Restriction of freedom to provide services Germany lost a case in the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice, the EU’s highest court, on Thursday for over-strict requirements on the employment of non-EU nationals. The work visa regime applied by Germany to nationals of non-member States posted by service providers established in other member States is contrary

Cyprus patient attendances during 2004 were increased by 8.0% over the previous year, reaching 1,483,407, of which 67.5% represented attendances at general hospitals. According to the Annual Report for the year 2004 of the Statistical Service of Cyprus “Health and Hospital Statistics”, the share of expenditure as a percentage of GDP increased from 5.7% in

President insists on January 1, 2008 Members of the ruling coalition parties, communist AKEL and the Democratic Party (DIKO) walked out of the House Commerce Committee meeting Tuesday that was about to discuss the impact from the adoption of the euro. The argument arose when the coalition MPs accused the Committee Chairman, Lefteris Christoforou, of

Greek Cypriot plans for a revival of negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem were given the kiss of death on Wednesday as the Greek Cypriot President of Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos cancelled a planned peacemaking visit with Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw because the President objected to the venue at which Straw would meet the Turkish