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15.12.2005 : prices 2006 on cyprus-hotels-booking.com soon!!! more... 06.12.2005 : PAPADOPOULOS - LEDRA STREET
The Turkish actions in the buffer zone near Ledra Street in Nicosia do not aim at building bridges of reunification, but bridges of separation, President of the Republic of Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos pointed out today, adding that the United Nations are aware that the Turkish occupation army is violating the buffer zone in the area.
"Our position is clear. We will not accept the occupation of the buffer zone and whoever says that the United Nations have a different view, is wrong," the President said.
Noting that the only way to solve the problem is through dialogue, he said that the dialogue continues but reminded that, despite the UN Security Council decision about the violation of the status quo in the Strovilia area, the Turkish forces have not withdrawn yet.
He added that the United Nations are aware of the fact that there is a violation of the buffer zone by the Turkish occupation army and said that the Greek Cypriot side would not accept the violation even by one metre.
"The UN know that there is a violation. It is not important if the violation stretches to one, two or five metres. It is a matter of principle. If we accept here the violation at one meter, two or three, then more bad things will follow," he pointed out.
President Papadopoulos added that the Turkish Cypriot side is making efforts to give the impression that it is interested in the reunification of the two sides on the island, "whereas by the nature and the type of works they conduct, instead of building a bridge of communication and reunification, they are building a bridge of separation."
Answering questions, President Papadopoulos said that the Greek Cypriot side has submitted to the United Nations in full and in detail all the changes it wishes to see in the UN-sponsored plan for a solution of the Cyprus problem.
more... 06.12.2005 : Potato protest comes to Nicosia
AROUND 70 potato growers marched from the Larnaca roundabout to the gates of the Presidential Palace yesterday, where they camped out all day in hopes of securing their demands for subsidies and compensation.
The farmers returned to their ‘red village’ homes at nightfall, not only tired but also visibly frustrated and disappointed, which suggests that the government has not budged on its position.
Head of the Potato Farmer’s Organisation Nicos Vasilas said that the potato farmers would tonight announce the content of yesterday’s meeting with the Trade Minister, Works Minster, and Agriculture Minster and also decide on whether or not they would continue their demonstrations.
The farmers set off four kilometres before the Larnaca roundabout at around 8am and arrived at the Presidential roundabout at around 2.30pm. Fatigued farmers could take breaks on the bus that accompanied them.
The farmers faced criticism from some who suggested that they bussed most of the way and only walked in a few symbolic places.
But Xylofagou potato farmer Stavros Tofalli told the Cyprus Mail the rumours were a lie, claiming that he and most of the others had walked around 50km.
“And look at me, I’m 100 kilos”, Tofalli said.
“We’re used to work,” Tofalli said, although he then added that when he woke tomorrow he would “really feel it”.
The hike, Tofalli said, “demonstrates our decisiveness to claim the just and logical measures that we request.”
The farmers did look like they had been walking a long way, many of them limping about with walking sticks, and others sprawled supine on the pavement, their legs propped up against the wall.
The police blocked off the road by the exit and entrance to the Presidential Palace, which led to major traffic congestion that snaked out kilometres in every direction. The farmers, who were camped right off the roundabout, held up a sign towards the drivers: “The potato producers supported you in difficult times. Now we are asking your support.”
Few of the drivers were sympathetic. “Is this our fault and you are making our lives more difficult?” a young woman yelled out of the passenger window.
“Ma’am, take your complaint to the President”, replied one of the potato farmers, while another shouted back, “It’s the police who closed the road, not us!”
“They don’t love us”, the farmer added, as the woman drove off. “What are we going to do? The people don’t love us.”
The farmers claim they have not been paid for any of their potatoes that went to export since Spring.
“Since March, when our potatoes started going out, we haven’t been paid one cent”, one farmer said. “Black and miserable, my friend. These times are black and miserable.”
“You are a journalist”, he continued. “What happens if you don’t get paid for one month, then a second, then a third month? And you don’t even have the sort of expenses we have.”
Potato Farmer Petros Demetriou told the Cyprus Mail that some of the farmers pay up to £30-£40,000 each year in expenses, adding that the cost to grow 110 50-kilo sacks of potato spores amounts to £12,000 or more.
When asked what he gets paid per kilo for his potatoes, Demetriou laughed: “Right now, nothing.”
Although their mood dropped at the end of the day, the farmers were in generally high spirits throughout the course of the day. One farmer was handing out some thick plate-sized mushrooms that he had picked along the march.
Demetriou pointed to the bag of giant mushrooms. “I was once out looking for mushrooms with a friend. We didn’t find any, but in the process we got stuck up on a ledge.
“So I jacked the truck up and told my friend to go drag over a huge stone that was sitting by his foot to prop up the truck with.”
“Well the stone turned out to be one of these mushrooms. We cooked it three times just to eat it.”
A sandwich van also accompanied the potato protestors, providing free sandwiches and drinks on the way. A farmer said that the grandfather of the young man driving the van came from his village, Sotira, and had offered up the van to help with the march.
The driver, Christophoros Christophi, leaned against the wall of the van, grinning. “If it wasn’t for me, they would have all died today.”
more... 15.11.2005 : UNDP – CYPRUS PROGRAMME
With an aim to promote island-wide initiatives that allow Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot organizations to take joint action in areas such as environment, education and cultural heritage, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a new initiative in Cyprus entitled “Action for Cooperation and Trust”.
Speaking at a press conference, at Ledra Palace in the buffer zone, Programme Manager Andrew Russel said that “Action for Cooperation and Trust is a inter-communal initiative with a mandate to create opportunities for all of Cyprus’ different communities to work together on concrete projects that will benefit all people on the island, while at the same time promoting tolerance and mutual understanding.”
He noted that the programme will receive US$ 26.5 million in funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the UNDP, and will be managed directly by UNDP.
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