tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16763783517970144112024-03-28T14:07:10.484+02:00TALA COMMUNITY NEWSFind out what's on in Tala... Tala is found in the district of Paphos Cyprus. In Tala you can find facilities for all kind of Events. Δανιήλ Χρίστουhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349567318506174456noreply@blogger.comBlogger32908125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-55782815995911659772024-03-28T14:06:00.003+02:002024-03-28T14:06:18.793+02:00CRIME ROUND UP<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Pafos Live 28 March 2024</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIXJPZAUf4vGlBoRSH9F7_tEP3DXlzOg4q9IF0bDndtxFLrD5XbOmFLHZR_XfsZHlAbW4rGHctj479TmnXhy5AqFvjQpJdTpYcaT8uqf6gih_5djSkSU2d8mn1mM07sp6D371LuWKi45g2dT2W-2d2p2yR9Gx9m9dQznIAlL9LGGGS-ffZj41Ric0OqM/s728/cop%20car.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="728" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIXJPZAUf4vGlBoRSH9F7_tEP3DXlzOg4q9IF0bDndtxFLrD5XbOmFLHZR_XfsZHlAbW4rGHctj479TmnXhy5AqFvjQpJdTpYcaT8uqf6gih_5djSkSU2d8mn1mM07sp6D371LuWKi45g2dT2W-2d2p2yR9Gx9m9dQznIAlL9LGGGS-ffZj41Ric0OqM/w400-h225/cop%20car.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p _msthash="36" _msttexthash="4857606" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A 16-year-old Romanian man was arrested in Paphos by police for possession of a stolen moped.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span id="more-108209" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span _msthash="37" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="8103368" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The minor underwent a drug test and was positive. For the theft of the moped, the police are also looking for a peer of his age.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span _msthash="37" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="8103368" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">* * * * * *<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span _msthash="37" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="8103368" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p _msthash="36" _msttexthash="14456065" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Police arrested a 19-year-old Limassol resident last night to facilitate investigations into an ongoing case of illegal possession and transport of explosives.</span></p><p _msthash="37" _msttexthash="29269747" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Specifically, around 10.30p.m. yesterday, members of the Limassol OPE stopped a car, driven by the 19-year-old, on a Limassol road. During the ensuing search, a cardboard box containing 20 factory firecrackers was found inside the vehicle.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span _msthash="37" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="8103368" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="10842793" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The 19-year-old was arrested for the offence of illegal possession and transport of explosives and detained to facilitate interrogations.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="10842793" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">* * * * * *</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="10842793" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p _msthash="36" _msttexthash="22610055" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Members of the Cybercrime Subdivision of the Police Headquarters, in cooperation with members of the Famagusta OPE, conducted a search yesterday afternoon based on a court warrant at a premises in Paralimni.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="10842793" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span _msthash="37" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="10278307" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">During the search, two computer towers were located and seized, which were reasonably suspected of providing online gambling services.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span _msthash="37" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="10278307" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">* * * * * *</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span _msthash="37" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="10278307" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p _msthash="36" _msttexthash="49641280" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A 47-year-old woman, who was wanted by the Police, was arrested last night and detained to facilitate investigations into investigated cases of obtaining credit by false representation, impersonation, theft and conspiracy to commit a felony, committed in the districts of Larnaka and Famagusta, during May 2023.</span></p><p _msthash="37" _msttexthash="29740464" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the evidence under investigation, the 47-year-old allegedly visited various stores in the provinces in question, where she allegedly obtained various products and obtained credit through various false representations.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span _msthash="37" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="10278307" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="19173791" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">On May 23, 2023, police had released the photo and personal details of the 47-year-old, in an attempt to locate her. Since her arrest, it is unnecessary to continue publishing this information.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="19173791" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">* * * * * *</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="19173791" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="19173791" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Pafos Press</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="19173791" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">The Paphos Police is investigating a case of extorting money through false representations with the victim, a 66-year-old resident in a nursing home. According to a complaint filed by the complainant, another resident in the same nursing home managed to extort €4650 from him through false representations, according to his allegations under investigation.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">The sum of money was part of retroactive payments received by the complainant from his social pension. A part of the amount, a total of €4800 was paid to pay for the nursing home and the rest of the money was kept by the suspect, aged 64, as the complainant complains, and is not returning it to him.</span></p><div class="td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><span class="td-adspot-title" face="Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; display: block; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">The two men maintained friendly relations, with the result that the 66-year-old trusted the 64-year-old who, as he states in his written complaint, went with him to the branch of the bank he served and withdrew the entire amount.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Initially, the complainant complained that he was to receive a larger amount, but when the case came before the Police, it appears that the suspect was forced to proceed with the payment of part of the amount to pay the obligations to the institution where the complainant resides.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">The payment for the stay at the nursing home is valid until 6 April and, as he states in his testimony, the 66 year old does not know what he will do after that since he will be forced to leave the place and now he does not have any money.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="19173791" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">The case, in addition to the Police, is expected to concern the Provincial Welfare Office as well.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">* * * * * *</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">A woman experienced terror yesterday, when four hooded men entered her home, in the Erimi community of Limassol, looking for money.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">According to the first police information, it was around 19:00, when the woman saw four hooded men inside the house, who threatened her and demanded money, speaking in English.</span></p><div class="td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><span class="td-adspot-title" face="Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; display: block; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">The perpetrators gagged and tied her, while at some point they left the scene, with the information stating that the woman was spotted by the housekeeper.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Members of the Police rushed to the scene, while the woman was taken to a private clinic for examinations, bringing redness to the places where the perpetrators tied her. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Preliminary investigations have not revealed that anything was stolen, while investigations are ongoing.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">* * * * * *</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Filenews</span></p><p _msthash="131" _msttexthash="11818651" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The curtain came down on Thursday (28/3) on a shocking case of abuse of the 11-year-old, who fell victim to the sick appetites of her 60-year-old neighbour.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="132" _msttexthash="39103753" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Permanent Assize Court of Limassol imposed on the defendant<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> an immediate prison sentence of seven years </strong>in the first charge and four years in the second category, with the sentences being met. The 60-year-old was found guilty of two <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">counts of sexual assault under the age of 13.</strong></span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="133" _msttexthash="77196548" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The nightmares she experienced at the hands of her 60-year-old neighbour who sexually abused her, <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">she found the courage to testify under oath to the now 16-year-old victim,</strong> convincing the Limassol Assize Court of the defendant's guilt. The then 11-year-old went to her neighbour's house to be looked after her while her parents were away, and he sexually abused her by taking advantage of her innocence.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="137" _msttexthash="42413280" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The hearing of the shocking case was held before the Limassol Permanent Assize Court behind closed doors, with the defendant denying guilt. The Assize Court, in previous proceedings, <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">found the 60-year-old Bulgarian guilty</strong> on two counts relating to sexual abuse offences under the age of 13.</span></p><div data-google-query-id="CKSa-ZPUloUDFTBSHQkdyu4CgQ" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="138" _msttexthash="59629557" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As Philenews had written in previous reports, the 16-year-old broke her silence and confided in officials of the Social Welfare Services, what she experienced at the tender age of 11. After specific actions on the part of SWS, the 16-year-old gave a videotaped statement, describing various incidents of sexual abuse perpetrated by her neighbour.</span></p><p _msthash="139" _msttexthash="11564371" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">These are two incidents of abuse</strong> which, according to her complaint, took place in 2018 when she was staying with her family in a residence in Limassol.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart5m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm5" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="140" _msttexthash="15210689" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One took place at the 60-year-old's residence when his family was absent. The accused tried to sexually abuse the minor while in the second case he showed her his genitals.</span></p><div class="_mid-banner cls" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div data-google-query-id="CKKa-ZPUloUDFTBSHQkdyu4CgQ" id="div-gpt-phn-in3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_3_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 300px;"></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p _msthash="141" _msttexthash="11657412" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The minor in her complaint stated that she had not spoken to anyone, as she was afraid, while at the time she was unaware of what exactly was happening.</span></p><p _msthash="141" _msttexthash="11657412" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">* * * * * *</span></p><p _msthash="131" _msttexthash="23891348" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Limassol District Court today imposed an immediate sentence of 2 years in prison on the 25-year-old defendant, who was found guilty after a court hearing, for the death of 19-year-old student, Marilena Pericleous.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="132" _msttexthash="51414779" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The accident occurred on July 10, 2020, <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a _istranslated="1" href="https://www.philenews.com/kipros/astinomika/article/1453201/akoui-tin-pini-tou-o-25chronos-odigos-i-paranomi-prosperasi-odigise-ston-thanato-tin-atichi-marilena/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(150, 173, 255); box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">on the Limassol – Platres road</a></strong> with 19-year-old Marilena critically injured and succumbing to her injuries, nine days later. <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The victim was a passenger in the back seats of the car</strong> driven by the 20-year-old with another 19-year-old passenger, friends of Perikleous.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="133" _msttexthash="17282252" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 25-year-old defendant was found guilty after a court hearing of the offence of causing death by reckless, reckless or dangerous act or behaviour as well as unlawful overtaking.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="137" _msttexthash="48250137" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong>The judge of the Limassol District Court, Doria <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong>Varosiotou<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">, found</strong> the <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">defendant</strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">guilty</strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">, noting that</strong> the Prosecution had succeeded in proving, beyond any reasonable doubt, the constituent elements of the charges faced by the defendant, and in particular the serious offence under Article 210 of the Penal Code.</span></p><div data-google-query-id="CNrc5cHUloUDFT5Q9ggdIpoBQQ" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="138" _msttexthash="110147960" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In his written submission, the defence lawyer pointed out that the 25-year-old is a person with no criminal record. <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The</strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Court</strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </strong>of Justice has taken <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">note</strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">of</strong> <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">its</strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">new </strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">relevance, h</strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">is</strong> family and his remorse. He also asked that the time taken before the case was heard be taken into account. He called on the court to assess his personal circumstances, saying the 25-year-old had been in a relationship for a few months and had been monitored by a psychiatrist since the tragic incident.</span></p><p _msthash="139" _msttexthash="111042893" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In her ruling, Judge Doria Varosiotou said the accused's apology and statement on behalf of his lawyer could not matter as he denied guilt from the beginning. She noted that she took into account her young age as he was only 21 years old. The judge handed down a two-year prison sentence to the 25-year-old defendant for the offence of causing death and no sentence for the second charge. He also imposed driving <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">deprivation for a period of three months as well as 10 penalty points.</strong></span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart5m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm5" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><strong _msthash="140" _msttexthash="2786888" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The illegal overtaking led to the death of the unfortunate Marilena.</span></strong></p><div class="_mid-banner cls" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div data-google-query-id="CNjc5cHUloUDFT5Q9ggdIpoBQQ" id="div-gpt-phn-in3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_3_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 300px;"></div></div></div></div><p _msthash="141" _msttexthash="195084864" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the facts, the road accident occurred at 23.50 in the evening of July 10, 2020, on the Limassol-Platres road, when the car driven by the then 20-year-old with the two 19-year-old women as passengers, collided sideways with a car driven by the defendant, who at that time <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">was attempting to overtake at a prohibited point. </strong>As a result, a collision was caused with the opposite vehicle, in which the three young persons were passing. The unfortunate Marilena Pericleous, who was sitting in the back seats, was taken to Nicosia Hospital where she underwent surgery. Eventually, she succumbed to her injuries nine days later.</span></p><p _msthash="142" _msttexthash="32608459" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With her death, the unfortunate Marilena <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">gave life to three patients</strong> as her family, performing an act of altruism and humanity, after being informed by the attending doctors that the child could not be saved, made the brave decision to donate her organs.</span></p><p _msthash="142" _msttexthash="32608459" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">* * * * * *</span></p><p _msthash="131" _msttexthash="22479262" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 44-year-old defendant of the <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">quadruple fatal</strong> incident that occurred 30 minutes after the New Year at a photo-controlled intersection on the Limassol-Platres road responded during today's proceedings.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="132" _msttexthash="82938752" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Victims</strong> of the unspeakable tragedy that marked the Pancyprian Church, the eldest daughter of the family, <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Evanthia, 27 years old</strong>, and the young son, <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Nicholas, 17 years old</strong>. They were joined by their grandparents,<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> Nikolas Zavros </strong>and grandmother <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Vathoula</strong>, 72 and 74 years old respectively. The Assize Court room was once again attended by first-degree relatives of the four victims who attended the proceedings.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="136" _msttexthash="111235189" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The son of the two elderly men appeared in court wearing a black T-shirt with photos of the victims. The defendant's lawyer, Lambros Pieris, said he is in discussions and consultations with the Legal Service in relation to the charges his client is facing, so that there can be an amendment regarding the charges of homicide. He also noted that all the witness material has been handed over to him. The 44-year-old defendant was charged with<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> 10 counts to which he pleaded not guilty.</strong></span></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="aspect-ratio: 1.77 / 1; box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin-block: 42px 32px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">The four charges relate to the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> </span><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">offence of murder</strong><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">, which carries</strong><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> </span><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">life sentence. </strong><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">The other 4 relate to the offence of causing death by reckless, reckless or dangerous act or conduct in violation of Article 210 of the Criminal Code, while the other two charges concern driving at a speed likely to endanger human life and non-compliance with a traffic light, which had a red indication. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">The Assize Court set</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> </span><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">a new hearing for 26 June 2024. </strong><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">The accused until then will remain in custody in the Central Prison as an undertrial. As revealed in a previous report by philenews, the accused was driving his vehicle at a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> </span><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">speed estimated at 108 km per hour</strong><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">, which is double the limit on the specific road on which the multiple fatal collision occurred. The speed of the involved vehicle was scientifically calculated and a key factor was</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> </span><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">the recording of the vehicle by a security camera. </strong><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">From the time the vehicle is seen until the collision, the duration of time is measured and analyzed to extract the speed, while other factors are taken into account (lighting, brake signs if any, etc.).</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em; text-align: center;"> </span></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="aspect-ratio: 1.77 / 1; box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin-block: 42px 32px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em;"><br /></span></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="aspect-ratio: 1.77 / 1; box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin-block: 42px 32px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em;"> </span></figure>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-50379930502438393842024-03-28T14:00:00.002+02:002024-03-28T14:01:49.233+02:00EU HEYDAY PROJECT - TOUR OF PAPHOS 2024 - Kennedy Square, Pafos - 21 April<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWcvg972LNhjnCSYT8FFgqqUFeyTfSkfRjwmd8J-Qe7Zbht3j26F7UcoduMwb6koRob3k0Uqi52C71tN0jF2HqJbX9BrH9xRqNMLlxOoJilQSnp4qSfzQjndvVPQi6GIX33S4cUHEfF9_demallRyuDx63YAvUuczKYKIisd9f5gB8Gh-Doxu27w9LbAo/s327/eu%20hey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="269" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWcvg972LNhjnCSYT8FFgqqUFeyTfSkfRjwmd8J-Qe7Zbht3j26F7UcoduMwb6koRob3k0Uqi52C71tN0jF2HqJbX9BrH9xRqNMLlxOoJilQSnp4qSfzQjndvVPQi6GIX33S4cUHEfF9_demallRyuDx63YAvUuczKYKIisd9f5gB8Gh-Doxu27w9LbAo/w329-h400/eu%20hey.jpg" width="329" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br />EU HEYDAY PROJECT - TOUR OF PAPHOS 2024</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Kennedy Square, Pafos</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>21 April - from 9am</b></span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Municipality of Pafos and the EU Heyday Project are organizing this great sporting event this year</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="📍" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t2d/1/16/1f4cd.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> On Sunday, April 21 at Kennedy Square the event "Tour of Paphos" 2024</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Municipality of Paphos and the members of the European project EU Heyday, are organizing the Tour of Paphos 2024, a sports race <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏃" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t3b/1/16/1f3c3.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="♀️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te9/1/16/2640.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏃🏾" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf9/1/16/1f3c3_1f3fe.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="♂️" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/teb/1/16/2642.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🏃🏽" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t78/1/16/1f3c3_1f3fd.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>that combines besides health, sport and entertainment, information on the European Union Political Cohesion projects.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>Tour of Paphos Road Race will take place on Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 9am, with a start and finish at Kennedy Square.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The "Tour of Paphos" is the largest and most massive road race in our city. Every year, hundreds of citizens of Paphos, young and old, send the message of the joy of sports and "e agon-zesthai".</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On April 21, the streets of Paphos are expected to be filled with passion, joy and a competitive spirit as citizens will have the opportunity to test their endurance on 3km routes. and 6 kilometers. Elementary and High School students will also be able to participate through the 500m routes. and 1 kilometer and similar.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At the same time, the participants will have the opportunity to be informed about the interventions co-financed by the EU Cohesion Policy in a pleasant and friendly atmosphere, which will be accompanied by a live link to Super FM!</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span>The event program specifically includes the following routes</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. 3 kilometers run. and 6 kilometers.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Start Time: 9:00 am m.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2. 1 kilometer run.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Start Time: 10:00 AM m.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. 500 meters of route</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Start Time: 10:00 AM m.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span>All participants will be awarded participation medals and souvenirs. In addition, the first three of each age category will be awarded a cup.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Participation in the race is under his own responsibility.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For more information: 26822854,99411411, 96361615</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; 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font-family: inherit;"> 28/3/24</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b" jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;MZfLnc:P7O7bd;nt4Alf:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;B01qod:dJXsye;H1e5u:iXtTIf;lYIUJf:hij5Wb" jscontroller="BiTO4b" jsname="txFAF" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="ryNqvb" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">The Police are requesting information that may help in locating Theodoros Theodoros, 55 years old from Xylotympos, against whom an arrest warrant is pending from the Criminal Court of Larnaca, for failure to appear in Court, for the offenses of conspiracy to commit a felony, forgery,</span></span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b" jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;MZfLnc:P7O7bd;nt4Alf:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;B01qod:dJXsye;H1e5u:iXtTIf;lYIUJf:hij5Wb" jscontroller="BiTO4b" jsname="txFAF" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="ryNqvb" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">circulating a forged document, extracting property by false representation, fraudulent transactions in real estate and money laundering.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="jCAhz" jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;MZfLnc:P7O7bd;nt4Alf:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;B01qod:dJXsye;H1e5u:iXtTIf;lYIUJf:hij5Wb" jscontroller="BiTO4b" jsname="txFAF" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="ryNqvb" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7sBIsTbMk2hpH8l_auvSdBUJnIQbTOCBlYCm-am9iwQrgB5ipasMlxg96jj_6ga4OrvQVhlU37B4whAMsfdlu_ACDIHIZozFTdcgfKd2z-d-H9Vt43Y4QfH6-N4iEds32HOSFQBOHrCQae3NYBaAHRUsUzQ97Ur8_nwMDUVhGbrqKS9xxgZ6jIK2gTE/s1170/wanted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1170" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7sBIsTbMk2hpH8l_auvSdBUJnIQbTOCBlYCm-am9iwQrgB5ipasMlxg96jj_6ga4OrvQVhlU37B4whAMsfdlu_ACDIHIZozFTdcgfKd2z-d-H9Vt43Y4QfH6-N4iEds32HOSFQBOHrCQae3NYBaAHRUsUzQ97Ur8_nwMDUVhGbrqKS9xxgZ6jIK2gTE/w640-h394/wanted.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br />
<span class="jCAhz ChMk0b" jsaction="agoMJf:PFBcW;MZfLnc:P7O7bd;nt4Alf:pvnm0e,pfE8Hb,PFBcW;B01qod:dJXsye;H1e5u:iXtTIf;lYIUJf:hij5Wb" jscontroller="BiTO4b" jsname="txFAF" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: pointer; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="ryNqvb" jsaction="click:E6Tfl,GFf3ac,tMZCfe; contextmenu:Nqw7Te,QP7LD; mouseout:Nqw7Te; mouseover:E6Tfl,c2aHje" jsname="W297wb" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Anyone who knows anything that can help locate him, please contact the Xylotympo Police Station on phone number 24804300 or the Citizen's Contact Line on number 1460 or the nearest Police Station.</span></span></span><p></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-45388051916436490532024-03-28T12:24:00.000+02:002024-03-28T12:24:19.936+02:00CITYSCAPES, MINDSCAPES, ESCAPES - Lumiere Contemporary Gallery, Limassol - 29 March - 1 June<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Cyprus Mail 27 March 2024 - by Eleni Philippou</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6D-XiBAFf7lEcl2id_sWcw0S6iyn0f4W3PLyYMM0yXS2v6m_wyU9vmGdwSL77GQtwlBWuoqk0jJm2iOAajkOevlnmi7L7aN3zaemcHqsdAXRWZix0MI0cfDLDAGKHzs9A2gWJKPv7WEP_xJofYuy2LzseXOa6Ij3AFhQT7BtqvRYuPD2EZZVNfv1QqNs/s761/CITYSCAPES.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="761" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6D-XiBAFf7lEcl2id_sWcw0S6iyn0f4W3PLyYMM0yXS2v6m_wyU9vmGdwSL77GQtwlBWuoqk0jJm2iOAajkOevlnmi7L7aN3zaemcHqsdAXRWZix0MI0cfDLDAGKHzs9A2gWJKPv7WEP_xJofYuy2LzseXOa6Ij3AFhQT7BtqvRYuPD2EZZVNfv1QqNs/w640-h336/CITYSCAPES.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>CITYSCAPES MINDSCAPES ESCAPES - painting & ceramics by Christina Drakos</b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Lumiere Contemporary Gallery, Limassol</b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>29 March to 1 June - opening night 7pm. W-Fr 3.30-6pm, Sat 11am-11pm</b></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tel: 25-344141</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lumiere Contemporary Art Gallery in Limassol presents an evocative exhibition of paintings and ceramics by Christina Drakos, aptly titled Cityscapes Mindscapes Escapes, opening on Friday and running until the beginning of summer.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="cypru-video-ads" id="cypru-1035521765" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="cypru-1a16b2c8429dc928e371cf7b8a2a7768 cypru-single-mobile-1" id="cypru-1a16b2c8429dc928e371cf7b8a2a7768" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“This series was born from a profound sense of displacement, one that reshaped our relationship with space and our journey through life,” say organisers. “The quarantine measures imposed during the pandemic brought into focus our reliance on space and the essential need to traverse within an ever-shifting grid. With transportation restrictions halting our physical movements, we found ourselves disconnected – not only from people but also from the places they inhabit. It was this very restriction that spurred Christina Drakos to embark on a different kind of journey – a mental escape to the cities that hold a special place in her heart.”</span></p><div class="cypru-029762dcc9baff1e48543e0456be3180 cypru-single-mobile-2" id="cypru-029762dcc9baff1e48543e0456be3180" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The exhibition showcases a series of paintings that touch on the hues of desire and homecoming<span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. In Drakos’ paintings, people become the echoes of the pandemic era – quarantined yet in perpetual motion, evoking memories, experiences and aspirations.</span> Through a play of geometric and organic forms that depict urban landscapes from various perspectives, people are hinted at as traces.</span></p><div class="cypru-9f28a2a5398a32dea36f6bf8521ba30e cypru-single-mobile-3" id="cypru-9f28a2a5398a32dea36f6bf8521ba30e" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sculptures are also featured in the Cityscapes Mindscapes Escapes exhibition, offering a three-dimensional embodiment of the artist’s creative mind. <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The synergy between the sculptures and paintings, accompanied by the addition of poems and lyrics on the gallery walls, expands the exhibition’s narrative</span>. Beyond her acclaim as an artist and photographer, Drakos is an experienced curator, keenly aware of the ever-shifting gaze of the viewer and the boundless fluidity of art.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Part of the proceeds of the exhibition will benefit the Sagapo Children’s Foundation, supporting the education of underprivileged children in Cyprus and around the globe.</span></p><div class="cypru-6346789a7e4ecfaf3246217edbd94401 cypru-single-mobile-5" id="cypru-6346789a7e4ecfaf3246217edbd94401" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-80261631426030930452024-03-28T12:12:00.002+02:002024-03-28T12:12:06.810+02:00PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA WILL NOT ATTACK NATO, BUT F16s WILL BE SHOT DOWN IN UKRAINE<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Cyprus Mail 28 March 2024 - by Reuters News Service</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHshhoT8yICcti-eFX-WD8v6J3L4ibq1sCioaLVMOW59Vjjz8rbentZE2JdRbDRGnk-fVOGtfbGOJIqUyQKsKW21C2MF3kQRek7gAqZnGG_pWb5wusfJlwekxAvlQw2w6u4cF6fE05Z397_JYEdu7_AaAKhVJemM7rtMXSWkXZ-rr9tdeSCRyfl2DpGzU/s768/JETS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHshhoT8yICcti-eFX-WD8v6J3L4ibq1sCioaLVMOW59Vjjz8rbentZE2JdRbDRGnk-fVOGtfbGOJIqUyQKsKW21C2MF3kQRek7gAqZnGG_pWb5wusfJlwekxAvlQw2w6u4cF6fE05Z397_JYEdu7_AaAKhVJemM7rtMXSWkXZ-rr9tdeSCRyfl2DpGzU/w400-h266/JETS.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">F-16 fighter jets fly over Kucova, the newly rebuilt NATO air base, in Kucova, Albania, March 4, 2024. REUTERS/Florion Goga</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine then they will be shot down by Russian forces, President Vladimir Putin said late on Wednesday.</span></p><div class="cypru-video-ads" id="cypru-378157611" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="cypru-64731f785247bf6a38c7d6241b66d3b4 cypru-single-mobile-1" id="cypru-64731f785247bf6a38c7d6241b66d3b4" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has triggered the deepest crisis in Russia’s relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="cypru-2e267535f799d8130b9de48e0ba4f1b4 cypru-single-mobile-2" id="cypru-2e267535f799d8130b9de48e0ba4f1b4" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking to Russian air force pilots, Putin said the U.S.-led military alliance had expanded eastwards towards Russia since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union but that Moscow had no plans to attack a NATO state.</span></p><div class="cypru-90c27102fe471db93606cb4c3348ca7b cypru-single-mobile-3" id="cypru-90c27102fe471db93606cb4c3348ca7b" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“We have no aggressive intentions towards these states,” Putin said, according to a Kremlin transcript released on Thursday.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The idea that we will attack some other country – Poland, the Baltic States, and the Czechs are also being scared – is complete nonsense. It’s just drivel.”</span></p><div class="cypru-06a510b52c4a613fa2b9394c738651fb cypru-single-mobile-5" id="cypru-06a510b52c4a613fa2b9394c738651fb" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Kremlin, which accuses the U.S. of fighting against Russia by supporting Ukraine with money, weapons and intelligence, says relations with Washington have probably never been worse.</span></p><div class="cypru-08c0f1482bbe3597b3d92dddac7c0983 cypru-single-mobile-6" id="cypru-08c0f1482bbe3597b3d92dddac7c0983" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Asked about F-16 fighters which the West has promised to send to Ukraine, Putin said such aircraft would not change the situation in Ukraine.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“If they supply F-16s, and they are talking about this and are apparently training pilots, this will not change the situation on the battlefield,” Putin said.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“And we will destroy the aircraft just as we destroy today tanks, armoured vehicles and other equipment, including multiple rocket launchers.”</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Putin said that F-16 could also carry nuclear weapons.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Of course, if they will be used from airfields in third countries, they become for us legitimate targets, wherever they might be located,” Putin said.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Putin’s remarks followed comments earlier in the day by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba that the aircraft should arrive in Ukraine in the coming months.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ukraine, now more than two years into a full-fledged war against Russia, has sought F-16s for many months.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Belgium, Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands are among countries which have pledged to donate F-16s. A coalition of countries has promised to help train Ukrainian pilots in their use.</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-45578915996459198172024-03-28T12:08:00.002+02:002024-03-28T12:08:24.913+02:00GAZA NAVAL BLOCKADE LIFTED ONLY FOR CYPRUS, SAYS ISRAEL AMBASSADOR<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Cyprus Mail 28 March 2024 - by Iole Damaskinos</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiy3jTYVbQGigWGjAsfgMWYEkkzidnVGNB1CF3Y-Q5egr2uSzEGog2988H0F5-ZLmdnEtrKVglxk6pohL-uBGCPvZetv3vrhyDSi1LClbwCk5wUz6nEeEDagLtXWgs3gqWvRMb_BX8korhGwMPYCYkx8Cz0AsQiXBUVKg_YIss-MmLNQVy8VkJ08HGplU/s760/gaza%20aid2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="760" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiy3jTYVbQGigWGjAsfgMWYEkkzidnVGNB1CF3Y-Q5egr2uSzEGog2988H0F5-ZLmdnEtrKVglxk6pohL-uBGCPvZetv3vrhyDSi1LClbwCk5wUz6nEeEDagLtXWgs3gqWvRMb_BX8korhGwMPYCYkx8Cz0AsQiXBUVKg_YIss-MmLNQVy8VkJ08HGplU/w400-h300/gaza%20aid2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">World Central Kitchen barge loaded with food arrives off the Gaza coast</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">US-built port in Gaza </span>being constructed as part of the ‘Amalthea’ humanitarian sea corridor initiative, could be ready significantly before May 1, President Nikos Christodoulides, said on Thursday.</span></p><div class="cypru-video-ads" id="cypru-120444793" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="cypru-c36063352a615e9cd0f3f51732f4a0cd cypru-single-mobile-1" id="cypru-c36063352a615e9cd0f3f51732f4a0cd" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking at an event marking the expansion of social worker services island wide, the president said he had been informed in detail by US military officials during a recent meeting on the creation of a Gaza port.</span></p><div class="cypru-03a0676a9798c467fa2cb02ee80ce6e3 cypru-single-mobile-2" id="cypru-03a0676a9798c467fa2cb02ee80ce6e3" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The target date is May 1, but according to the briefing I received, it seems that <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">there may be [a result] significantly sooner</span>” and this will increase the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza, Christodoulides said.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="cypru-1351482af91763e55099f274292f30d6 cypru-single-mobile-3" id="cypru-1351482af91763e55099f274292f30d6" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The president’s statement comes on the heels of a statement by Israeli Ambassador to Cyprus Oren Anolik, who said <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a temporary dock </span>being constructed by US forces will be operational at the end of April or beginning of May.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oren also said the naval blockade of Gaza had only been partially lifted and only for Cyprus, in the context of the Cyprus-led maritime corridor.</span></p><div class="cypru-7255cf4b115517c8ed573acafda41e03 cypru-single-mobile-5" id="cypru-7255cf4b115517c8ed573acafda41e03" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In an interview with the Jewish News Syndicate website, the Israeli ambassador noted that <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">everything transported to Gaza gets controlled in Cyprus</span>.</span></p><div class="cypru-eba13cbcdaba052a7264e8464c72c3e6 cypru-single-mobile-6" id="cypru-eba13cbcdaba052a7264e8464c72c3e6" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He said the temporary dock being built by the US will provide a technical solution to the offloading of cargo at the Gaza Strip’s coast.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anolik described the project as complex and requiring involvement of organisations within Israel, as well as the state’s foreign partners.</span></p><p></p><div class="cypru-0f35a04e06c91fd9d907680ee8163bdb cypru-mobile-spot-7" id="cypru-0f35a04e06c91fd9d907680ee8163bdb" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 17px; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Israeli ambassador clarified there is a direct link between the US dock and the Cypriot ‘Amalthea’ initiative.</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-79393370782691610242024-03-28T12:01:00.000+02:002024-03-28T12:01:09.207+02:00BEFORE ORTHODOX EASTER, EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO UPDATE ACCESS TO GESY<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Filenews 28 March 2024 - by Marilena Panayi</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnHmziIUr30THMugSQZyg9oHetp76zGNUa8sAatbt0fHbBxGo2nFrQ0NX3J0Ss8vtB1sOG3OH31jOkdwdM_C0QFbcln7yMcIyp3SaADYNnmnMtNvIifg4-lO_gaolDTBboh-t3E7uP3riYB-WT_3V6LmaAdR5qZLogJyZRpcP_amiXOOn7gR_-_xhhBQ/s768/gesy2.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="768" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnHmziIUr30THMugSQZyg9oHetp76zGNUa8sAatbt0fHbBxGo2nFrQ0NX3J0Ss8vtB1sOG3OH31jOkdwdM_C0QFbcln7yMcIyp3SaADYNnmnMtNvIifg4-lO_gaolDTBboh-t3E7uP3riYB-WT_3V6LmaAdR5qZLogJyZRpcP_amiXOOn7gR_-_xhhBQ/w400-h259/gesy2.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p _msthash="129" _msttexthash="55043313" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Before Orthodox Easter, the Health Insurance Organisation will proceed with the implementation of a regulation, which will allow beneficiaries of the General Health System to be informed by text messages on their mobile phones, (along with emails), for all registrations of Health Service Providers made in their name in the GHS software.</span></p><p _msthash="130" _msttexthash="54802475" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Details of the actions that the beneficiaries of the system will be asked to take in order to receive text messages on their mobile phone will be announced very soon, since the new procedures will provide for both the elderly and generally for people who do not have access to the internet and currently cannot be informed by e-mail.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="134" _msttexthash="92307605" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Priority for the organization at the moment, is the <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">connection of GHS beneficiaries with their electronic profile in the system's software, since, as revealed by an HIO survey, to date,</strong> almost five years after the implementation of the system, 260,000 adult beneficiaries have access to their electronic files who proceeded to activate their profile through the specified, since the start of operation of the GHS in 2019, procedures.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="135" _msttexthash="62603398" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Through these beneficiaries, about 100,000 other beneficiaries are presented connected to the system, who are actually children registered in the name of their parents. As a result<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">, the total number of beneficiaries (adults and children) accessing their account is less than 400,000, while the number of GHS beneficiaries is now approaching one million.</strong></span></p><div data-google-query-id="CLbth-DYloUDFX5p9ggds3EPjw" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="136" _msttexthash="33706257" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The same investigation into the GHS software also revealed that a large number of mobile phones registered in the name of beneficiaries have either been deactivated or do not belong to them (but to the person who most likely registered them with the GHS in 2019).</span></p><div class="_mid-banner cls" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div data-google-query-id="CLTth-DYloUDFX5p9ggds3EPjw" id="div-gpt-phn-in3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_3_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 300px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="137" _msttexthash="9664070" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In fact, mobile phone numbers have been identified in some cases and are registered to many and not just one beneficiary of the system.</span></p><p _msthash="138" _msttexthash="87606792" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Similar phenomena are recorded in the case of <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">email addresses registered in the name of beneficiaries</strong>, which obliges the HIO to appeal to citizens to update their data, with the relative clutter currently observed in the system being justified since in April 2019 various facilities (e.g. registration by personal doctors or other persons) had been given to citizens in order to register to the GHS without much hassle.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart5m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm5" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="139" _msttexthash="97363786" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In order for the HIO to proceed with the implementation of the new regulation, the IT Director of the organization, Marios Tziakouris, told "F", "it <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">must have at its disposal the correct data of</strong> the beneficiaries of the GHS and in order to do this, citizens must first activate their profile in the software (the procedure is posted on the GHS website) and then check if the mobile phone number and email address are registered belong to themselves.</span></p><p _msthash="140" _msttexthash="64703990" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is necessary because, in the first phase, the HIO will start <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">sending the text messages </strong>to beneficiaries who have an activated profile in the GHS software and the organization has the correct data at its disposal. If the profile is not activated, the beneficiary cannot access it to check if the correct mobile phone number and email address are registered."</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart6m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm6" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="141" _msttexthash="67156089" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The process of activating the beneficiary profile is <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">posted on the GHS website </strong>while, "for the elderly who do not use the internet or other people who do not have access to the internet or do not know how to use it, a specific procedure has also been defined which they must follow in order to start being informed about what concerns them and is registered in the system".</span></p><p _msthash="142" _msttexthash="77535055" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Specifically, the elderly or the person who does not have access to the internet will be able to receive text messages on their mobile phone if, through their personal doctor, they activate the relevant setting. "<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Details of this process will be announced soon</strong> and citizens should wait for the activation date of the new regulation to be announced first and then contact their personal doctor."</span></p><p _msthash="143" _msttexthash="81092323" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Concluding, Mr. Tziakouris stressed that "the information of GHS beneficiaries via email will continue to take place in parallel". He noted, however, that "the activation of the profile of beneficiaries in the system is very important for the beneficiaries themselves, since in this way they ensure direct access to all their data, such as prescriptions for medicines, referrals issued to them, etc."</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-50896905176153842732024-03-28T11:57:00.000+02:002024-03-28T11:57:57.297+02:00CYPRUS RANKS FIRST IN THE EU IN URBAN ROAD DEATHS - 62% WITHIN BUILT-UP AREAS<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Filenews 28 March 2024</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgniVr4dkc1DIbgzXitdVIhmXq-BUYdxAJV_93KgYGD3hKnztV_4VUdnkZ-qe5P6v-4w6PNp3is4PyI6vOfMCvbLC3qJxBTcRx14mbb97xfW8dY8PcmXqNHlTC5QAr5uQFzWeeU48vLOw9jR1WjpaI_2pwqTfBdRhGZlhaqXJISVTyOy74G0XWgcBrUog/s768/car%20crash.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="768" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgniVr4dkc1DIbgzXitdVIhmXq-BUYdxAJV_93KgYGD3hKnztV_4VUdnkZ-qe5P6v-4w6PNp3is4PyI6vOfMCvbLC3qJxBTcRx14mbb97xfW8dY8PcmXqNHlTC5QAr5uQFzWeeU48vLOw9jR1WjpaI_2pwqTfBdRhGZlhaqXJISVTyOy74G0XWgcBrUog/w400-h268/car%20crash.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p _msthash="129" _msttexthash="7838532" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In Europe, one in two fatalities on asphalt was on country roads, while in Cyprus 62% of the dead were in residential areas.</span></p><p _msthash="130" _msttexthash="41654418" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These figures are contained in the 46th PIN Flash Report 46 of the <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">European Transport Safety Council </strong>(ETSC) published today and presents data in the 27 Member States of the <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">European Union</strong> (EU), as well as Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Serbia and the United Kingdom, on road safety on rural roads.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="131" _msttexthash="14497444" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to data recorded over the three-year period 2020-2022, more than half of road deaths in the 25 EU Member States that provided data occurred <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">on country roads </strong>(52%).</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="132" _msttexthash="24703926" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the same period, 39% of road deaths occurred <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">on urban roads</strong> and 9% on highways. In Cyprus, during the same period, the percentage of road deaths on provincial roads was 28%, while on urban roads it was 62% and on motorways 9%.</span></p><div data-google-query-id="CIGI6fPXloUDFRu4JwIdYK8Kpg" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="136" _msttexthash="46325721" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The percentage of road deaths on provincial roads recorded in <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Cyprus</strong> was the lowest among the countries participating in the PIN program and available data. It should be noted, however, that Cyprus recorded the second highest percentage of deaths in urban road deaths (62%) after Romania which recorded 63%.</span></p><div class="_mid-banner cls" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div data-google-query-id="CP-H6fPXloUDFRu4JwIdYK8Kpg" id="div-gpt-phn-in3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_3_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 300px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="137" _msttexthash="14743924" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From the data it is evident that the most serious road safety problems in the EU are concentrated on country roads, while in Cyprus they are concentrated on urban roads.</span></p><p _msthash="138" _msttexthash="44525572" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also, according to the report, in the decade 2012-2022 there was a 25% reduction in road deaths on country roads in the EU, which is higher than the decrease in road deaths on other roads, which was 18%. In Cyprus, the reduction rates of fatalities on provincial roads were 47%, while on other roads only 17.6.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart5m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm5" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><strong _msthash="139" _msttexthash="3847155" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Separation of vehicles – pedestrians</span></strong></p><p _msthash="140" _msttexthash="39396981" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As measures to reduce road fatalities on European provincial roads, ETSC advocates systematically collecting data on the level of safety of these roads, <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">upgrading road infrastructure</strong>, limiting speed and providing facilities for the safe movement of vulnerable road users.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart6m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm6" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="141" _msttexthash="31263570" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is also very important to upgrade the technological upgrade of vehicles with systems such as Automated Emergency Braking (AEB) and Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA), which will become mandatory for all vehicles registered in the EU from July 2024.</span></p><p _msthash="142" _msttexthash="36672506" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With regard to the upgrading of road infrastructure, the lack of separation of opposite directions of traffic and between motor vehicles and pedestrians and cyclists, obstacles at the ends of roads and poor planning of bends are mentioned as elements of insecurity.</span></p><p _msthash="143" _msttexthash="9452560" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">ETSC concludes with a series of recommendations to national governments and to the EU. Among other things, it is recommended for:</strong></span></p><p _msthash="144" _msttexthash="9736168" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">-Investigation and study of all fatal and serious injuries and implementation of best practices in the management of high-risk signs.</span></p><p _msthash="145" _msttexthash="11294621" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">-Improving infrastructure safety across the entire road network by applying the concepts of "self-explaining" roads and "forgiving" roadsides.</span></p><p _msthash="146" _msttexthash="16169465" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">-Creation of safe road junctions by constructing roundabouts, pedestrian underpasses or by using physical interventions to significantly reduce speed at road junctions.</span></p><p _msthash="147" _msttexthash="12296752" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">-Where possible, separation of opposite directions of traffic by an intermediate barrier and, where necessary, installation of side safety barriers.</span></p><p _msthash="148" _msttexthash="23218338" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">-Where cyclists and pedestrians may be present or the possibility of attracting them, creation of separate facilities for cyclists and pedestrians, always on new and upgraded roads, and as additions elsewhere.</span></p><p _msthash="149" _msttexthash="13174525" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">-Develop, and encourage authorities responsible for setting speed limits, to implement national speed limit guidelines, based on the Safe System approach.</span></p><p _msthash="150" _msttexthash="20477717" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">-Strengthen enforcement of traffic rules, in particular on speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, with an emphasis on roads with high volumes of traffic over long distances.</span></p><p _msthash="151" _msttexthash="32521567" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">-Diversion of heavy vehicles, especially lorries and buses, from nearby country roads</strong>, mainly from those with two lanes without a middle divider, to motorways, main arteries or to roads of the Trans-European Road Network, with higher levels of safety.</span></p><p _msthash="152" _msttexthash="53731197" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">-Encourage Member States, through a recommendation from the European Commission, to apply safe speed limits, such as 30 km/h on urban roads in built-up areas and in areas where there are large numbers of cyclists and pedestrians, 70 km/h on country roads without a middle divider and a maximum speed of 120 km/h or less on motorways.</span></p><p _msthash="153" _msttexthash="5236491" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is noted that <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the representative of Cyprus in the Road Safety PIN program is Mr. George Morfakis.</strong></span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-11537949524594836452024-03-28T11:52:00.000+02:002024-03-28T11:52:38.027+02:00EUROSTAT - CYPRUS IS SECOND IN TERMS OF INHABITANTS BORN IN ANOTHER EU MEMBER STATE<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Filenews 27 March 2024</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlIgpX8lU2SGpguTvGv6EkN7NzvDPshJw6aYPd0d0lXE9C7RL2jFmhWudaeIV6B_sXt9rou_lo2_k5HNLWzDVBAPcstYahyphenhyphendam5OhFPa1KluAml6OesZMcRKfRhtF_vluTbBpNvGMxzIjpsSShuqK-Q9LSuFEIlAokidwDWRKUrGoIjXXG-H3OSt4w1bU/s768/residents.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="768" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlIgpX8lU2SGpguTvGv6EkN7NzvDPshJw6aYPd0d0lXE9C7RL2jFmhWudaeIV6B_sXt9rou_lo2_k5HNLWzDVBAPcstYahyphenhyphendam5OhFPa1KluAml6OesZMcRKfRhtF_vluTbBpNvGMxzIjpsSShuqK-Q9LSuFEIlAokidwDWRKUrGoIjXXG-H3OSt4w1bU/w400-h231/residents.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p _msthash="129" _msttexthash="39884247" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The third largest share among EU Member States of residents born in another country (22.7%), and second in particular in terms of proportion of residents born in another EU Member State (10.6%), was Cyprus in 2023, according to data published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU.</span></p><p _msthash="130" _msttexthash="18709210" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The highest proportion among EU resident Member States born abroad (in another Member State or in third countries) was recorded in<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> Luxembourg (50.4%). </strong>Malta <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">(28.3%) and Cyprus (22.7%)</strong> followed lower.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="131" _msttexthash="3295786" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The lowest shares were recorded in <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Poland (2.5%), Bulgaria (2.6%) and Romania (2.8%).</strong></span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="132" _msttexthash="17019314" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In absolute terms, the highest number of foreign-born residents (EU and non-EU countries) was recorded in 2023 in Germany (16.5 million people), France (8.9 million) and Spain (8.2 million).</span></p><div data-google-query-id="CJO_jY7XloUDFS1ApAQdiocIWQ" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="136" _msttexthash="10086713" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Luxembourg also had the highest proportion of inhabitants born in another EU country (33.2%). It was followed by Cyprus (10.6%) and Austria (9.5%).</span></p><div class="_mid-banner cls" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div data-google-query-id="CJG_jY7XloUDFS1ApAQdiocIWQ" id="div-gpt-phn-in3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_3_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 300px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="137" _msttexthash="9620195" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The lowest proportions of inhabitants born in other EU countries, below <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">1%, were recorded in Poland (0.6%), Lithuania (0.7%) and Bulgaria (0.9%).</strong></span></p><p _msthash="138" _msttexthash="24607895" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In terms of proportion of inhabitants born in third countries, the highest shares were recorded in Malta (20.9%) and Luxembourg (17.2%), followed by Ireland, Sweden and Estonia with a share of 15.2% each. Cyprus was lower, at 12.1%.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart5m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm5" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="139" _msttexthash="5558566" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The lowest shares of non-EU-born inhabitants were recorded in Slovakia (1%), Bulgaria and Romania (1.7%).</span></p><p _msthash="140" _msttexthash="24161046" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to data released by Eurostat on migration to the EU from third countries, a total of 5.1 million people migrated to the EU from outside the EU in 2022. Similarly, 1.0 million migrated from the EU to third countries.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart6m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm6" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="141" _msttexthash="35072050" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The influx of migrants from third countries into the EU more than doubled in 2022 compared to around 2.4 million recorded in 2021.At the same time, the number of EU residents migrating to non-EU countries remained stable as well as in 2021 this number stood at 1.0 million.</span></p><p _msthash="142" _msttexthash="6915129" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By population ratio, it is estimated that 11 non-EU migrants accounted for 1000 permanent residents in the EU in 2022.</span></p><p _msthash="143" _msttexthash="17326309" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In relation to the size of the permanent population, the highest rate of migration from third countries was recorded in 2022 in Malta (66 per 1000), Luxembourg (48 per 1000) and Estonia (37 per 1000).</span></p><p _msthash="144" _msttexthash="6388668" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The lowest ratios were recorded in the same year in Slovakia (1 per 1000 people), and Bulgaria and France (6 per 1000).</span></p><p _msthash="145" _msttexthash="21814" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">CNA</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-21369756813763180502024-03-28T11:50:00.001+02:002024-03-28T11:50:16.798+02:00PAFOS MUNICIPALITY - TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS DUE TO REDEVELOPMENT WORKS IN THE CENTRE AND ANAVARGOS<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Filenews 28 March 2024 - by Dora Christodoulou</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1k1cyoMaHjrOaYSglhIl3ZxWSnsE5rXFDKRLCrYn5IVCEm-mxKdPQEGE_WiLMP1kQvbdlpIC3BCG-fKXN4Q7s_Q0FMkQNCuqiJBVauDCn3QkL12lzpYNd9qpnLeeiZUAhMtnE2Wf_T_lUBsKDWZsVPThLlW9CRRPcN9IqqlVFnufIU5fvfUtDo3_lrxg/s768/PAFOS%20TRAFFIC.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1k1cyoMaHjrOaYSglhIl3ZxWSnsE5rXFDKRLCrYn5IVCEm-mxKdPQEGE_WiLMP1kQvbdlpIC3BCG-fKXN4Q7s_Q0FMkQNCuqiJBVauDCn3QkL12lzpYNd9qpnLeeiZUAhMtnE2Wf_T_lUBsKDWZsVPThLlW9CRRPcN9IqqlVFnufIU5fvfUtDo3_lrxg/s320/PAFOS%20TRAFFIC.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p _msthash="130" _msttexthash="46968571" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The regeneration of the core of the Anavargos district of Pafos, as well as the parallel regeneration of the southern area of the traditional city centre, aims to enrich and upgrade the operational infrastructure of the affected areas and to provide a better level of services to residents and visitors.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="131" _msttexthash="53467596" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">An announcement by the Pafos Municipality on the ongoing project emphasizes that both within the traditional core of the Anavargos district and within the southern area of the traditional commercial centre of Pafos, <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">there are significant problems</strong> in the smooth circulation of vehicles, due to the narrowness of the roads.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="132" _msttexthash="67294032" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In order to improve traffic conditions, traffic policies have been implemented that give priority to the comfortable and unhindered movement of pedestrians, oblige wheeled vehicles to move at <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">a maximum permissible speed of 20 kilometers per hour </strong>and strictly prohibit the stopping and parking of vehicles along the road, characterizing them as Shared Use Zones.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="134" _msttexthash="57260034" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The modern approach and implementation of a Shared Use Zone in urban planning <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">aims to reduce the use and dominance of vehicles on the road network</strong>, increase safety levels for the vulnerable and facilitate movement by environmentally friendly means, creating conditions of sustainable mobility, points out the Municipality of Pafos.</span></p><div data-google-query-id="CKSp4aDWloUDFVJEHQkd2PkKig" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="135" _msttexthash="5482425" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The project is implemented under the Cohesion Policy Programme "THALEIA 2021-2027" with EU co-financing.</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-18589031679378623962024-03-28T11:35:00.001+02:002024-03-28T11:35:25.584+02:00REGISTERING ON THE ELECTORAL ROLLS ENDS AT MIDNIGHT 2 APRIL<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Pafos Press 28 March 2024</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjiW6vbTXK_9tHM9n4Dcq6IEhclcZCyGDbFIk9qJB_x-9CeObjig9my1NqEzQAF1hXvzIb18EJcJJqZe1m-zmuAsbNxwacMpo7e7VznaQ5iKACu47JDCD9qLOW5kOl_T_Dmx9OuSYTYznVTuuDxcwwi0FRDu5XRr0AggZWWjQSBkpxKQwOGwNkVpSXdtM/s900/voting1.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjiW6vbTXK_9tHM9n4Dcq6IEhclcZCyGDbFIk9qJB_x-9CeObjig9my1NqEzQAF1hXvzIb18EJcJJqZe1m-zmuAsbNxwacMpo7e7VznaQ5iKACu47JDCD9qLOW5kOl_T_Dmx9OuSYTYznVTuuDxcwwi0FRDu5XRr0AggZWWjQSBkpxKQwOGwNkVpSXdtM/w640-h320/voting1.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Ministry of the Interior has issued an announcement on the process of registration in the electoral rolls, which ends on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at midnight.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Same announcement: </span></span></p><div class="td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: center;"><span class="td-adspot-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; display: block; line-height: 21px;"></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">The Ministry of the Interior announces that the Offices of the District Administrations of Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos and Famagusta (Paralimni office) will remain open and will receive applications for registration in the electoral rolls, statements for voting in a polling station abroad and responsible statements from Turkish Cypriots for correction of their address in the Population Register system, on Saturday, March 30, 2024, from 8.00 a.m. until 2.00 p.m.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Also on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, the last day for registering in the electoral rolls and submitting a declaration for voting abroad, all local District Administration Offices, Citizen Service Centers and the Elections Service at the Ministry of the Interior will be open until 5 p.m. .m.. Responsible declarations from Turkish Cypriots to correct their address will also be accepted at the various crossing points from the occupied territories to the free areas of the Republic, until the above time. Electronic submission of an application for registration in the electoral rolls, as well as electronic submission of a statement to vote in a polling center abroad, will be possible until midnight on April 2, 2024.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">It is recalled that in the upcoming elections for the nomination of Members of the European Parliament and Local Government Authorities, all citizens of the Republic aged 18 and over who have their habitual residence in Cyprus, as well as citizens of other member states of the European Union who reside in Cyprus, have the right to vote. Cyprus and are registered in the relevant electoral rolls. The last day to submit applications is Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Therefore, those who have not yet been registered in the electoral rolls are invited to submit an application in time so that they can exercise their right to vote. After the above date no new registration and/or change can be made in the electoral rolls.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Young people who will turn 18 by June 9, 2024, the date of the elections, i.e. those born before June 9, 2006, also have the right to be registered in the electoral rolls. In this case, the application should also be submitted before and necessarily no later than April 2, 2024.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">For citizens up to 25 years of age, applications can be submitted online via the elections website at elections.gov.cy. The applications in paper form are submitted to the local Offices of the District Administrations, Citizen Service Centers (KEP) and Citizen Centers (KE.PO.-Cyprus Post Offices). Application forms can be obtained from the above points, as well as from the Home Office Elections Service and the elections website.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">In relation to the polling centers abroad, it is recalled that for the elections to nominate Members of the European Parliament only, polling centers will operate abroad, specifically in Greece, the United Kingdom and Belgium, for voters who are already registered in the electoral roll or will be registered until on April 2, 2024. In order to enable the operation of polling centers abroad, a special electoral roll is drawn up, in which the details of registered voters are transferred from the permanent electoral roll of Cyprus, following a relevant declaration submitted by the interested parties. Electoral centers abroad, according to the existing electoral legislation, may only operate in those cities where the number of voters who will submit a relevant declaration exceeds fifty (50).</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For this purpose, voters who wish to exercise their right to vote abroad can submit a declaration no later than April 2, 2024. The declaration can be submitted either electronically on the elections website at elections. gov.cy, or in printed form, by appropriately filling out the relevant form, which is also available on the elections website, and submitting it to the Embassies/Consulates of the Republic abroad, the local Offices of the Provincial Administrations, the Citizen Service Centers (KEP ), the Citizens' Centers (KE.PO.) of the Cyprus Post and the Elections Service of the Ministry of the Interior.</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-26494358489898555802024-03-28T11:21:00.002+02:002024-03-28T13:53:58.322+02:00LATCHI FISH FESTIVAL - Latchi - <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Pafos Live 27 March 2024</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHMO6f18Bu2iqCD-w0Qc__F3XDt-3kG2SZ_nZw6G4HkdkhDo9V1f4fwmGiXA86HAwAZd-JDxCLKqCmKAanJc0zmb0DouiMtGxYYzQDS8gin8Tu0pwBC_uCmxXmO3sWHd-UsGCQkQs7yc3Yxhf-PA45uelfwqsL8e2AUWP7EIdvGwQ9KORropJGCt74us/s780/polis%20fish%20festival.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="780" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHMO6f18Bu2iqCD-w0Qc__F3XDt-3kG2SZ_nZw6G4HkdkhDo9V1f4fwmGiXA86HAwAZd-JDxCLKqCmKAanJc0zmb0DouiMtGxYYzQDS8gin8Tu0pwBC_uCmxXmO3sWHd-UsGCQkQs7yc3Yxhf-PA45uelfwqsL8e2AUWP7EIdvGwQ9KORropJGCt74us/w400-h231/polis%20fish%20festival.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p _msthash="32" _msttexthash="11416899" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p _msthash="32" _msttexthash="11416899" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">LATCHI FISH FESTIVAL</span></b></p><p _msthash="32" _msttexthash="11416899" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Latchi</span></b></p><p _msthash="32" _msttexthash="11416899" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">20 April - 11am - 8pm</span></b></p><p _msthash="32" _msttexthash="11416899" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They are preparing again this year in Latchi for the 9th Fish Festival, which is a favourite institution for the Municipality of Polis Chrysochous.</span></p><p _msthash="33" _msttexthash="1604460" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The local municipality invites everyone for a day full of fun, company, and authentic seafood flavours! "At the fish festival we celebrate our culture and the richness of our seas.</span></p><p _msthash="35" _msttexthash="873964" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rich program of activities for all:<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p _msthash="36" _msttexthash="146029" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Live music.</span></p><p _msthash="37" _msttexthash="361010" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Traditional dances.</span></p><p _msthash="38" _msttexthash="432757" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Live link from Zenith FM</span></p><p _msthash="39" _msttexthash="209404" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Flyboard show</span></p><p _msthash="40" _msttexthash="184717" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cooking show</span></p><p _msthash="41" _msttexthash="3842566" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Activities especially for our little friends, which guarantee laughter and fun.</span></p><p _msthash="42" _msttexthash="4150198" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Surprises that will unfold throughout the day, adding to the magic of the experience.</span></p><p _msthash="43" _msttexthash="3802695" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And of course, our fresh, delicious fish, cooked with love, are the protagonists.</span></p><p _msthash="44" _msttexthash="2485002" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We look forward to welcoming you to our Festival again this year.</span></p><p _msthash="45" _msttexthash="2998619" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mark the date and come to the Port of Latchi to enjoy a unique experience!"</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-41956490127486907432024-03-27T14:27:00.001+02:002024-03-27T14:27:55.896+02:00BANK OF CYPRUS SUCCESSFULLY APPEALS €950,000 FINE<p> Cyprus Mail 27 March 2024 - by Tom Cleaver</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxqnRyMtfBMR6C6x6EcPTlFHIlfXhQhhNNLERA9CRzYZ7qgDIjU0OqBGSTcTbGTcgc12Pm0OaefV_yAFXH71R2K2rCNT-Ox04IFlrv-WOZ959Ujxb4zpECMEkiY61jTSZAWU-PDRtDyGMXSrRgLFQrDY2BlrIic2kC_V4EYgnxfIFR64pEug6JjxqwEI/s768/bank%20cyp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="768" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxqnRyMtfBMR6C6x6EcPTlFHIlfXhQhhNNLERA9CRzYZ7qgDIjU0OqBGSTcTbGTcgc12Pm0OaefV_yAFXH71R2K2rCNT-Ox04IFlrv-WOZ959Ujxb4zpECMEkiY61jTSZAWU-PDRtDyGMXSrRgLFQrDY2BlrIic2kC_V4EYgnxfIFR64pEug6JjxqwEI/w400-h254/bank%20cyp.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Bank of Cyprus’ appeal against a €950,000 fine levied against them in 2014 was accepted</span> by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.</span></p><div class="cypru-801bf1d05b9c775d32792da64eed41ad cypru-single-mobile-1" id="cypru-801bf1d05b9c775d32792da64eed41ad" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The fine had been levied by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, which found that the bank had violated “various laws” in its investment in Greek government bonds.</span></p><div class="cypru-eb9c74ba7631d422ee36beb20a3ebd78 cypru-single-mobile-2" id="cypru-eb9c74ba7631d422ee36beb20a3ebd78" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The decision to fine the bank had been upheld at the administrative court in 2022, but the Supreme Court on Wednesday found that “<span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">in this case there was a violation of the objective aspect of the principle of impartiality</span>” in the first ruling.</span></p><div class="cypru-ea868ba3c44bacb9f0a99790e8bbb5b6 cypru-single-mobile-3" id="cypru-ea868ba3c44bacb9f0a99790e8bbb5b6" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a result, the 2014 fine has been annulled.</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-20788474701858234662024-03-27T14:19:00.000+02:002024-03-27T14:19:26.934+02:00POLEMI TULIP FESTIVAL - Polemi - 7 April<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQtvw-UTF5Lk91cL5B_z_1PWey3XfXLzkV0CNzIbSyWa_eAL2YnAgQ6Oi6tACU87SYoTugzHQOgDnRUswLj26LHtRExX-ImfkFQtazxpiaVYVl4sT1RFbqVK-IBtO3d1VEMy7AAY1c9_EPqMKCIQKWt-TUI6PEhDbgU9stm-NisbndCQCrHZuJ30cBTI/s3888/TULIPS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3888" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQtvw-UTF5Lk91cL5B_z_1PWey3XfXLzkV0CNzIbSyWa_eAL2YnAgQ6Oi6tACU87SYoTugzHQOgDnRUswLj26LHtRExX-ImfkFQtazxpiaVYVl4sT1RFbqVK-IBtO3d1VEMy7AAY1c9_EPqMKCIQKWt-TUI6PEhDbgU9stm-NisbndCQCrHZuJ30cBTI/w640-h426/TULIPS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>POLEMI TULIP FESTIVAL</b></p><p><b>Polemi</b></p><p><b>Sunday 7 April - 11am</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is expected to include wine, traditional Cyprus sweets and a dancing and singing programme performed by local school children. The two tavernas in the village will be open for lunch. After the cultural programme, visitors will be able to walk to the field and divided into groups with experts available to provide background information.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Polemi village is set in the Paphos hills at an <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>altitude of 450m, 3km east of Stroumbi. It can be accessed off the main B7 Paphos to Polis road'. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-74454392723825359142024-03-27T14:10:00.001+02:002024-03-27T14:10:31.400+02:00CRIME ROUND UP<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Filenews 26 March 2024</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCEcRr_TLrW68vUQkC5CD3oLpfeJYduhh97NdJC_A9_USbWu8pBZwR_hFSrdc6ytzqAoL-G-6_suxW2xQQvh3Te8F4hzM2urzLGTw_sPDOrbBD7G3dbaqVdBGJbD9rET6mkKzt7N3UxxrQA5fuyWQGlIrCrujwHdpIPIvm0kQtwQ0y0X6yrev3kfp0HY/s728/cop%20car.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="728" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCEcRr_TLrW68vUQkC5CD3oLpfeJYduhh97NdJC_A9_USbWu8pBZwR_hFSrdc6ytzqAoL-G-6_suxW2xQQvh3Te8F4hzM2urzLGTw_sPDOrbBD7G3dbaqVdBGJbD9rET6mkKzt7N3UxxrQA5fuyWQGlIrCrujwHdpIPIvm0kQtwQ0y0X6yrev3kfp0HY/w400-h225/cop%20car.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p _msthash="130" _msttexthash="21623303" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After the indictment was amended from premeditated murder to manslaughter, the victim of 58-year-old Ioannis Polycarpou, the 45-year-old defendant today responded to an admission to the charge he faces.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="131" _msttexthash="44036993" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As reported to the Assize Court, the 45-year-old's defense lawyer, lawyer Alexandros Alexandrou, asked for time to report the facts to mitigate the sentence, while Lawyer A of the Republic Andreas Hadjikyrou did not object. Therefore, <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the case was set for further facts and sentence on April 15, 2024.</strong></span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="132" _msttexthash="4611945" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Court also ordered <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">that the 45-year-old defendant remain in custody in Central Prison.<span></span></strong></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span _msthash="133" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="12844208" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit;">According to the history of the case<strong _istranslated="1" _mstmutation="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">, the victim was fatally injured when he was swept away on his motorcycle by a vehicle allegedly driven by the 45-year-old.</strong></span></p><div data-google-query-id="CK3B7IiKkoUDFUZoHQkddPQIpQ" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="137" _msttexthash="9392305" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The fatal road collision occurred in the early hours of January 21, on the Avenue of the Tombs of the Kings and the driver fled the scene.</span></p><p _msthash="137" _msttexthash="9392305" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">* * * * * *</span></p><p _msthash="137" _msttexthash="9392305" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pafos Live 27 March</span></p><p _msthash="36" _msttexthash="5483413" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Police made a second arrest to facilitate investigations into an ongoing child pornography case.</span></p><p _msthash="37" _msttexthash="27506141" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He is a 25-year-old resident of Limassol, who was arrested under a court arrest warrant and detained For the same case, a second 25-year-old, who was arrested for facilitating interrogations, on March 24, is under four-day detention.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="33942675" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The investigation of the case began after the police received information from Europol, according to which a user of a web application, uploaded through his account in this application, a number of video files containing material of sexual abuse of minors.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="33942675" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">* * * * * *</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="33942675" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p _msthash="36" _msttexthash="3693001" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Last night, a 39-year-old man arrived in Larnaca on a flight from a third country.</span></p><p _msthash="37" _msttexthash="32832969" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A subsequent check found that the 39-year-old was wanted on the basis of a European arrest warrant by German authorities for the offences of participation in a criminal organisation, online crime and fraud, committed between 2019-2020 in Germany and Israel.</span></p><p _msthash="38" _msttexthash="4554316" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 39-year-old was arrested under a provisional arrest warrant and taken into custody.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="33942675" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></span></p><p _msthash="39" _msttexthash="10291177" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today he is expected to be brought before the Larnaca District Court, for the initiation of extradition proceedings, German authorities.</span></p><p _msthash="39" _msttexthash="10291177" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">* * * * * *</span></p><p _msthash="39" _msttexthash="10291177" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Filenews 27 March</span></p><p _msthash="130" _msttexthash="22743721" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The trial of the<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> double murder</strong> of Ipsonas, committed on June 29, 2023, with 44-year-old Marios Onisiforou and 52-year-old Michalis Michael as victims, began today. 3 prosecution witnesses were called to testify.</span></p><p _msthash="131" _msttexthash="52855062" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">They are the police officer who received oral testimony </strong>from the 54-year-old defendant before he was arrested with a court arrest warrant, forensic pathologist Nikolas Charalambous and master sergeant Zonakis Georgiou, who was present during the forensic examination and the one who proceeded to arrest the 54-year-old.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="132" _msttexthash="94164629" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The two defendants, 49-year-old S.A. and 54-year-old A.K., <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">were once again brought to the Assize Court, under draconian security measures</strong>. The request for trial in trial submitted by the lawyer of the 54-year-old defendant was accepted by the Limassol Assize Court. The request was based on whether or not the 54-year-old consented to have buccal swabs and other samples sampled by a forensic pathologist while he was not under arrest.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="136" _msttexthash="38101492" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The defendant's lawyer, Efstathios Efstathiou, claims that <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">his client's arrest and detention took place illegally </strong>since no arrest warrant had been issued by the Court. It is his position that his client was confined for 4 hours at the ICF of Limassol without being arrested.</span></p><div data-google-query-id="CL-K7d-SlIUDFZNH9ggd_R4B7w" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="137" _msttexthash="108501081" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The trial began with the testimony of the constable Evi Prokopiou, who serves at the ICF of Limassol. During her examination, the witness referred to the actions she took following instructions received from the head of the ICF of Limassol, Lefteris Kyriakou. He claimed, among other things, that before taking a statement, he gave the 54-year-old the relevant suspects' rights form, which he signed. It is a 10-page form which was submitted as evidence in the proceedings.</span></p><div class="_mid-banner cls" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div data-google-query-id="CL2K7d-SlIUDFZNH9ggd_R4B7w" id="div-gpt-phn-in3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_3_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 300px;"></div></div></div></div><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="138" _msttexthash="59928232" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Prokopiou also indicated that the 54-year-old signed the document in question and at the point of his signature, there is a time and date. The medical examination consent document, which also bears the signature of the 54-year-old defendant, was also submitted to the Court as evidence. It is a document given to the 54-year-old by the above witness.</span></p><p _msthash="139" _msttexthash="17989647" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mrs. Prokopiou was asked to refer to the energy diary and what was recorded by her, from 04:20 to 06:00. The witness read verbatim the relevant diary and what the 54-year-old told her verbally.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart5m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm5" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="140" _msttexthash="135670587" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In his oral testimony, the 54-year-old claimed that when he left the pub with his 49-year-old friend and co-defendant, around 2am, they were approached by two men from behind. When they turned around to see what was happening, they pepper spray in their eyes. He said he did not know who sprayed them or if they were customers of the pub. The 54-year-old interviewee verbally said that they wanted to go to Polemidia Station to report the attack with pepper spray and the damage to the vehicle, but they were caught up by the police.</span></p><p _msthash="141" _msttexthash="67577822" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">During her cross-examination by the lawyer, Efstathios Efstathiou, the witness was asked to answer a series of questions, with the lawyer insisting in which ICF Limassol office his client's oral statement was taken and whether he was surrounded by members of the force. The witness said the 54-year-old was not in custody, but said he had not told her he wanted to leave.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart6m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm6" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="142" _msttexthash="46858799" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Forensic pathologist Nicholas Charalambous said he was summoned by the ICF to examine the 54-year-old after the latter expressed a desire to be examined following his claims that he was sprayed in his eyes and beaten. He noted that the examination was done to determine whether his allegations were true.</span></p><p _msthash="143" _msttexthash="128885679" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For his part, the sergeant major, Zonakis Georgiou, during his testimony said that he was present at the forensic examination. Responding to the instructions he received from the head of the ICF of Limassol, he said that he had to arrange for the 54-year-old to be taken to the photo lab to be examined by the coroner, after claiming that he was assaulted. The representative of the Prosecution indicated a document to the witness with the written consent of the 54-year-old to take buccal samples and measurements.</span></p><p _msthash="144" _msttexthash="30779125" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The witness stated that the accused read and signed the relevant document. After the forensic examination was completed, Sergeant Major Georgiou said he proceeded to arrest the 54-year-old following a court arrest warrant that had been issued.</span></p><p _msthash="145" _msttexthash="3136458" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The case continues with the testimony of two more witnesses next Friday.</span></p><p _msthash="145" _msttexthash="3136458" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">* * * * * *</span></p><p _msthash="129" _msttexthash="20692685" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The case file, in relation to alleged money laundering, was forwarded to the Legal Service today at a Limassol hearing, while the two suspects were released until the completion of the examinations.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="130" _msttexthash="14010737" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to police sources, the ICF Limassol is awaiting instructions from the Legal Service, which will examine the case file and the investigative work so far.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="131" _msttexthash="39321919" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The two suspects, 41 and 34 years old, who had been arrested and detained since March 14, were released yesterday pending the completion of examinations, as according to the same sources, much investigative work remains in relation to their claims about the origin of the money.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="132" _msttexthash="53014221" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is recalled that the police placed the gallery under surveillance after receiving information that it was operating as a "front for money laundering" and that the 41-year-old Russian co-owner illegally exchanged money for euros or other currency with fellow businessmen and other foreign investors for a commission.</span></p><div data-google-query-id="CPWqrrqvlIUDFdKYJwIddJAGow" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="134" _msttexthash="82627675" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Members of the Limassol OPE stopped the 34-year-old, the second suspect, for inspection after he was seen leaving the gallery and in his possession were found 17 envelopes, containing a total of €161,425. A search of the gallery followed, where they found €706,300, 22,539 US dollars, 1,375 pounds, two banknote counting machines, as well as empty paper envelopes.</span></p><p _msthash="135" _msttexthash="28725398" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 41-year-old claims that the transfer of money related to his business activities in 20 restaurants he co-owns and that the money in the gallery, which he co-owns with his wife, is for a down payment to buy a house in the Germasogeia area.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart5m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm5" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="136" _msttexthash="17806906" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 34-year-old also claimed that he transported envelopes of money on behalf of the 41-year-old for a commission and that he delivered them after the recipient told him a specific code.</span></p><div class="_mid-banner cls" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div data-google-query-id="CPOqrrqvlIUDFdKYJwIddJAGow" id="div-gpt-phn-in3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_3_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 300px;"></div></div></div></div><p _msthash="137" _msttexthash="65623103" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">However, in a second statement, he refuted the initial claim that he worked for the first suspect, said they were very good friends and that he was receiving financial assistance for his services. He said he handed over the envelopes to people from Ukraine and Russia, a bar owned by the 41-year-old, a parking lot in the tourist Germasogeia and a supermarket parking lot.</span></p><p _msthash="138" _msttexthash="17623476" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Police have also requested the assistance of the Unit for Combating Cover-Up Offences (MOKAS) to investigate the possible connection of the two suspects with illegal activities.</span></p><p _msthash="138" _msttexthash="17623476" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p _msthash="138" _msttexthash="17623476" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span _msthash="38" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="33942675" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-90817152966263653902024-03-27T12:37:00.001+02:002024-03-27T12:37:47.913+02:00LA FLUTE ENCHANTEE - Markideion Municipal Theatre, Paphos - 14 April<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDTg1v8l-2Zh7z1v_yh0TifxKil5_rZlKb11fNma1Qo93u4zNLN51egQQYrDF7Bq75EPE-PO0MM6Qmqk3G5Q4CjUj6ayRc8l7FmG6TfjwxWlGJmnFOT3upro__txsldZO4iKfsTucp4UhdgolP8HypbPfxlEHHoTLHj1sFDYcg-6HenVCh1QW-8jzeRY/s720/la%20flute.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="517" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDTg1v8l-2Zh7z1v_yh0TifxKil5_rZlKb11fNma1Qo93u4zNLN51egQQYrDF7Bq75EPE-PO0MM6Qmqk3G5Q4CjUj6ayRc8l7FmG6TfjwxWlGJmnFOT3upro__txsldZO4iKfsTucp4UhdgolP8HypbPfxlEHHoTLHj1sFDYcg-6HenVCh1QW-8jzeRY/w461-h640/la%20flute.jpg" width="461" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><b>LA FLUTE ENCHANTEE</b></p><p><b>Markideion Municipal Theatre, Paphos</b></p><p><b>14 April - 6.30pm</b></p><p><b>[19 April - Ypsonas Municipal Theatre, Limassol]</b></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">General admission €12</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Information and bookings:<br />Paphos: Tickets at the theatre entrance on the day of the event and on 99295989 - 99579966<br />Limassol: cultural.dep@ipsonas.org and through the application of Ypsonas Municipality e-psonas<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Savvas Christodoulou, Mariza Anastasiadi and Marianna Georgiou, present a concert/tribute to French music and the great French composers. Works by Poulenc, Ravel, Saint-Saens, Gaubert, Borne, Debussy and Massenet.</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The concerts are under the auspices of the French Embassy and the French Institute of Cyprus.<br />Sponsors: ΟΝΕΚ, Ypsonas Municipality, Paphos Municipality<br />Media Sponsors: RIK</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE PERFORMERS :</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Cypriot flautist <b>Savvas Christodoulou s</b>tudied at the Prague Conservatory and the music academy of Utrecht under the guidance of the world-renowned soloist Aldo Baerten and the leading figure in Baroque performance, Wilbert Hazelzet. He was a member of the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra as well as the symphony orchestras of the Prague Conservatory and Utrecht. He performs as a soloist and in chamber music concerts both in Cyprus and across Europe. Since June 2015, he has been an associate member of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra and teaches flute at the Academy of the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra and at the Music School of Paphos.</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The distinguished Cypriot soprano <b>Mariza Anastasiadi</b> has significant collaborations with conductors and artists from Europe and America, and a rich repertoire ranging from medieval to contemporary works. She has performed significant roles from the operatic repertoire (Contessa from 'Le Nozze di Figaro', Lauretta from 'Gianni Schicchi', Dido from 'Dido and Aeneas'), and has collaborated with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Danube Symphony Orchestra, and the Savaria Baroque Orchestra. She has received awards in Pan-European and International singing competitions and significant distinctions.</span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The young Cypriot pianist <b>Marianna Georgiou</b> completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, where she was a member of various instrumental ensembles and participated in various masterclasses with distinguished pianists. Upon her return to Cyprus, she frequently appears as a soloist and ensemble member in chamber music concerts both in her country and in Central Europe. Her particular interest in contemporary music creation and interdisciplinary collaborations is evident through her participation in significant artistic events such as the Closing Ceremony of the European Capital of Culture Pafos2017 celebrations, the promenade concert with contemporary music for piano "Street of Keys - Five Steps into the Future," and thematic concerts such as "The Classical Theodorakis"and the solo recital-project titled "Fugitive Visions" with repertoire from the 20th and 21st centuries. Since September 2016, she has been teaching at the Music School of Paphos.</span></div>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-40844202910722061662024-03-27T12:20:00.001+02:002024-03-27T12:20:34.618+02:00MISS SHANNON LEIGH - Haris Bar Tavern, Peyia - 1 April<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf41UzOGtm7JdPqZtk8ANgXt6aksNuHhMClcjfa4LJaXqlxiSxZ5K8K32-DkXTarhFQdduXOLhGACKcaoZAN1ieZ9mQ83SkZASCq7PrtolzMqfE2_U9Rr6WhEl2MfnUcLOF8MxII9fxXEYu1G7PrK38XIR_TuknZIrG_gW2XM-2-KOYulX06fNuHDr2II/s720/shannon%20haris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="508" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf41UzOGtm7JdPqZtk8ANgXt6aksNuHhMClcjfa4LJaXqlxiSxZ5K8K32-DkXTarhFQdduXOLhGACKcaoZAN1ieZ9mQ83SkZASCq7PrtolzMqfE2_U9Rr6WhEl2MfnUcLOF8MxII9fxXEYu1G7PrK38XIR_TuknZIrG_gW2XM-2-KOYulX06fNuHDr2II/w452-h640/shannon%20haris.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>MISS SHANNON LEIGH</b></p><p><b>Haris Bar Tavern, Peyia</b></p><p><b>1 April - 4-7pm</b></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-10332404890345032172024-03-27T12:18:00.001+02:002024-03-27T12:18:44.727+02:00DANNY SAX - Haris Bar Tavern, Peyia - 31 March<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyY-4iX1TR6adNjBoPnzZlKAxJFrEQvuOGYpYzD7JOHutFn4Qy7In8x5JyA8E53ka3FUclL2hr7Lnlu8ovDtmBycSyIYPy7GCNpHIy3Ere6IvEvOQq_j7HzV6YYYQ3WdWTke7TwLo2mlXglUaGrc2kHCLmga-kUztY3e3lW1geU2DXaXGmMdM3xGdYBH8/s720/danny%20sax%20haris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyY-4iX1TR6adNjBoPnzZlKAxJFrEQvuOGYpYzD7JOHutFn4Qy7In8x5JyA8E53ka3FUclL2hr7Lnlu8ovDtmBycSyIYPy7GCNpHIy3Ere6IvEvOQq_j7HzV6YYYQ3WdWTke7TwLo2mlXglUaGrc2kHCLmga-kUztY3e3lW1geU2DXaXGmMdM3xGdYBH8/w640-h480/danny%20sax%20haris.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>DANNY SAX</b></p><p><b>Haris Bar Tavern, Peyia</b></p><p><b>Sunday 31 March - 4-7pm</b></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-81080612790484556182024-03-27T12:13:00.001+02:002024-03-27T12:13:49.777+02:00RED BUTTONS ON EMERGENCY BRACELETS 'ON THE WAY'<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Cyprus Mail 26 March 2024 - by Tom Cleaver</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnOhEBuvEDvdpkVAlEnxgONebpMrKehAoBRAqJMvsx7e22wN25QDMtSOOAWhhTL2Z_Fl6CCxX4z5Y5vkllCaaHOPPHz9ndu1KUAAlC1AqciAwD48lHKxfYgJEviF7sNsZkc_maBouS0zn8m_BSZX4Q3d5Exu3GKitahZf14Fkm4oLhSOGkeAjaqwGSwQ/s768/RED%20BUTTONS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="768" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnOhEBuvEDvdpkVAlEnxgONebpMrKehAoBRAqJMvsx7e22wN25QDMtSOOAWhhTL2Z_Fl6CCxX4z5Y5vkllCaaHOPPHz9ndu1KUAAlC1AqciAwD48lHKxfYgJEviF7sNsZkc_maBouS0zn8m_BSZX4Q3d5Exu3GKitahZf14Fkm4oLhSOGkeAjaqwGSwQ/w400-h281/RED%20BUTTONS.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meetings regarding the potential <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">roll-out of ‘red buttons’ on bracelets for elderly people</span> are underway, Social Welfare Deputy Minister Marilena Evangelou said on Tuesday.</span></p><div class="cypru-video-ads" id="cypru-341661210" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="cypru-9607191e9a7215be77817e870ab49219 cypru-single-mobile-1" id="cypru-9607191e9a7215be77817e870ab49219" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The idea of the ‘red buttons’ is for elderly people to be able to press them when in need of emergency assistance.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="cypru-6aac617717eac4bfa8b7cc8bdacb7f5e cypru-single-mobile-2" id="cypru-6aac617717eac4bfa8b7cc8bdacb7f5e" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Evangelou added that she is in communication with the Third Age Observatory, which, she said, “has studied good practices from Israel, Germany, the United Kingdom, Germany and other countries where not so good practices were observed.”</span></p><div class="cypru-1845840baa4f2d4f338b7ae93e34d91d cypru-single-mobile-3" id="cypru-1845840baa4f2d4f338b7ae93e34d91d" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With this in mind, she said evaluations of the red button are near completion, with <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“announcements” on the matter expected soon.</span></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The government had drawn criticism on the matter of red buttons from House labour committee chairman Andreas Kafkalias last week.</span></p><div class="cypru-a1211183a0ff033b6ba0dd6f7d08b37e cypru-single-mobile-5" id="cypru-a1211183a0ff033b6ba0dd6f7d08b37e" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He said <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the matter “has been pending since 2019”</span> following a relevant cabinet decision, but that in the intervening five years, no update on the status of the plan has been given to the committee by either of two serving governments.</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-65670488154387060402024-03-27T12:10:00.004+02:002024-03-27T12:10:50.084+02:00RUSSIAN OIL PAYMENTS STALL AS UAE, TURKEY TIGHTEN BANK SCRUTINY<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Cyprus Mail 27 March 2024 - by Reuters News Service</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVj__0NreNEe8elKBnqgEuycndjaxQSftBSL_iryvDmwOyvCqKKd5xiJwKvDL14Y9vC2fLYLl-7oo5qMCblduVrFZ1C1kUMQM6Y9Z0seQ4wXcGf3IX7aSmpovu95bLhHWVmb6pdj_XVVVkhZ47ci0Thxe-PAO5-1yNIf9uE6wZpiRJ16U4WWd5knQpjM/s768/russian%20oil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="768" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVj__0NreNEe8elKBnqgEuycndjaxQSftBSL_iryvDmwOyvCqKKd5xiJwKvDL14Y9vC2fLYLl-7oo5qMCblduVrFZ1C1kUMQM6Y9Z0seQ4wXcGf3IX7aSmpovu95bLhHWVmb6pdj_XVVVkhZ47ci0Thxe-PAO5-1yNIf9uE6wZpiRJ16U4WWd5knQpjM/w400-h260/russian%20oil.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">The Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker NS Captain, owned by Russia's leading tanker group Sovcomflot, transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik/File Photo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Russian oil firms face delays of up to several months to be paid for crude and fuel</span> as banks in China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) become more wary of US secondary sanctions, eight sources familiar with the matter said.</span></p><div class="cypru-video-ads" id="cypru-1786350633" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="cypru-69ffd254b512e6ed9f58de76db537bc9 cypru-single-mobile-1" id="cypru-69ffd254b512e6ed9f58de76db537bc9" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Payment delays reduce revenue to the Kremlin and make them erratic, allowing Washington to achieve its dual policy sanction goals – to disrupt money going to the Kremlin to punish it for the war in Ukraine while not interrupting global energy flows.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Several banks in China, the UAE and Turkey have boosted their sanctions compliance requirements in recent weeks, resulting in delays or even the rejection of money transfers to Moscow, according to the eight banking and trading sources.</span></p><div class="cypru-a0fba4c242fb02e419c7a9963bd6d4c0 cypru-single-mobile-3" id="cypru-a0fba4c242fb02e419c7a9963bd6d4c0" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Banks, cautious of the US secondary sanctions, started to ask their clients to provide written guarantees that no person or entity from the US SDN (Special Designated Nationals) list is involved in a deal or is a beneficiary of a payment.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The sources asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue and because they are not allowed to speak to media.</span></p><div class="cypru-a59aa7eb2b0b63cb1820a64eb1680c19 cypru-single-mobile-5" id="cypru-a59aa7eb2b0b63cb1820a64eb1680c19" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the UAE, banks First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) and Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) have suspended several accounts linked to the trading of Russian goods, two sources said.</span></p><div class="cypru-d86f9775d2573450db4d1e58f51367b6 cypru-single-mobile-6" id="cypru-d86f9775d2573450db4d1e58f51367b6" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">UAE’s Mashreq bank, Turkey’s Ziraat and Vakifbank and Chinese banks ICBC and Bank of China still process payments but take weeks or months to process them, four sources said.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mashreq bank declined to comment. UAE’s FAB and DIB banks, Turkey’s Ziraat and Vakifbank, China’s ICBC and Bank of China did not reply to requests for comments.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said payment problems exist when asked about reports that banks in China have slowed payments.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Of course, unprecedented pressure from the United States and the European Union on the People’s Republic of China continues,” Peskov told a daily conference call with reporters.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“This, of course, creates certain problems, but cannot become an obstacle to the further development of our trade and economic relations (with China),” Peskov said.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">US EXECUTIVE ORDER</span></span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The West has imposed a multitude of sanctions on Russia after it invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Dealing with Russian oil is not illegal as long as it is sold below a Western-imposed price cap of $60 per barrel.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Russian oil exports and payments for it have been disrupted in the first months of the war but later normalised as Moscow re-routed flows to Asia and Africa away from Europe.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Problems returned from December after banks and companies have realised the threat of US secondary sanctions is real,” one trading source said.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The source was referring to a US Treasury executive order published on Dec. 22, 2023, which warned it could apply sanctions for the evasion of the Russian price cap on foreign banks and called on them to boost compliance.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It became the first direct warning about a possibility of secondary sanctions on Russia, putting it on par with Iran in some areas of trade.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Following the US order, Chinese, UAE and Turkish banks that work with Russia have increased checks, started asking for extra documentation and trained more staff to make sure deals were compliant with the price cap, the trading sources said.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Additional documents can also include details on the ownership of all companies involved in the deal and personal data of individuals controlling the entities, so that banks can check on any exposure to the SDN list.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the end of February UAE banks had to rise payment scrutiny as they were asked to provide data to the US correspondent banks and the US treasury if they have transactions that go to China on behalf of a Russian entity, according to one banking source familiar with the matter.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“This meant delays in processing payments to Russia,” one of the sources said.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One source said one payment had been delayed by two months, while another said the delays amounted to two to three weeks.</span></p><p style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“It has become tough and not even for the dollar transactions. Sometimes it takes weeks for a direct yuan-rouble transaction to be executed,” one of the traders said.</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-7232941628422764242024-03-27T12:08:00.000+02:002024-03-27T12:08:57.009+02:00KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION DATES ANNOUNCED<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> in-cyprus 27 March 2024</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5rQiCZNddMygNvAJ-Gv9WLKR6y_rg46f6r8TTDShJLVPtN5iWHUclSVMP7e49MPiiYOff8YgPGzoOpziKwrvZWMpeyRDGXdaJAMb54SvOzRLwU44Ako5Gz8sHfFPa7DLg_64bQKbwA7yJbb4fo9SY6RWRN2Vq8suXTkFul8kgq6Yyy4-ZvcG7Bx0wsY/s632/KINDERGARTEN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="632" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5rQiCZNddMygNvAJ-Gv9WLKR6y_rg46f6r8TTDShJLVPtN5iWHUclSVMP7e49MPiiYOff8YgPGzoOpziKwrvZWMpeyRDGXdaJAMb54SvOzRLwU44Ako5Gz8sHfFPa7DLg_64bQKbwA7yJbb4fo9SY6RWRN2Vq8suXTkFul8kgq6Yyy4-ZvcG7Bx0wsY/w400-h266/KINDERGARTEN.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #152046; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.85rem !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Ministry of Education, Sports, and Youth informs parents/guardians that the House of Representatives, in its session dated 21st March 2024, passed the 2024 Amendment Law on Primary and Secondary Education (Compulsory Attendance and Provision of Free Education).</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #152046; line-height: 1.85rem !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This law pertains to the gradual extension of free compulsory pre-primary education from the age of four.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #152046; line-height: 1.85rem !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to a related announcement, “this marks a milestone in the history of Cypriot education, significantly elevating pre-primary education with vast pedagogical and societal benefits. Research data indicates that two years of compulsory pre-primary education lead to better learning outcomes and timely diagnosis in literacy, violence, and delinquency issues. Concurrently, it ensures equal access opportunities to quality educational programmes and facilitates the integration or reintegration of parents/guardians into the labour market.”</span></p><div class=" trc_related_container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_sc-ma-incyprusphilenews " data-placement-name="Sponsored Mid Article" id="taboola-sponsored-mid-article" observeid="tbl-observe-2" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #152046; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div class="trc_rbox_container" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="trc_rbox sc-ma-incyprusphilenews trc-content-sponsored " id="trc_wrapper_6462" style="border-color: rgb(223, 223, 223); border-radius: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><div class="trc_rbox_outer" id="outer_6462" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -14.4727px;"><div class="trc_rbox_div trc_rbox_border_elm" id="rbox-t2m" style="border: 0px solid darkgray; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 3px; overflow: auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: auto;"><div id="internal_trc_6462" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="videoCube trc_spotlight_item origin-default thumbnail_top syndicatedItem textItem videoCube_2_child trc_excludable " data-item-id="~~V1~~6645248742591989966~~yZAJLXCLzQ1Sxm1XdeBtfiPH150ZSD8jo9d8SVVofYx9_9IWyVTZYEw3zPc60dwzHu_TYvngZ3fIkOCpr71_kD7VbyU9qGbFCk3G1JTsLXx0sb2R4pIsXo4IPjt6Mjj7XR0tWBpJ8WUTt0Z3I9YgiCefch7dVXfFBToyoYsgPGEaE3iK7ebMf8nQ4vZ9kk8x5tChKVNR2PDFtDPJ36GLiw" data-item-syndicated="true" data-item-thumb="http://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/static/thumbnails/bbd3ea2a3deb46e5998cba5a80cf3182.jpg" data-item-title="Most computer owners don’t know this. Do it today!" observeid="tbl-observe-1 tbl-observe-4" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-radius: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px 14.7656px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 354.453px; zoom: 1;"><div class=" trc_user_exclude_btn " style="background: url("//cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/static/thumbnails/f539211219b796ffbb49949997c764f0.png") 0px 0px no-repeat scroll transparent; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; height: 12px; position: absolute; right: 2px; top: 2px; visibility: hidden; width: 12px; z-index: 9000;" title="Remove this item"></div><div class=" trc_exclude_overlay trc_fade " style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; height: 308.652px; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 500ms ease 0s, visibility 0s ease 500ms; visibility: hidden; width: 354.453px; z-index: 10000;"></div><div class=" trc_undo_btn " style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; line-height: 14px; padding: 0px 1px; position: absolute; right: 2px; text-decoration-line: underline; top: 2px; visibility: hidden; z-index: 11000;"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="trc_clearer" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; visibility: hidden;"></div></div></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #152046; line-height: 1.85rem !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Therefore, parents/guardians affected by the aforementioned legislative amendment are informed that student registrations for children aged 4 years 6 months-4 years 8 months (i.e., children born between 01.01.2020-29.02.2020) in Public and Community Kindergartens for the new academic year 2024-2025 will take place from 28th March to 2nd April 2024.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #152046; line-height: 1.85rem !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Registrations will be conducted in the same manner as those for children aged 4 years 8 months-6 years.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #152046; line-height: 1.85rem !important; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the smooth conduct of registrations/transfers, affected parents/guardians are requested to follow the guidelines <a href="https://www.pio.gov.cy/assets/pdf/newsroom/2024/03/20240327_ANAKOINOSI.SYMPLIROMATIKES%20EGGRAFES.ODIGIES.MAR2024.TELIKO.pdf" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #92a1d4; pointer-events: auto; text-decoration-line: none;">presented here (document in Greek).</a></span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-53499082882349295252024-03-27T11:59:00.003+02:002024-03-27T11:59:41.313+02:00GREECE - GOLDEN VISAS - WHAT CHANGES AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Filenews 27 March 2024</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRgQx2lroeXHfTc2PW3h0E4R4m1LIBx2si0VBTE5xKNjnGRbeCthmT8He5G82icFDolcL9rXUQY4VSh7ls5A_lzEvUi5offluT6gHu24RopXaGcNziGIkY4YdVNoF7tcg5mU8r0BVbbowB0R15Yokc2P3zY9hoGvT-USzm_7YNgiZARByeGyrnInGPdE/s768/greece%20golden%20visa.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRgQx2lroeXHfTc2PW3h0E4R4m1LIBx2si0VBTE5xKNjnGRbeCthmT8He5G82icFDolcL9rXUQY4VSh7ls5A_lzEvUi5offluT6gHu24RopXaGcNziGIkY4YdVNoF7tcg5mU8r0BVbbowB0R15Yokc2P3zY9hoGvT-USzm_7YNgiZARByeGyrnInGPdE/w400-h225/greece%20golden%20visa.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p _msthash="129" _msttexthash="56303351" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A three-tier golden visa is provided for in the new provision submitted to Parliament and which will enter into force at the end of September. At the same time, a minimum limit of square meters is established for Athens and Thessaloniki, while it is forbidden to rent properties that will be purchased through the golden visa for Airbnb.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="130" _msttexthash="147465123" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to what the economic team announced in the Regions of Attica and Thessaloniki and in all islands with more than 3,000 inhabitants, the minimum amount of investment will be increased to €800,000. Currently, a limit of €500,000 applies only in the center of Athens, the northern and southern suburbs, the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Mykonos and Santorini. All popular destinations will have a limit of €800,000.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="131" _msttexthash="104302913" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Throughout the rest of the country, the threshold will also be raised<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> to €400,000 instead of €250,000 today, while </strong>the threshold for listed properties and buildings will be set at €250,000, in order to incentivize investors to make such purchases and reconstruct. Also, the limit of €250,000 applies to investments in industrial real estate that will be converted into residences.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="133" _msttexthash="22201179" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As mentioned above<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">, Golden Visa investments </strong>can only be made for properties of 120 sq.m. or more. Investors will also be prohibited from exploiting real estate through digital short-term rental platforms.</span></p><div data-google-query-id="COCK39SWlIUDFdcHBgAd3PsFBw" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="134" _msttexthash="29779490" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Golden Visa accounts for 7 percent of transactions in the real estate market, but it undoubtedly affects, Hatzidakis said, adding that Golden Visa revenues were $2.5 billion. approximately in 2023 from investments and capital from abroad.</span></p><p _msthash="135" _msttexthash="110500429" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> Minister of National Economy and Finance K. Hatzidakis,</strong> residence permits can be renewed for five years as long as the property remains in the private owner, if the investor sells the property then his residence permit is revoked. Investors can rent the buildings they acquire, it is not allowed to be made available on short-term rental platforms, in case of conversion into a residence it is forbidden to use as a registered office or branch businesses.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart5m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm5" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="136" _msttexthash="80865265" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a minister said, a transitional period is envisaged. Third-country nationals who will pay the price, or will pay a 10% deposit, or if they sign a pre-agreement payment by September 30, will be able to apply for a residence permit until December 31, 2024 under the conditions currently in force. If for some reason the purchase of real estate is not completed, additional time is given to find a new property.</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-91079605168955994322024-03-27T11:57:00.000+02:002024-03-27T11:57:12.027+02:00NEW TARGETED PRECISION MEASURES UNDER STUDY<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Filenews 27 March 2024 - by Eleftheria Paizanou</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOBIVDp3frCsm8CnidzY41X_HvrHs1YeitaZSwlF0ivJBljOii_G_8sgwttXmJtxbIa5JhSBMEiV5ymBC-MoDutRAcSAvGwrodYwEUSy1PlPenP36lL1ZlmyS02u3gu1jXAR2_G_d3NtBTwqx-1lXR34the6MaCBzVbjjGDPbtmqGJGosm9c7Zh86SBI/s768/targetted%20measures.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="768" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOBIVDp3frCsm8CnidzY41X_HvrHs1YeitaZSwlF0ivJBljOii_G_8sgwttXmJtxbIa5JhSBMEiV5ymBC-MoDutRAcSAvGwrodYwEUSy1PlPenP36lL1ZlmyS02u3gu1jXAR2_G_d3NtBTwqx-1lXR34the6MaCBzVbjjGDPbtmqGJGosm9c7Zh86SBI/w400-h245/targetted%20measures.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p _msthash="131" _msttexthash="16154944" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Government is studying new targeted measures to support vulnerable groups from high prices, due to the end of the horizontal reduction of excise duty on fuel next Sunday.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="132" _msttexthash="70554081" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The final decisions, which will mainly concern fuels, are expected to be taken this week, at the next meeting of the Council of Ministers, provided that the measures will be finalized by then. <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Yesterday, the President of the Republic</strong>, Nikos Christodoulides, during the meeting of the Council of Ministers, called on ministers to submit proposals in relation to the measures.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="133" _msttexthash="30603040" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Addressing the ministers, President Christodoulides noted that "it is important that we have taken two packages of measures, but we need to see the measures that are expiring and see other additional measures. I want to hear your suggestions."</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="135" _msttexthash="150690995" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to information provided by "<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">F</strong>", the new measures will focus mainly on the issue of fuels, without excluding measures in other sectors as well, with the granting of one-off support. The Ministry of <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Energy</strong> has already submitted its proposals, which focus on targeted support to the income weak social strata of the population, who receive financial support from the state. In particular, it is envisaged that support should be addressed to Guaranteed Minimum Income recipients, large families, low pensioners, single-parent families, etc.</span></p><div data-google-query-id="CKLA2OCVlIUDFXVQ9ggdRo8CBQ" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="136" _msttexthash="151416616" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As "F" is informed, the <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ministry of Finance</strong>, in cooperation with the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare, will prepare a relevant proposal. The Ministry of Finance will examine the financial aspect of the issue, while the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare will proceed with the categorization of beneficiaries. The granting of a credit card, in the standards applied in Greece, was judged in the recent past not to be applicable in Cyprus for technical reasons. What is at stake is the granting of an allowance or crediting to an account of the beneficiaries.</span></p><p _msthash="137" _msttexthash="109057559" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finance Minister <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Makis Keravnos</strong> expressed hope that at the end of the month there will be some announcements in this direction, stressing that the Ministry of Finance is at the stage of reflection and study on targeted compensatory measures. "Let me remind you that in the previous package of measures to tackle high prices, for some categories such as single-parent families and vulnerable groups, middle strata, the measure of one-off sponsorship had been applied.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart5m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm5" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="138" _msttexthash="75777195" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Therefore, there is a comprehensive approach to the whole issue and in the coming days there will be an announcement," he said. Keravnos recalled the recommendations of the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and other institutions not to implement horizontal measures. He reiterated that in Cyprus the price of gasoline and diesel is one of the lowest in the European Union.</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-17673683167342218062024-03-27T11:51:00.002+02:002024-03-27T11:51:25.037+02:00EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR CYPRUS ECONOMY - INFLATION/UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION, BUT MACROECONOMIC IMBALANCES REMAIN<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Filenews 27 March 2024</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2oDKVFuvZgI7sZ6BHt9ipQTW2Z9LBrWkynTFCunc3rfSYfyDhWySJBF3Io3VdGYDDz7UboVd6L29BkJ_dfUABgIGeoYziu-LRHulC709uqtEX4xc1gVvqreExSQ24aLoVeU2PnQLynn1wGlpaPcy-DRtmbtxDFZE7f-5l6rLavpjoY-aGtqwdODcmqQ/s768/EU%20CYPRUS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2oDKVFuvZgI7sZ6BHt9ipQTW2Z9LBrWkynTFCunc3rfSYfyDhWySJBF3Io3VdGYDDz7UboVd6L29BkJ_dfUABgIGeoYziu-LRHulC709uqtEX4xc1gVvqreExSQ24aLoVeU2PnQLynn1wGlpaPcy-DRtmbtxDFZE7f-5l6rLavpjoY-aGtqwdODcmqQ/w400-h225/EU%20CYPRUS.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p _msthash="135" _msttexthash="28789709" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the EU report on the Cypriot economy, the observed economic growth and the reduction in inflation puts the Cypriot economy on a healthy footing, while at the same time the correction of macroeconomic imbalances continues.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="136" _msttexthash="54614573" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Specifically, the European Commission (EU) published on 25 March 2024 its In Depth Review on the Cypriot economy. In-depth reviews (IDRs) are prepared annually as part of the European Semester process for economic policy coordination and aim to identify and assess the severity of Member States' macroeconomic risk imbalances.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="138" _msttexthash="391212705" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Specifically, for Cyprus in 2024, <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">macroeconomic imbalances are identified in the areas of public, private and external debt. </strong>The net international investment position remains negative, but has improved and is approaching sustainable levels. The current account deficit in 2023 is expected to widen, mainly on account of a significant increase in energy prices, but the normalisation of energy prices and a recovery in foreign demand will contribute to an improvement in the current account. Both public and private debt have declined significantly and are projected to continue declining in the coming years. Moreover, the stock of non-performing loans in the banking sector has continued to decline, while the possibility of new non-performing loans is remote. Going forward, the country's vulnerabilities are projected to continue to be corrected, supported by economic growth.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="139" _msttexthash="39933842" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The In-depth Review also analyzes the trade ties that Cyprus has and stresses that Cyprus' dependence on European economies and mainly on third country economies, make the Cypriot economy vulnerable to geopolitical developments and create turbulence in its trade relations.</span></p><div data-google-query-id="CLPK5fyUlIUDFaFEHQkd2-cFqQ" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="140" _msttexthash="73145501" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The IDR is based on the EU winter forecast, which is largely in line with the Ministry of Finance's forecasts. Specifically, <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">the EU estimates that the growth rate for 2023 will reach 2.4% and increase close to 3% in 2024 and 2025</strong>, while inflation<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> and unemployment</strong> are also forecast to decrease. Cyprus' fiscal position is expected to remain in surplus and debt to continue its downward path.</span></p><p _msthash="141" _msttexthash="23842195" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Ministry of Finance welcomes the results of the In-depth Review, which demonstrate the sound economic policy of the Government and the efforts made to correct macroeconomic imbalances in the Cypriot economy.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart5m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm5" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="142" _msttexthash="173161664" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Government's concern remains to implement policies that ensure the further correction of imbalances and the strengthening of the competitiveness of the Cypriot economy, placing particular emphasis on the green and digital transitions. At the same time, as rightly noted in<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> the IDR, the Cyprus Recovery and Resilience Plan </strong>includes a number of important reforms that will contribute to further reducing the macroeconomic vulnerabilities faced by the Cypriot economy and broadening its productive base, ensuring macroeconomic stability and sustainability of public finances.</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676378351797014411.post-13080966099734746442024-03-27T11:48:00.003+02:002024-03-27T11:51:58.158+02:00€35 MILLION EU RECOVERY FUND MONEY FOR SMART METERS UP IN THE AIR AGAIN<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Filenews 27 March 2024 - by Chrysanthos Manoli</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaibiAWQqJsU1vRAdr762bCPjafvaRIWt379xWxEjG96zqSYD8J-VHhcF-Y9ofCu91ciO_nocxu1m6rK6l93HX_ipuc5-BDuKsD28CtuA_1VmQFBoKdCQKKOBvjXkext-DMNo93pHflSeiEy0DtknSA0p4m65Hm_OSWxNQNLyxEn-VgSJ_HEj4Rlk5Fk/s768/smart%20meters.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaibiAWQqJsU1vRAdr762bCPjafvaRIWt379xWxEjG96zqSYD8J-VHhcF-Y9ofCu91ciO_nocxu1m6rK6l93HX_ipuc5-BDuKsD28CtuA_1VmQFBoKdCQKKOBvjXkext-DMNo93pHflSeiEy0DtknSA0p4m65Hm_OSWxNQNLyxEn-VgSJ_HEj4Rlk5Fk/w400-h300/smart%20meters.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 31.05px; margin-inline: auto; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><strong _msthash="132" _msttexthash="77471524" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The categorical – yesterday – decision of the Administrative Court that Cyta cannot, by law, implement the tender awarded to it by EAC for the installation of 400,000 smart meters, turns upside down and calls into question the financing of the project by the EU and the Recovery Fund with €35 million. </span></strong></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart2m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm2" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="133" _msttexthash="57245201" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The deadline of the Republic of Cyprus and EAC for signing a contract and collecting the €35 million to finance the installation of <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">smart meters</strong> expires at the end of March and EAC is not in a position, following yesterday's decision of the Administrative Court, to shake hands with any interested party.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="134" _msttexthash="140747178" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to information provided by "<strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">F</strong>" from EAC, the organization will appeal the court's decision. That means it will take a few months — or many months — for the appeal to be heard. In the meantime, the deadline for compliance with the <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Recovery Fund</strong> will have passed and the Republic of Cyprus will risk not only losing €35 million, but also the freezing the disbursement of other tranches of millions of euros from the Recovery Fund for other projects agreed.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart4m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm4" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="138" _msttexthash="82130035" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">EAC told "F" that in cooperation with the <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ministry of Energy</strong> and the Government in general, an effort will be made, through the urgent procedure, to persuade the EU to extend the deadline for the implementation of the project for the installation of smart meters, so as not to lose the €35 million from the EU with the resultant cost to be borne by Cypriot taxpayers.</span></p><div data-google-query-id="CKO53YWUlIUDFVNDHQkdCgcNfA" id="div-gpt-phn-inmInRead" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_Video_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 560px;"></div></div><p _msthash="139" _msttexthash="92712217" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In any case, as we have been told, <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">EAC </strong>cannot award the tender to any bidder other than EAC, since it has already rejected the offers of Logicom and New Cytech Business Solutions (belonging to the same group of companies) for technical reasons. This means that if EAC's appeal against yesterday's decision is rejected, EAC will cancel the tender and re-announce another one for the third time. This means a further delay of several months.</span></p><p _msthash="140" _msttexthash="119223936" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to <strong _istranslated="1" style="box-sizing: inherit;">philenews</strong>, the Administrative Court annulled EAC's decision to award Cyta the smart meters project, emphatically stressing that it is glaring, in its judgment, that no competence is granted to the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority by the relevant legislation governing its operation, namely Cap. 302, to supply appliances, in particular electricity consumption meters, ancillary equipment, software, staff training and maintenance services for such appliances.</span></p><div class="mid-banner mobile-bnr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart5m" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="div-gpt-phn-inm5" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><p _msthash="141" _msttexthash="66625546" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, the Court said, has authority and competence to provide telecommunications services only. It has no power to provide equipment, especially equipment related to devices for measuring electricity consumption. The contested tender does not concern telecommunications, nor does it fall into that category, it added.</span></p><div class="_mid-banner cls" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><div class="sticky-banner" id="inart3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div data-google-query-id="CKG53YWUlIUDFVNDHQkdCgcNfA" id="div-gpt-phn-in3" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/10841299127/philenews/In_article_3_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit; height: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 300px;"></div></div></div></div><p _msthash="142" _msttexthash="12095551" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #152046; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 29.4px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In light of the above, it should be noted that the contested decision (award of the tender to Cyta) is the product of manifest illegality and is annulled.</span></p>Tala newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611376550194364373noreply@blogger.com