Freak storm causes chaos

1999-06-16

By Jean Christou TORRENTIAL rains lashed Cyprus yesterday, causing chaos in Nicosia where flooding on some city streets reached a depth of up to one

Former bishop likely to face fraud charge

1999-06-16

By Charlie Charalambous FORMER Limassol Bishop Chrysanthos could be charged with fraud when Attorney-general Alecos Markides decides his fate next week. The disgraced bishop is

We spend more on cars than food

1999-06-16

By Jean Christou CYPRIOTS are spending every penny that they earn and more money goes on cars than food, the latest five-year household survey reveals.

Cyprus coke is safe

1999-06-16

LANITIS Brothers Ltd said yesterday that the Coca Cola sold in Cyprus was perfectly safe for human consumption. The company, bottlers of Coca Cola, said

Eurobond issue successfully launched

1999-06-16

CYPRUS announced yesterday it had successfully launched a 280 million euro bond issue in a move it said reflected the international trust in the island’s

Narrow escape from falling masonry

1999-06-16

ONE NICOSIA resident had a lucky escape yesterday morning when masonry falling from a dilapidated building landed on his road-side coffee table, missing him by

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.