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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-06-27
CONTENTS
[01] Missing persons' relatives not satisfied with CMP
[02] Economic sentiment improves by 1.9 units in June
[03] Committee to be set up for properties in occupied areas
[01] Missing persons' relatives not satisfied with CMP
The issue of missing persons is in danger of becoming a typical
bureaucratic matter, said the President of the Pancyprian Organisation
of Relatives of Undeclared Prisoners and Missing Persons Nicos Sergides.
Sergides, who was speaking Wednesday at the General Assembly of the
Organisation, said that as long as the Committee on Missing Persons
(CMP) limits its work to exhumations and identifications of remains of
missing persons, the Organisation is not satisfied as it wants the CMP
to carry out substantial investigation into the matter. The relatives
need to know what happened then, how, when and why, he noted.
He said that the CMP has not so far made any serious or worthwhile effort
to overcome Turkish objections and refusal to carry out a meaningful
search. Instead, he indicated, CMP acts in line with the Turkish position
to close the matter.
[02] Economic sentiment improves by 1.9 units in June
The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) in Cyprus registered an improvement
for the second consecutive month in June, after a record low in April,
due to the developments in the financial sector, the University of Cyprus`
Economic Research Centre (ERC) said.
The Economic Sentiment Indicator rose in June by 1.9 units compared
with May, which is attributed mainly to the climate improvement in the
services sector and retail trade.
[03] Committee to be set up for properties in occupied areas
The Council of Ministers decided on Wednesday to set up a committee to
look into incentives for Greek Cypriots interested in selling or buying
immovable property in the Turkish occupied areas.
Acting Government Spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos said that this was
decided in the context of efforts to address the problem created by the
increasing number of Greek Cypriots who turn to the so-called immovable
property commission in the northern Turkish occupied areas of the Republic
for compensation for their properties.
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