By Jean Christou GOVERNMENT spokesman Michalis Papapetrou yesterday confirmed that President Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash had exchanged New Year greetings by phone.
A 23-YEAR-OLD special policemen faces prosecution for allegedly abandoning the scene of an accident after running into a 13-year-old cyclist in Limassol at midday on
SHARE prices rallied yesterday as investors flooded back to the market in an upbeat mood after parliament reached consensus on taxing their profits at a
By Martin Hellicar A 34-YEAR-OLD Greek Cypriot bus driver was detained by the Turks yesterday after he apparently lost his way and strayed into the
Staff reporter THE NEW millennium will dawn over Cyprus amid dire predictions of deepening drought. For when the clock turns into January 2000, Cyprus will
By Jean Christou THERE WERE mixed reactions yesterday to the taxing of stock exchange profits for 1999 and the imposition of a new levy on
By Jean Christou TOURIST arrivals rose by nearly 12 per cent in November statistics released yesterday reveal. According to the figures, 118,105 tourists arrived on
By Martin Hellicar THE NEXT Presidential elections may be more than three years away, but the island’s two main parties are already busy flexing their
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.
