JUSTICE Minister Nicos Koshis yesterday avoided commenting on the contents of the letter of resignation from Prison Governor Haris Themistocleous, submitted on Thursday following a protracted confrontation.
Koshis said he had received the letter yesterday morning from the ministry’s Permanent Secretary Lazaros Savvides and that he would have studied it later in the day.
ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos will be transferred to an Athens clinic today after some complications with his health emerged yesterday afternoon.
Health Minister Frixos Savvides told the Cyprus Mail yesterday that the Archbishop, who is being treated at the Nicosia Hospital, had to be transferred abroad urgently after there had been some complications with his health.
THE CABINET yesterday unanimously approved the purchase of three “multi-purpose” helicopters to service the needs of the National Guard and the police force.
AS THE Queen embarks on her golden jubilee celebrations in the United Kingdom, British expatriates in Cyprus are organising a host of events of their own to mark the occasion.
THE EDUCATION Ministry has decided to apply a “disciplinary” system in schools to replace more traditional forms of punishment.
The ministry has come to the decision taking into consideration the International Convention on Children’s rights, international trends and practices, as well as universal democratic principles.
TWO persons were yesterday remanded in custody on suspicion of selling counterfeit pounds sterling in the coastal town of Ayia Napa.
AN EXTRA half a million pounds will be pumped into the tourist sector in a bid to boost the industry, still reeling from the aftermath of the September 11 events.
LIMASSOL Municipality has appointed a committee to oversee the relocation and upgrade of the town’s often-criticised zoo.
TURKISH Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash said yesterday the chances were “great” that occupied northern Cyprus would join Turkey if the European Union admitted the divided island prior to a settlement.
Denktash was in Ankara ahead of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s visit to Nicosia next week to boost flagging talks between Denktash and President Glafcos Clerides.
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.
