TWENTY-SEVEN years have passed since Turkish leader Rauf Denktash last set foot on this side of the Green Line. Tonight he will make history when he crosses the buffer zone to dine with President Glafcos Clerides at his Nicosia residence.
The dinner invitation was extended after Denktash hosted Clerides at his own home for dinner on December 5.
FOREIGN Minister Ioannis Cassoulides said yesterday that a solution to the Cyprus problem could be reached by June if the Turkish side showed honesty at the January talks.
THE NEW York Times has claimed that associates of the al Qaeda terrorist network used Cyprus to buy a boat for half a million dollars, as part of its plan to fund terror activities.
THREE ACCIDENTS in less than 20 hours left a six-year-old boy seriously injured in intensive care, an elderly tourist with concussion, and restricted motorway traffic to one lane for several hours.
DIVERS and fishermen were yesterday warned to stay away from Dhekelia waters in case they could be sucked into a giant pipeline which has been broken because of bad weather.
FORTY per cent of medium and small-sized shops could be driven out of business because of unregulated hypermarket discounts, shopkeepers’ union POVEK warned yesterday.
THE FIANCEE of a suspect held in connection with the staging of fake accidents and obtaining thousands of pounds in insurance claims told another suspect to get rid of a car sought by police and then flee abroad, Nicosia District Court heard yesterday.
PERFORMANCE on the stock exchange was dismal yesterday for the second day running after Christmas, foretelling a less than brilliant outlook for the New Year.
NICOSIA General Hospital yesterday appealed for emergency blood donations, as its blood bank has insufficient supplies to meet this weekend’s demands.
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.
