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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-09-27
CONTENTS
[01] Cypriot MPs depart for PACE plenary in Strasbourg
[02] Slovakia supports Cyprus' application to PfP
[03] Vehicle registration for January-August down by 34.1%
[01] Cypriot MPs depart for PACE plenary in Strasbourg
A House of Representatives delegation departs on Sunday for Strasbourg,
where Cypriot MPs will participate in the autumn plenary session of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) between September
30 and October 4. An official press release issued here today says that
the delegation is headed by MP Stella Kyriakidou and comprised equally
by MPs Giorgos Loukaides, Athina Kyriakidou and Nicos Nicolaides.
The plenary will focus on issues such as Syria, the activities of OECD,
national security and access to information, democratic institutions
in Bosnia and Herzegoving, food safety as well as the matter of missing
persons as a result of European conflict and the difficulties in finding
out what became of them.
At the same time the first ever Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize, honouring
outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights, is to be
awarded at a special ceremony on the opening day. An awareness campaign
on breast cancer will also be launched as a result of an initiative by
Cypriot MP Stella Kyriakidou.
[02] Slovakia supports Cyprus' application to PfP
Slovak Minister of Defence Martin Glvac has expressed his country's
support for Cyprus' application to join the programme Partnership for
Peace (PfP). According to an official press release issued Friday Glvac
who was speaking during a meeting he had yesterday, in Bratislava,
with Cypriot Minister of Defence Photis Photiou, also referred to his
country's decision to continue its contribution to the UN peacekeeping
mission in Cyprus UNFICYP.
The press release also says that at a meeting Photiou had with Slovak
House of Representatives President Pavol Paska, on Friday, he expressed
the full support of his country to the Cyprus government's efforts for
the solution of the Cyprus problem as well as the Slovak diplomacy's
readiness to help.
During the meeting he had with his counterpart, on Thursday, the two
ministers exchanged points of view on matters of common interest,
discussed bilateral relations, as well as current developments in the
Middle East with an emphasis on Syria, the prospects of the peace process
in the Middle East and the role the EU can play in consolidating democracy
and stability in the region.
[03] Vehicle registration for January-August down by 34.1%
Total registrations of motor vehicles in Cyprus for January - August
decreased by 34.1% to 12.421 in January - August 2013, from 18.847 in
January - August 2012.
According to figures released by the Cyprus Statistical Service, the
number of private saloon cars registered decreased to 8.833 from 13.952
in January - August 2012, marking a decrease of 36.7%.
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