GREEK and Turkish Cypriots enter the decisive phase of reunification talks today, the pace forced by the illness of veteran Turkish Cypriot chief Rauf Denktash and plans to let the island join the EU.
HOUSE President Demetris Christofias and European Affairs Committee chairman Tassos Papadopoulos said yesterday they believed Cyprus would join the EU irrespective of a solution to the Cyprus Problem.
BEEN there, done that is a double- edged sword for tour operators and travel agents. On the one hand it means fewer repeat customers, on the other it means a fresh group of tourists trying something new.
ATTORNEY-general Alecos Markides yesterday expressed disappointment at the current course of Cyprus settlement talks, saying that unless the Turkish side radically changed its position there would be no progress.
HOTELIERS were yesterday pessimistic about prospects for tourism this year, but Minister Nicos Rolandis said it would not be a worse year than the last, either in terms of arrivals or of revenue.
THE MAN who has led criticism of the appointment of Charalambos Koulendis as the new deputy chief of police will fill his shoes in his former post as director of Limassol police today.
PRESIDENT Glafcos Clerides was last night believed to have finally ratified the state budget, CyBC radio reported, ending a weeklong row with Parliament, which came close to leaving the government with no cash.
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.
