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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-01-10
CONTENTS
[01] Police ready for EPP Conference
[02] Full throttle preparations for presidential elections
[01] Police ready for EPP Conference
The Police are taking all necessary measures to guarantee the safety of
the European People`s Party (EPP) Conference, which will take place in
Limassol on Friday with the participation of EU member state leaders.
Police Spokesman Andreas Angelides said Thursday that security measures
will be in force from the moment the leaders arrive, through their stay
and participation in the Conference, up to their departure.
He also said that about 180 members of the Police will be involved in the
operation, and that two crisis centres would be operating, one at Police
Headquarters in Nicosia, and one in Limassol, where the Conference will
take place.
[02] Full throttle preparations for presidential elections
The Ministry of the Interior is pressing on with preparations for
February's presidential elections, in which about 545,000 people will
have the right to vote, of whom 12,736 are new voters.
Head of the Electoral Service of the Ministry of the Interior and
Deputy Chief Returning Officer Demetris Demetriou has told CNA that the
final number of voters will be clear on January 14, when the period for
objections expires, adding that the registered Turkish Cypriot voters
are around 600.
Demetriou noted that a total of 1,102 polling stations will operate, of
which 418 in Nicosia, 315 in Limassol, 183 in Larnaca, 54 in Famagusta,
and 132 in Paphos.
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