Rights activists welcome gay law

1998-05-23

By Martin Hellicar THE PASSAGE of a long-delayed bill decriminalising homosexuality was given a cautious welcome by local human rights campaigners yesterday. The Pancyprian Association

Paralimni motorway by 2000

1998-05-23

THE NEW motorway linking Larnaca and Paralimni that has been in the planning process for five years, will take another two years to complete and

Smoking kills 500 a year in Cyprus

1998-05-23

FIVE-HUNDRED Cypriots die of smoking related diseases every year, while the total cost of treatment for smokers paid by taxpayers reaches £32 million a year.

Accusations fly over Andre fiasco

1998-05-23

By Andrew Adamides PETER Andre’s management may not even bother suing local promotions company Seif after the company issued advertisements blaming them for the singer’s

Government welcomes Security Council stance

1998-05-23

THE GOVERNMENT yesterday welcomed a statement from the UN Security Council confirming settlement talks should continue on an intercommunal, and not a two-state basis. Thursday’s

Greens plan Limassol car park protest

1998-05-23

A LOCAL Green organisation plans to stage a protest today at the Makarios Avenue site earmarked for a multi-storey car park in central Limassol. In

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.