COMMUNICATIONS and Works Minister Averoff Neophytou yesterday admitted he might lead a champagne lifestyle, but insisted his comment that ministerial salaries were too low had been misinterpreted.
HOUSE Agriculture Committee chairman Christos Mavrokordatos yesterday slammed as catastrophic a European Commission proposal providing for low subsidies to Cypriot farmers.
The Committee yesterday convened to discuss the proposal with EU chief negotiator George Vassiliou, who also opposed it.
THE ISRAELI Ambassador to Cyprus yesterday attacked Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat as a weak man, justifying his house arrest.
But he clashed with the Palestinian Representative in Cyprus over whether Arafat could attend the Arab League summit in Beirut at the end of the month.
THE HOUSE Health Committee wants to ban all tobacco advertising and fine offenders up to £30,000 or throw them in jail, Committee chairman Antonis Karas said yesterday.
65-YEAR-old Larnaca musician George Serdaris yesterday pleaded not guilty to 17 charges of indecent assault against under aged girls that he used to teach.
ATTORNEY-general Alecos Markides yesterday urged Parliament to approve a bill allowing Turkish Cypriots to marry in civil ceremonies by mid April in order to satisfy EU demands.
The Interior Ministry two weeks ago submitted the relevant bill to Parliament, aiming to bring Cyprus into line with European practices.
A CONTAINER full of potentially dangerous toxic material that has been sitting in the Limassol port since 1997 will be transferred to Greece as soon as possible, a senior customs official said yesterday.
THE PRESIDENT of the Athens Olympic Committee Yianna Angelopoulou-Daskalakis had lunch with President Glafcos Clerides yesterday to discuss the island’s contribution to the Athens 2004 Games.
A 28-YEAR-old English Cypriot man was yesterday remanded in custody for eight days in connection with the armed theft of 30 cases of whisky worth £5,230 last month.
Two other suspects thought to have taken part in the robbery were still at large, police told the court.
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.
