Cyprus is participating with a national pavilion in the Salon de l’Agriculture being held in Paris, from 26 February to 6 March 2005.| Participating in the Cyprus pavilion are the Ministries of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment following an invitation by the French Ministry of Agriculture. An official statement
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The consumer price inflation rate inched down to 2.8% year on year in February 2005, compared with 2.9% in January. On a month-on-month basis, prices remained almost the same, rising by just 0.03%. The Consumer Price Index for February 2005 increased by 0.03 units to 118.75 units compared to 118.72 in January 2005. This is
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The VAT rate for taxi journeys is set to drop to 8% from the current 15% following a decision by Minister of Finance Makis Keravnos. The minister had come under pressure from the taxi drivers’ association, who demanded a cut in the tax to offset the steep rise in the cost of fuel–the result both
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The Cyprus House of Representatives, in an extraordinary resolution, unanimously rejected on Thursday night, the US State Department Human Rights Report on Cyprus, describing it as false, prejudiced, lacking objectivity and completely unacceptable. It also noted that the US omits to underline once again that it does not recognise the illegal regime in the areas
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Wheat growers continued to keep the island’s road junctions hostage Friday, as tractors brought traffic to a standstill, saying the government’s subsidy offer fell CYP 3 mln short of their demands for CYP 5 mln. Police failed to clear the roads at the Larnaca roundabout just off the highway and at the Nisou turnoff on
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