Monthly Archives: June 2001

TWO Limassol men were jailed yesterday by a Limassol court after they were found guilty of possession and circulation of counterfeit documents.

The two were arrested along with another man after police found forged dollar bills in their possession.

A YOUNG British woman on holiday in Ayia Napa was yesterday admitted to intensive care in Larnaca Hospital with suspected meningitis.

She was admitted to a private clinic in Ayia Napa on Monday afternoon with a severe headache, dizziness and a high temperature.

THE Ministry of Education yesterday announced plans to introduce a pilot programme at a school to teach sex education.

After meeting with House Education Committee, Education Minister Ouranios Ioannides said the pilot programme will be tested at one school only, and depending on the results it will either be dropped or introduced as part of the syllabus in all schools.

TEACHERS’ unions have confirmed they will stage a protest tomorrow afternoon outside the House of Representatives and the Finance and Education Ministries against the proposed lowering of entry-level salaries.

A PRISON warden was yesterday remanded in custody for six days in connection with the bombing in March of the Nicosia home of another warden.

The court heard that a 31-year-old suspect held in connection with two bombings and causing malicious damage had named the warden.

Two more suspects are being held for the same cases.

A EUROPEAN Union demand that either the taste or the name of traditional Cyprus brandy must be changed became a bone of contention between the government and brandy industry yesterday, two days before an expected vote on the relevant bill in the House.

PAPHOS Bishop Chrysostomos yesterday said it would not be to anyone’s benefit if the six bishops of the Church of Cyprus were taxed by the state because the amount paid would be very small.

Reacting to recent discussion on the issue, Chrysostomos said that bishops were not paid wages, rather they were given grants by the Church which are used to help the poor and needy.

D.I.S.Y. LEADER Nicos Anastassiades said yesterday he would send a letter to Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou to express his concern that new Greco-Turkish rapprochement was ignoring the Cyprus problem.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Alecos Markides yesterday lashed out over leaks from the Foreign Ministry which are being investigated by the police.

Speaking after a meeting of the National Council, Markides told reporters that such leaks coming from the Foreign Ministry were unacceptable and compromised the government’s position in negotiations on important national issues.

THE NEWLY constituted National Council met for the second time yesterday when members were given a series of proposals by President Clerides on how the body could operate smoothly, given its expanded numbers.