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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-05-29
CONTENTS
[01] Government extends mandate of Investigation Committee for the economy
[02] Czech communists express support for a Cyprus settlement
[01] Government extends mandate of Investigation Committee for the economy
The Cyprus government extended on Wednesday by three months the mandate
of the Investigation Committee set up to look into the near collapse of
the banking sector and the economy of the country.
"The Council of Ministers decided to extend the mandate of the
Investigation Committee", Deputy Government Spokesman Victoras
Papadopoulos said in statements to the press, adding the work of the
committee is extended by three months.
Noting that the three-member Committee should deliver its report today,
Papadopoulos added that the Committee requested the extension citing
heavy workload and the delays to its work due to the resignation of two
of its members. Two Committee members, former Supreme Court judges,
resigned the one citing health reasons and and the other conflict of
interest, whereas a Committee staff member resigned disagreeing with
the Committee investigation format.
[02] Czech communists express support for a Cyprus settlement
The Czech Republic and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia support
a Cyprus solution that will benefit the Cypriot people and end the Turkish
occupation of the island, the party`s President Vojtech Filip has said.
Filip met on Wednesday here with House President Yiannakis Omirou, who
expressed Cyprus' appreciation for Prague's principled stance vis-à-vis
the Cyprus problem.
According to an official press release, Omirou noted that relations
between the two countries are excellent. Referring to the Cyprus problem,
the House President said that the Turkish side insists on a two-state
solution and expressed the sincere will of the Greek Cypriot side for
a solution, based on the international and European law and UN relevant
resolutions.
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