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[cyprusgrump]

Press on with the monorail… then the Nicosia hoodlums (us ) can gaycrash Grumpy’s house in half an hour!

Is there something you guys aren't telling us about?

[CBBB]

Press on with the monorail… then the Nicosia hoodlums (us ) can gaycrash Grumpy’s house in half an hour!

Is there something you guys aren't telling us about?

By the look on that smiley, you just had a surprise "visit" from GR and you didn't even have time to apply the Vaseline!

[cyprusgrump]

Press on with the monorail… then the Nicosia hoodlums (us ) can gaycrash Grumpy’s house in half an hour!

Is there something you guys aren't telling us about?

By the look on that smiley, you just had a surprise "visit" from GR and you didn't even have time to apply the Vaseline!

I didn't!

[cyprusgrump]

i may be wrong but since when did the EU set the level of excise/tax on petrol/ diesel in individual member countries?
do they collect a percentage of the taxes levied?
Likewise with water - the EU tells you how much to charge?

sorry but i think someone in Cyprus is being "economical with the truth"
here so they dont get blamed for the rises....

Oh looky here!

Fuel increase plan creates fury
NICOSIA - Government plans to increase consumer tax on fuel in June sparked a storm of reaction, with the opposition doubting the new rises are a demand of the EU and unions Sek and Dek warning with drastic measures.

Source

Apparently it will mean 7 cents on a litre of unleaded and 9.8 cents on a litre of diesel....

It is a mandatory EU fuel tax which the government has delayed for two years....

So as I said, The EU gave and the EU hath taken away; blessed be the name of the EU!

[Oracle]

i may be wrong but since when did the EU set the level of excise/tax on petrol/ diesel in individual member countries?
do they collect a percentage of the taxes levied?
Likewise with water - the EU tells you how much to charge?

sorry but i think someone in Cyprus is being "economical with the truth"
here so they dont get blamed for the rises....

Oh looky here!

Fuel increase plan creates fury
NICOSIA - Government plans to increase consumer tax on fuel in June sparked a storm of reaction, with the opposition doubting the new rises are a demand of the EU and unions Sek and Dek warning with drastic measures.

Source

Apparently it will mean 7 cents on a litre of unleaded and 9.8 cents on a litre of diesel....

It is a mandatory EU fuel tax which the government has delayed for two years....

So as I said, The EU gave and the EU hath taken away; blessed be the name of the EU!

CG ... I am really not impressed with these short-termist views!

Of course Carbon fuels should be taxed heavily to sustain clean-ups and deter abuse. Which is precisely why trains are more likely to be competitive now!

[cyprusgrump]

i may be wrong but since when did the EU set the level of excise/tax on petrol/ diesel in individual member countries?
do they collect a percentage of the taxes levied?
Likewise with water - the EU tells you how much to charge?

sorry but i think someone in Cyprus is being "economical with the truth"
here so they dont get blamed for the rises....

Oh looky here!

Fuel increase plan creates fury
NICOSIA - Government plans to increase consumer tax on fuel in June sparked a storm of reaction, with the opposition doubting the new rises are a demand of the EU and unions Sek and Dek warning with drastic measures.

Source

Apparently it will mean 7 cents on a litre of unleaded and 9.8 cents on a litre of diesel....

It is a mandatory EU fuel tax which the government has delayed for two years....

So as I said, The EU gave and the EU hath taken away; blessed be the name of the EU!

CG ... I am really not impressed with these short-termist views!

Of course Carbon fuels should be taxed heavily to sustain clean-ups and deter abuse. Which is precisely why trains are more likely to be competitive now!

And what will your trains be running on - fairy dust...?

[Nikitas]

"300.000 euros just for the study?? I don't think we need to spend all that money to realize that buses can do the same job cheaper! "

Ah re Sotos! You do not realise how the EU works. The whole point of the exercise is not the rail link, the study is the major deal. No other body in the history of mankind has commissioned more paid studies than the EU. Fortunes have been built on EU studies.

That is why in Greek we have the words "meletimena" (studied) and "AMELETITA" (unstudied or unsurveyed), it is also a euphemism for testicles in restaurant menus.