BILLBOARDS could be banished to 100 metres from motorways if a government bill on the issue is adopted.
Parliament yesterday got the ball rolling on the legislation to regulate advertising hoardings, which have mushroomed in recent months to litter the island’s roadsides and which police describe as a safety hazard.
BRITISH billionaire Philip Green, who held a £5 million 50th birthday bash at the luxurious Anassa Hotel in Paphos in March, allegedly left no tip for staff, it was revealed yesterday.
THE GOVERNMENT is to set aside £34 million in a subsidies over the next eight years, for anyone who invests in building plants producing energy from renewable sources, the House Environment Committee heard yesterday.
ATTORNEY-general Alecos Markides yesterday stepped up government efforts to warn foreign investors about the risks of illegally buying property in the north of the island.
AS I entered the hotel where I was set to meet Peter Critsimilios, I unconsciously braced myself for the kind of rhetoric that emanates from the US concerning last year’s attacks on the World Trade Centre.
Instead, I met a man carrying the weight of a city’s wreath on his shoulders, an unassuming mark of horror, hope and responsibility hidden behind resolute eyes.
MOTORISTS should be bracing themselves after the government yesterday said fresh fuel hikes were in the pipeline.
THIEVES launched a £50,000 raid on a Nicosia jewellery shop early yesterday, police said. They broke into the Athos Diamond Centre on Makarios Avenue at around 4.30am and made off with around 40 watches worth a total of £47,000.
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.
