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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-06-28Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>CONTENTS
to stability in the Cyprus issue [01] House President: There is an urgent need for economy to returnt to stabilityThere is an urgent need for Cyprus economy to return to stability, House President Yiannakis Omirou said Thursday, adding that severe austerity measures without growth and creation of jobs are doomed to fail.Speaking during the graduation ceremony at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia, the House President said that a dominant education system can be the answer to the current economic crisis. Referring to the recent Eurogroup decision on Cyprus, Omirou said that our country was a guinea pig , pointing out that the measures imposed by our international lenders, will lead to deep recession and increase of unemployment. He said that our European partners showed no solidarity towards Cyprus, adding that the lack of trust among the citizens, deepens the democratic deficit in the EU. [02] Emiliou: Government has made concrete proposals for a breakthrough in the Cyprus issueCyprus Government , in order to build a climate of trust for which the bicommunal talks to commence, has made concrete proposals which, if accepted, will give us the opportunity of a breakthrough on the situation in Cyprus and quick progress in the talks, Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Nicholas Emiliou has said.Emiliou briefed the foreign press correspondents to the UN on the situation as regard the Cyprus issue, the economic crisis and the imminent renewal of UNFICYP. In his statements on the Cyprus problem and referring to the government's proposals, the Ambassador said that one of those proposals concerns placing the city of Famagusta under U.N. administration for the eventual resettlement by its lawful inhabitants, in conjunction with the use of the port of Famagusta for trade purposes by all Cypriots. Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |