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hmm..i think cyprus is clean island!! i get woke up every bloody day at 6am by people who clean the streets!

[Antreis]

Thanks.
The young volunteers will continue their attempt to clean-up the whole area( and other areas as well ) with or without the help of the official authorities .In the Eukalyptus Forest "event" the SBA police was there for moral support .
It is worth to mention that the volunteers were mostly young college students doing their summer vacation and some people from countries ranging from Canada to Malaysia .
By the way , Dixan , sponsored the event.

It appears/or not any Cypriots are involved. Thats a shame. Environmental cleanliness should be instilled in the locals and not just depend on foreign students.

I wonder if similar arrangements exist in the north of the island.

The majority were Cypriots , young college students-a wonderful surprise!!! But as I have posted above there were also foreigners both living here or visiting(Malaysian, Canadian, British, Serbian etc).

[denizaksulu]

Thanks.
The young volunteers will continue their attempt to clean-up the whole area( and other areas as well ) with or without the help of the official authorities .In the Eukalyptus Forest "event" the SBA police was there for moral support .
It is worth to mention that the volunteers were mostly young college students doing their summer vacation and some people from countries ranging from Canada to Malaysia .
By the way , Dixan , sponsored the event.

It appears/or not any Cypriots are involved. Thats a shame. Environmental cleanliness should be instilled in the locals and not just depend on foreign students.

I wonder if similar arrangements exist in the north of the island.

The majority were Cypriots , young college students-a wonderful surprise!!! But as I have posted above there were also foreigners both living here or visiting(Malaysian, Canadian, British, Serbian etc).

Sorry, the few I saw in the photo looked European.

Well done.

[Antreis]

Thanks.
The young volunteers will continue their attempt to clean-up the whole area( and other areas as well ) with or without the help of the official authorities .In the Eukalyptus Forest "event" the SBA police was there for moral support .
It is worth to mention that the volunteers were mostly young college students doing their summer vacation and some people from countries ranging from Canada to Malaysia .
By the way , Dixan , sponsored the event.

It appears/or not any Cypriots are involved. Thats a shame. Environmental cleanliness should be instilled in the locals and not just depend on foreign students.

I wonder if similar arrangements exist in the north of the island.

The majority were Cypriots , young college students-a wonderful surprise!!! But as I have posted above there were also foreigners both living here or visiting(Malaysian, Canadian, British, Serbian etc).

Sorry, the few I saw in the photo looked European.

Well done.

I do not want to start a "fight" in this thread that has been kept clean from animosities up to now but we look European because we are European !!!

By the way thank for the interest .
A.

[denizaksulu]

Thanks.
The young volunteers will continue their attempt to clean-up the whole area( and other areas as well ) with or without the help of the official authorities .In the Eukalyptus Forest "event" the SBA police was there for moral support .
It is worth to mention that the volunteers were mostly young college students doing their summer vacation and some people from countries ranging from Canada to Malaysia .
By the way , Dixan , sponsored the event.

It appears/or not any Cypriots are involved. Thats a shame. Environmental cleanliness should be instilled in the locals and not just depend on foreign students.

I wonder if similar arrangements exist in the north of the island.

The majority were Cypriots , young college students-a wonderful surprise!!! But as I have posted above there were also foreigners both living here or visiting(Malaysian, Canadian, British, Serbian etc).

Sorry, the few I saw in the photo looked European.

Well done.

I do not want to start a "fight" in this thread that has been kept clean from animosities up to now but we look European because we are European !!!

By the way thank for the interest .
A.

Dont be a wuss. I appreciate what you are doing. ok. They looked non-Cypriot.

I am outa here. before you blow your top off.

Good luck.

[Antreis]

Thanks.
The young volunteers will continue their attempt to clean-up the whole area( and other areas as well ) with or without the help of the official authorities .In the Eukalyptus Forest "event" the SBA police was there for moral support .
It is worth to mention that the volunteers were mostly young college students doing their summer vacation and some people from countries ranging from Canada to Malaysia .
By the way , Dixan , sponsored the event.

It appears/or not any Cypriots are involved. Thats a shame. Environmental cleanliness should be instilled in the locals and not just depend on foreign students.

I wonder if similar arrangements exist in the north of the island.

The majority were Cypriots , young college students-a wonderful surprise!!! But as I have posted above there were also foreigners both living here or visiting(Malaysian, Canadian, British, Serbian etc).

Sorry, the few I saw in the photo looked European.

Well done.

I do not want to start a "fight" in this thread that has been kept clean from animosities up to now but we look European because we are European !!!

By the way thank for the interest .
A.

Dont be a wuss. I appreciate what you are doing. ok. They looked non-Cypriot.

I am outa here. before you blow your top off.

Good luck.

Thanks again!!!
I want also to clearly state that the initiative and planning was from those students as well . I was there as a soldier not as an officer.
They plan their new excursion pretty soon and i will post any updates.

[zan]

Municipalities want to increase council taxes
By Stefanos Evripidou
CONSUMER AND business organisations yesterday said it was bad timing to think of passing a legal bill before parliament which will allow municipalities to raise their service fees while in the throes of a financial crisis.

The House Interior Committee yesterday discussed a legal proposal that will allow municipalities to raise rubbish collection fees and establish limited companies, which could help them absorb more EU funds.

Stakeholders called on the committee to postpone the bill while the President of the Union of Municipalities, Andreas Christou, argued that the bill would help end the injustice against poorer sectors of society.

According to Christou, if the municipalities can increase the ceiling of their fees, then the burden of the extra costs will not have to fall on those poorer groups who do not yet pay the full charge.

He also argued that if the rules are not changed, then the municipalities will have to cut their budgets for development and other projects to cover their costs, all for a cup of coffee, he said.

The bill also looks at improving procedures and giving municipal councils the capacity to establish limited companies which will help them absorb more EU funds.

According to the Cyprus News Agency, Interior Ministry officials agreed with raising the fees ceiling, but noted that the bill was put together before the crisis broke out. The Legal Service made it clear that any new companies set up would be taxed, along with any dividends.

The shopkeepers’ association POVEK said the bill would mark the grave of small and medium sized enterprises and sought its postponement, along with the consumer organisations. The Cyprus Hoteliers’ Association, PASYXE, described the increases as “inappropriate”, while the Employers and Industrialists’ Federation OEV said now was the worst time for increases.

The committee chairman, AKEL deputy Yiannos Lamaris called on the interested parties to convene again within two weeks to discuss the bill further.

Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2009

I think the EU should take a close look at what is being done with our money before giving any more to the "RoC"....

[Tim Drayton]

Today at about 1550 I observed the two ocupants of the car with the registration number KVB 697 dump an old bicycle on waste ground close to the Lyceum in Agios Athanasios.

[baby-come-fly-with-me]

hmm..i think cyprus is clean island!! i get woke up every bloody day at 6am by people who clean the streets!

It is clean (apart form cypriots think its okay to hurl litter out of their trucks).
the beaches are clean, apart from the fridge freezer dumped at the blue lagoon and half way up the mountains.
the streets are pretty good but the island on the whole does need a good sweep me thinks!!

[mystic]

What a long thread to follow! All very interesting though. My congratulations go to Antreas for creating the website and keeping it up to date, as well as keeping so many people informed of the rubbish situation in Cyprus, which in my opinion is still in a very poor state, despite all your hard efforts, however I think these efforts will produce good results in time.