Government is speeding up preparations for the European Parliament elections to take place May 25th.

On Friday, the Chief Returning Officer`s office will be publishing in press all the information and announcements relating to the election`s candidacies, which must be submitted on May 2nd.
Chief Returning Officer Demetris Demetriou told CNA that the announcements will be published in five Greek Cypriot daily newspapers, one English speaking newspaper and in four Turkish Cypriot newspapers. All the documents for the elections will be available in Greek, English and Turkish.
Replying to a question about the interest shown by Turkish Cypriots to submit candidacies for the elections, Demetriou said that so far nobody has contacted him and that he learned about the matter from reports in the press.
He said however that following the announcements to be made Friday in press, it is expected that there will be Turkish Cypriots who will submit their candidacies.
Demetriou also said that in the upcoming elections polling stations will operate near the crossing points for all the Turkish Cypriots who wish to vote. There will be five stations in Nicosia district, one in Larnaka and one in Famagusta.
Turkish Cypriots who wish to vote, must demonstrate at the polling stations a Cyprus Republic identification card.
Cyprus elects six members of the European Parliament. This is the third time Cyprus, with a population of 0.8 million, is voting in the European elections, since it joined the EU as a full member state in May 2004.