Daily Archives: November 1, 2002

ALL PRIVATE and public doctors will have to have written patient consent before undertaking surgery, the president of the Medical Association, Dr. Antonis Vassiliou, said yesterday. Failure to obtain this consent form will result in medical disciplinary action.

THE PLENUM yesterday postponed for the second time voting on a traffic safety bill, which includes provisions concerning the placement of advertising billboards on the roads.

PLANS to cut down the number of slaughterhouses to four, as well as their upgrading in line with European Union requirements, will be discussed before the Cabinet next week.

HEROIN addicts seeking a quick-fix solution to their problems will be sorely disappointed, a leading specialist said yesterday.

CONTROVERSY has tainted the last round of bar exams this October with accusations of the Legal Council lowering exam pass rates to give individual trainees the results needed to secure their positions in the profession.

TURKISH Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash will undergo medical tests today to determine when he will be fit to travel back to the island and resume his duties, reports said yesterday.

OVER 1,300 complaints were filed with the Ombudswoman last year, according to the department’s report, which was published yesterday.

TRADE unionists yesterday demonstrated outside the Ledra Palace checkpoint after the Turkish Cypriot authorities refused to allow colleagues from the north to participate in the fourth Pancyprian Trade Union Forum, which was due to begin yesterday.

A 47-YEAR-OLD Limassol pub owner was yesterday arrested in connection with the illegal possession of thousands of pounds worth of tax-free cigarettes and alcohol.

FOURTY-eight per cent of Cypriots believe a solution to the Cyprus problem was closer while 43 per cent disagreed, a survey showed last night.