading of the puppet regime in the occupied
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The combined assistance of the European Union to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon amounts to over 108-million euros in monetary terms alone. In addition, substantial amount of aid in kind in the form of food, medicine, and shelter has been provided.A report of the humanitarian assistance to Lebanon and the combined efforts of the
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The Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot sides exchanged lists of issues to be discussed concerning the substance of the Cyprus problem, in accordance with the agreement reached on 8 July 2006 between the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus in the presence of UN Undersecretary General for political affairs Ibrahim Gambari. An official
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Fifty tons of humanitarian aid from the Cypriot division of Doctors of the World has been loaded onto Indian navy ship ‘INS BETWA’ destined for Beirut, so that it can be distributed to regions in need once a ceasefire is achieved. Honourary President of the division Eleni Theocharous told CNA that the aid includes food,
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