FIVE demonstrators were arrested last night during a vociferous protest outside the Israeli ambassador’s home in Nicosia where a reception was held to mark Israel’s 54th anniversary.
FAMAGUSTA Police yesterday confirmed that five British tourists, staying at the Capo Maris Hotel in Protaras, had two warning shots fired over their heads while cruising in a speedboat.
MEDICAL negligence claims seem to be all the rage at the moment, three leading health officials said yesterday.
The Head of Limassol Hospital, Dr. Andreas Petevis, told the Cyprus Mail that it has definitely become fashionable to cry foul in recent weeks.
BRITAIN has reportedly set a precedent where Turkish Cypriot holders of a Cyprus passport can seek asylum in the UK, newspapers in the north reported yesterday.
Afrika (formerly Avrupa) and Yeniduzen newspapers said the precedent would help Turkish Cypriots who hold Cyprus passports and now face a hefty fine or two years in jail.
THE ENGLISH School in Nicosia yesterday dismissed suggestions that a £400,000 budget deficit was an issue of pressing concern.
“It’s not a sudden development,” said Dr Andreas Panayiotou, Chairman of the Board of Management at the school, saying the situation resulted from the school’s five-year plan to improve levels of education.
LIMASSOL Mayor Demitris Kontides is furious with police chief Andreas Angelides for lifting a ban imposed by the Limassol Municipality on lorry drivers using certain roads in Zakaki.
Kontides told the Cyprus Mail yesterday the police chief had acted without consulting the city council.
THE HEAD of Limassol Hospital insisted yesterday that no one should question the medical competence of its doctors
Public health specialist, Dr. Andreas Petevis, who heads the district hospital, was replying to the recent barrage of criticism directed at the hospital and its doctors.
EASYJET tycoon Stelios Haji-Ioannou is to step down as chairman of the no-frills airline he set up in 1995, he announced in the UK yesterday.
The 35-year old Greek-born son of Cypriot parents, Haji-Ioannou said he would resign as easyJet chairman next year but would retain a significant stake in the Luton-based airline “for a very long time”.
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.
