Peyia Britons complain of discrimination from local authorities

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Peyia Britons complain of discrimination from local authorities

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British permanent residents of Peyia, Paphos argue that the state discriminates against them as they are charged more in cemetery taxes and for buying burial grounds than Greek Cypriots, Phileleftheros reported on Monday....

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Really. Is Linda LeBlanc still on the council? I thought that she kept an eye out for this sort of discrimination..

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I don't think it's discrimination. A new piece of land had to be bought and paid for.
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This all adds weight to my "Huge Catapult Over The Akamas" idea.
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Saw a documentary about how the Parsi community in India , deal with their dead,..... too gruesome to post. cheap as chips, and a free meal for Vultures
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True, have been past the place where they do this in Mumbai, saw the vultures, a cloud of them, wheeling in the air above the open air area where the dead are laid out. It is on elevated ground outside the city, but didn’t feel inclined to go any closer to view the site.

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