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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-01-20
CONTENTS
[01] Less pensioner below poverty line in Cyprus
[02] Irish EU Presidency to focus on stability, jobs and growth
[01] Less pensioner below poverty line in Cyprus
Less pensioners live under the poverty line than in the past, according
to Labour Minister Soteroula Charalambous, who said the government has
applied policies to support the elderly.
She said 36.9% of pensioners lived under the poverty line in 2011 compared
to 46.4% in 2008.
[02] Irish EU Presidency to focus on stability, jobs and growth
The process of resolving the Cyprus problem has come to a deadlock due
to Turkish intransigence which allows no optimism, Defence Minister
Dimitris Eliades has said. He also said that the good will and the
political will of the Greek Cypriot side is not enough to reach a fair
and viable compromise solution.
The Minister, speaking on Saturday at a special ceremony, said that the
Cyprus problem remains unresolved with the dividing line still splitting
the country in two, the illegal settlers from Turkey multiplying in
the northern Turkish occupied areas, the destruction of the cultural
heritage continuing and the presence Turkish troops being a constant
threat to the future of people of Cyprus.
"We are seeking and are working for a solution, but we will not succumb
to the terms of the conqueror, under any circumstances, putting at risk
the survival of the Greek Cypriots in the land of their fathers, " he
said. He added that Cyprus may be facing economic and social problems
but it cannot forget the most important problem, that of securing the
survival of the nation, and freeing the country of Turkish troops.
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