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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (PM), 01-02-07
CONTENTS
[01] Cabinet - Third children benefit
[02] Foreign Minister - Jordan - Meetings
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[01] Cabinet - Third children benefit
Nicosia, Feb 7 (CNA) - The Council of Ministers today decided to give
families a monthly benefit of 30 Cyprus pounds and 74 cent for a third
child in an effort to increase the number of births. (One pound trades at
about 1,60 US dollars)
Announcing the decision, Labour and Social Insurance Minister Andreas
Mousiouttas said the allowance applies only for the third child and
underlined that the government aims at having families with four children
and over.
He said today's Cabinet decision will cost the government some 7,3 million
pounds, while some 17.770 new families or 18.420 children will benefit.
CNA MA/GP/2001
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[02] Foreign Minister - Jordan - Meetings
Nicosia, Feb 7 (CNA) - Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides met today
in Amman with his Jordanian counterpart Abdul Ilah al-Khatib, with whom he
discussed the Cyprus problem, bilateral relations in the framework of the
traditional friendship and cooperation between the two countries,
international issues of common interest, and developments concerning the
peace process in the Middle East.
An official press release reads that the two Ministers ascertained the
excellent cooperation, relations and mutual understanding between the two
countries.
CNA/MK/RG/2001
CNA ENDS
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