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DISY vote marred by protest over bird activists

By Peter Stevenson 28/04/13
 TROUBLE struck during party elections for ruling DISY in Paralimni yesterday when angry members and other locals moved the voting boxes and threw ballot papers into the street to protest against campaigns to stop illegal poaching of songbirds, or ambelopoulia.The voting was taking place islandwide to elect three vice-presidents to the party, after new DISY leader, Averof Neophytou, and new deputy head Lefteris Christoforou were unchallenged for their new positions within the party.Neophytou and Christoforou headed for Paralimini after the trouble broke out.They attempted to ease tensions but were verbally abused by locals and DISY members... 21 comments

Helping poor Paralimni families since 1998

By Peter Stevenson 28/02/13
 THE DISTRICTS of Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol and Paphos have only this year begun working towards gathering food for needy families through creating community markets, but Paralimni has been operating one for the last 15 years.St. Christopher’s Centre for Offering and Love (KEPA) in Paralimni has been quietly operating since 1998 as a community market, helping the residents of the Famagusta district.KEPA is a registered charity that was founded in 1996 by the late father Evelthontas Charalambous. It is housed next-door to a modern old people’s home, in a private building where a school for children with special needs operates... Read on
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