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Citizenship revocation attempt is a difficult task
Revocation for public interest reasons is not enough for courts. A 2016 court decision annulled the procedure for citizenship revocation by the Cabinet. The revocation of the 26 persons’ passports might take years to be settled.
- Freedom tears down walls: Germany’s ambassador speaks to Politis – Birgit Ziartidou: It was the happiest day of my life.
Turkish Cypriot veto
The objections raised on trade from the occupied areas are blocking the halloumi registration. Meeting at the Presidential Place in the presence of three ministers and the Attorney-general.
- In Berlin, holding a small basket as regards expectations (on Cyprus problem)
- The drill rig has arrived for six drillings – On behalf of the Τotal – ΕΝΙ consortium.
- ‘Nemesis’ exercise in the Cypriot EEZ
A real estate bubble due to the ‘golden visas’
The ‘gold’ passports industry set up by the government, beyond the political scandals it has caused, is also inflating the prices of residences, which in their turn lead to the rise in rents according to new information released yesterday by the Central Bank. It points out that a similar phenomenon like that of Limassol is now observed also in Larnaca.
- “We are going to Berlin… in vain”, said the president!
- Developments at the EU Commission on halloumi
- Anti-occupation rally by Kyrenia refugees tomorrow Sunday on Ledra street
- We will be selling cheap natural gas and buy it expensively
‘We’ll never allow this’
DISY leader declares war on massive hike in bank charges.
- Farmers on the march – Angry farmers ask: are we going to end up importing halloumi?
A stop to the banks
Parties call on them to recall the raises on commission and charges. “You do not know the legislator’s power,” (DISY leader) Averof Neophytou warned while AKEL, DIKO and DIPA also condemn and declare their opposition to the banks’ decision.
- Lute returns: The Cyprus problem is warmed up again
- Protest over halloumi holding sheep bells
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Nicosia fears Turkey’s demands will not allow for progress during trilateral
Alithia, Cyprus Mail, Haravgi, Phileleftheros, Politis
Negotiations Process
OVERVIEW
The dailies report that President Nicos Anastasiades will meet UN envoy Jane Holl Lute on November 16 ahead of his meeting with TC leader Mustafa Akinci and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Berlin later in the month but also cite sources saying Nicosia doesn’t expect much out of the trilateral due to Turkey’s stance.
Anastasiades said he would convene the national council on Wednesday ahead of the trilateral while he would be meeting Lute in preparation for the tripartite.
On the trilateral, he said: “If the other side has the same determination and political will we have, the meeting can yield results.”
Asked whether there was any cooperation by Ankara, the president said he wanted first to brief the national council over the information they had and if necessary, there would be public statements
In the meantime, the dailies also cite TC media reports according to which Anastasiades told former TC leader Mehmet Ali Talat during a reception last week the tripartite meeting in Berlin would be in vain and that the trip would be a waste of money.
Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou would not comment on the media reports in question but reiterated that Anastasiades is ready and willing for the Berlin meeting.
The papers also cite diplomatic sources that told the Cyprus News Agency Nicosia is holding a small basket ahead of the tripartite due to messages coming in on the intentions of the Turkish side following information from diplomatic sources in New York and some European capitals according to which Turkey does not want a tripartite meeting and aims at a five-party meeting with the guarantor powers after elections in the north next April. The tripartite is taking place basically because it has been scheduled, the sources said.
KEY ACTORS
Anastasiades
>> The trilateral can yield results if the other side has the same determination and political will as the GCs.
Halloumi PDO hostage to the political situation
Alithia, Cyprus Mail, Haravgi, Phileleftheros, Politis
CBMs, Economy, EU Matters
OVERVIEW
Scores of sheep and goat farmers on Friday protested outside the ministry of commerce over delays in the registration of halloumi as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product among other things, the dailies report.
The farmers met Commerce Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis and have requested to meet President Nicos Anastasiades. During the protest, the farmers called on the government to immediately complete the procedures for the registration of halloumi as PDO, arguing that this was the only way to achieve its protection.
They also demanded the application of the law on the halloumi specifications and a 2014 cabinet decree providing that halloumi must contain at least 20 per cent of sheep and goat milk.
Lakkotrypis said after meeting with the farmers there was no longer danger of losing the community mark in the UK as the lawsuits against it have been withdrawn and a settlement has been reached.
He also said that after Brexit, it was important to convert the halloumi community mark to an English mark.
Concerning the PDO application, he said this was handled by the agriculture ministry and should be solved as soon as possible.
According to Phileleftheros, the only thing remaining for the completion of the PDO application is the political aspect and the government is trying to have the issue solved before the new European Commission takes over on December 1.
The application has been put on ice due to its interconnection with the Green Line Regulation and more specifically for reasons concerning the checks for the trade of halloumi produced in the north, the daily reported.
While the government is willing to make arrangements to ensure the file’s approval, objections raised by the TC side are putting obstacles to the procedure.
All sides agree that the halloumi produced in the occupied areas can be sold all over the world with verification by Bureau Veritas but the problem is that the majority of farming units in the north do not meet the phytosanitary standards and therefore products by these units will not be able to be exported unless both the Republic and the EU turn a blind eye, which none of them is willing to do, the paper reported.