WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3244/98 by Konstantinos HATZIDAKIS to the Commission. Action to preserve the Monastery of St Andrew in occupied Cyprus
14. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 135/181 (1999/C 135/227) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3229/98 by Edith Müller (V) to the Commission (26 October 1998) Subject: Competitions Can the Commission provide the following statistical information in respect of each of the staff recruitment competitions held over the last five years: number of applications, number of candidates admitted to the written tests, number of candidates admitted to the oral tests and number of successful candidates, with the figures in each case being broken down by sex and nationality? Answer given by Mr Liikanen on behalf of the Commission (25 November 1998) At the end of 1998 the Commission will present a three-year report on the recruitment requirements of the Community institutions on the basis of Article 2 of Annex XI to the Staff Regulations. The report will include the statistics requested by the Honourable Member. In the immediate future, the Commission is sending the Honourable Member and Parliament’s Secretariat a set of (not necessarily complete) statistics on the A and B open competitions organised and managed by the Commission in the period 1993-97. (1999/C 135/228) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3244/98 by Konstantinos Hatzidakis (PPE) to the Commission (28 October 1998) Subject: Action to preserve the Monastery of St Andrew in occupied Cyprus According to recent reports, the historic Monastery of St Andrew in the Turkish-occupied sector of Cyprus has fallen into a dire state of repair due to being completely abandoned and the failure to carry out necessary maintenance work. This information is also confirmed by reports in the Turkish Cypriot press (the newspaper Kibris), which describe the state of the monastery as very poor and point out that it is in immediate need of repair. What action can the Commission take to remedy the unacceptable state of the island’s cultural heritage? Answer given by Mr van den Broek on behalf of the Commission (13 November 1998) The Commission is aware of the state of the Monastery of Saint Andrew in northern Cyprus. For the time being, however, the Turkish Cypriot authorities refuse to have any dealings with EU representatives, and the leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community broke off bi-communal contacts at the end of last year. This rules out any operation in northern Cyprus and the Commission is therefore unable to consider specific heritage conservation measures