A NEW law intended to reunite families under EU harmonisation rules will not only keep wives from joining husbands working in Cyprus, but actually threatens to separate families already here.
The law drew immediate fire from Yiannakis Erotocritou, a lawyer, human rights advocate and vice president of the Association for the Support of Foreign Workers.
PRESIDENT Glafcos Clerides has rejected a document put forward by the UN on the constitutional issue of the Cyprus problem, the CyBC reported from New York last night.
However, Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou said the Greek Cypriot side would attend a fifth round of talks, if the UN called it to.
VETERAN Socialist leader Vassos Lyssarides yesterday confirmed media speculation that President Glafcos Clerides would be rejecting a document put forward by the UN on the constitutional aspect of the Cyprus problem.
LIMASSOL seems set to get its own desalination plant after all, with Akrotiri village expressing willingness to play host to the unit the town’s Zakaki suburb would have nothing of.
A BRITISH journalist and mother of three is in intensive care with serious injuries after being mown down by a car as she was coming to the rescue of an earlier accident victim on Saturday night.
FOUR men and four women caught frolicking naked on Avdhimou beach in the British base of Akrotiri in late August were yesterday let off with a caution by Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police.
THE 266 illegal immigrants being held at sea off Limassol will be deported back to their countries of origin if Lebanon does not accept to them back, Justice Minister Nicos Koshis said yesterday.
THE standoff between Britain and Cyprus over the relocation of a National Guard radar on Troodos had yesterday turned into a showdown between the current Defence Minister, Socratis Hasikos, and his predecessor, Yiannakis Omirou.
THE Justice Ministry warned yesterday the problem of cults could become as widespread as drug use if not carefully monitored.
AFGHANISTAN could be only two months away from drawing up a new, broad-based government, former Afghan foreign minister Homayoun Jarir told the Cyprus Mail yesterday.
The announcement came at the end of the fourth Cyprus peace conference for Afghanistan, held in Nicosia.
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.
