THEY ARE PREPARING A NEW TENDER FOR AKAMAS PARK - THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON CRIMINAL OFFENCES TO THE LEGAL SERVICE

THEY ARE PREPARING A NEW TENDER FOR AKAMAS PARK - THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON CRIMINAL OFFENCES TO THE LEGAL SERVICE - Filenews 6/11 by Andreas Athanasiou


The government is in the final stretch for the re-announcement of the projects in the Akamas National Forest Park, while the Legal Service is examining whether the findings of the Audit Office show indications of committing criminal or other offenses. At the same time, the weaknesses of law enforcement in the protected area remain in the foreground, with new complaints that an online fundraiser is underway for the reconstruction of an arbitrary property destroyed by fire, despite the established illegalities.

The long-term delay of the Akamas projects, environmental violations, the management of millions of euros and the attribution of possible responsibilities were at the center of yesterday's meeting of the Parliamentary Audit Committee. The discussion lasted about three hours, with the participation of representatives of state services, local authorities and environmental organizations, and was marked by intense controversies over the findings of the Audit Office, the responsibility of the competent state services and the effects that the prolonged suspension of projects has on local communities.

THE SHIP WAS DELAYED AND PATIENTS WERE LEFT WITHOUT CONSUMABLES

THE SHIP WAS DELAYED AND PATIENTS WERE LEFT WITHOUT CONSUMABLES - Filenews 6/11 by Marilena Panayi


A ship was delayed in arriving in Cyprus and patients with ileostomy were faced with the shortage of the special consumables they need every day. At the same time, pharmaceutical preparations were in short supply or their stocks in Cyprus were very few, with the result that patients were suffering or even at risk until new quantities became available.

"Unfortunately," the secretary of the Federation of Cyprus Patients' Associations, Charalambos Papadopoulos, told "F", "almost every month cases of patients arrive at OSAK who are not served as they should and do not provide the consumables they need to meet their needs and certainly, almost every week we are informed about shortages of specific medicines."

POLICE DETENTION CENTRES - TIME BOMB READY TO EXPLODE - 90 PEOPLE IN CELLS FOR 34 - PRISONERS SLEEP ON THE FLOOR

POLICE DETENTION CENTRES - TIME BOMB READY TO EXPLODE - 90 PEOPLE IN CELLS FOR 34 -  PRISONERS SLEEP ON THE FLOOR - Filenews 5/11 by Ioanna Mantziipa


The police detention centers of Cyprus are in a state of suffocation, with the situation deteriorating daily and the conditions of detention becoming more and more dangerous. In Limassol, in just one week, the number of prisoners skyrocketed from 60 to 90!

The worrying thing is that the problem, instead of being contained, is spreading to all provinces, revealing the serious weaknesses of the detention system.

The picture is equally revealing in the other provinces. In the two major districts, Nicosia and Limassol, 200% occupancy is recorded. In Larnaca, and specifically in Aradippou Station, the number of prisoners reaches 40, in Paphos from 38 which is the capacity there are about 75 prisoners, while in the Lakatamia detention center, where the available places are 38, the number reaches about 85. In Paralimni, 40 people are being held, instead of eight.

PARLIAMENT - THE LAW ON EX OFFICIO JUDICIAL REVIEW OF PROLONGED DETENTION OF IMMIGRANTS HAS BEEN PASSED - ELAM AND ALMA VOTED AGAINST

PARLIAMENT - THE LAW ON EX OFFICIO JUDICIAL REVIEW OF PROLONGED DETENTION OF IMMIGRANTS HAS BEEN PASSED - ELAM AND ALMA VOTED AGAINST - Filenews 5/11


With 39 votes in favor and nine against, from ELAM and the ALMA Movement, the Plenary Session of the Parliament approved the amendment of the Law on Foreigners and Immigration, introducing a procedure of ex officio judicial review of the legality of the extension of the detention of third-country nationals beyond six months.

The legislative regulation aims to harmonize Cypriot legislation with a European directive and to implement a recommendation of the European Commission to the Republic of Cyprus, in the context of the action plan for the accession of Cyprus to the Schengen area.

A NINE-MEMBER SPORTS DELEGATION OF CYPRUS HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY WITHDRAWN FROM DOHA DUE TO THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

A NINE-MEMBER SPORTS DELEGATION OF CYPRUS HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY WITHDRAWN FROM DOHA DUE TO THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST - Filenews 5/11 by Fanis Makridis


The situation in the Middle East and the statements of Iranian officials also had side effects for a Cypriot sports delegation that was in Qatar in the context of international games.

As the president of the Cyprus Shooting Federation, Lenos Kyriakou, confirmed a while ago speaking to filenews, the 9-member delegation of Cyprus in the Doha games has withdrawn.

Mr. Kyriacou informed us that the delegation is expected to arrive by plane in Athens and from there it was going to take a flight to Cyprus.

"SICK'' 13,000 GOVERNMENT WORKERS PER YEAR - 10% TAKE LEAVE FOR MORE THAN 43 DAYS - WHO ARE THE SICKEST

"SICK'' 13,000 GOVERNMENT WORKERS PER YEAR - 10% TAKE LEAVE FOR MORE THAN 43 DAYS - WHO ARE THE SICKEST - Filenews 6/11 by Eleftheria Paizanou


Particularly sick people appear every year around 13 thousand. workers in the state machine, as they receive sick leave. In fact, more than 10% continue their sick leave after 42 days, during which full pay is paid.

The data came to light after questions submitted by DISY MP Giorgos Pamporidis and ALMA MP Litsa Drousiotou.

Under the legal framework, permanent and permanent employees in the public service are entitled to 42 days of full-time sick leave, eight of which do not require them to present a medical certificate.

MOT OF BUILDINGS IN THE LONG RUN - THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR SAYS THE BUILDINGS OF PUBLIC USE TAKE PRECEDENCE

MOT OF BUILDINGS IN THE LONG RUN - THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR SAYS THE BUILDINGS OF PUBLIC USE TAKE PRECEDENCE - Filenews 5/11 by Vassos Vassiliou


The Ministry of the Interior postpones in the long term the mandatory inspection of buildings recommended by ETEK, due to the risks that exist for the collapse of buildings or parts of them, preferring in the first phase the inspection of buildings of public use.

At the same time, the ministry calls on the EOAs to forget their request for financial support totalling €20 million. (in the form of a loan) to undertake the support of hundreds of buildings that were deemed dangerous after inspection and offers them only €2 million.