Turkish Cypriots to give blood at Ledra Palace checkpoint

2000-03-25

THE UNITED Nations are trying to organise a way for Turkish Cypriots to donate blood in the quest for a bone marrow donor to help save a six-year-old leukaemia victim.

Unficyp spokesman Charles Gaulkin yesterday told the Cyprus Mail that samples would probably be taken at the Ledra Palace check-point on Monday between 5pm and 8pm.

Tourism looks set for another record season

2000-03-25

WITH only a week to go to the start of the summer tourist season, optimism is high in the sector for another record year for arrivals.

"Bookings are very good," Commerce Industry and Tourism Minister Nicos Rolandis told the Cyprus Mail yesterday.

Cabinet extends repatriation benefits

2000-03-25

THE CABINET has decided that repatriated boys returning to Cyprus between the ages of 10 and 12 would serve an 18 month National Guard term instead of the usual 26 month service.

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.