News agencies warned on security

INTERNATIONAL news agencies on the island have been warned to be extra vigilant in the wake of the Nato bombings on Yugoslavia.

One of the three major agencies based in Nicosia has already received abusive telephone calls. Its embassy has asked police for additional security.

The bombings have sparked angry reactions in Orthodox Cyprus, with several demonstrations outside the US embassy in Nicosia over the past week.

News agency staff based here have already been warned by their head offices to be vigilant when it comes to security procedures. Circular to this effect have been issued to staff.

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.