THE TURKISH Cypriot owner of a house in Limassol, which he abandoned in 1974, has demanded the eviction of the Greek Cypriot refugee family living there since so that he could resettle, the House Refugee Committee said yesterday.
ZAKAKI residents have agreed to allow use of their roads by lorry drivers, until a dirt road adjacent to the suburb is surfaced in a month’s time to accommodate lorries.
BANK of Cyprus said yesterday it expected to report lower first-quarter profits next month, but forecast an improvement in the second half of the year.
A BRITISH Euro MP is outraged that Cyprus has not been included on the map of Europe depicted on the euro notes and coins even though the map stretches all the way to Moscow.
The government and the Central Bank said yesterday they had not noticed that Cyprus had been excluded but they would look into the issue today.
THE MORNING after pill is now available in Cyprus, its importers announced yesterday, but only by prescription.
Norlevo, first developed in France three years ago, is the only drug of its kind.
It is an emergency contraception pill to be taken after unprotected sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy.
CYPRUS and the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) yesterday signed a loan agreement worth £58 million to cover half the cost for the extension of the existing sewerage system and treatment facilities in the Nicosia area.
A GROUP of 16 English School students caught vandalising school property on April 7 are to be expelled, Headmaster Robert Swan has said in a letter addressed to all parents.
The vandals – all 7th formers in their final year – painted blotches of red on walls and windows of the school on April 7, but were caught red-handed by a patrolling police unit.
THE POSSIBILITY of Larnaca football club AEK signing Turkish Cypriot midfielder Sabri Selden receded yesterday when both Interior Minister Christodoulos Christodoulou and resigning club President Stavros Xenis raised doubts about the nationality of the player’s parents.
POLICE presence will be stepped up in Limassol’s Turkish Cypriot quarter, the Interior Minister said yesterday.
The decision comes in the wake of complaints from Greek Cypriot refugees living in the area that Turkish Cypriot gypsies are creating problems to the point where residents are afraid to go out at night.
THE ATTORNEY-general yesterday withdrew his demand for the footage of last Thursday’s demonstration outside the Israeli ambassador’s residence in Nicosia after strong objections from the journalists’ union, who said such a move would endanger reporters on the job.
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.
