CITING “humanitarian reasons,” the Holy Synod yesterday decided not to hold elections to replace ailing Archbishop Chrysostomos as primate of the Church of Cyprus.
At a marathon session of the Church’s ruling body, the ecclesiastical leaders decided by majority that Chrysostomos should remain in place, despite his inability to carry out his duties.
SIXTY-FOUR per cent of Cypriots would vote against the United Nations peace plan if a referendum were held next Sunday, a survey has found.
THE LAST of the 13 Palestinian militants who came to Cyprus in a deal to end the siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in May left the island yesterday for an unknown destination.
FOUR men from Liopetri accused of kidnapping and raping a 19-year-old tourist from Finland in May last year, yesterday pleaded not guilty to the allegations.
UNIONS representing staff working for petroleum companies at the island’s airports yesterday agreed to postpone a strike due for today, which would have paralysed both Larnaca and Paphos airports.
The dispute is over the renewal of a collective agreement.
RESIDENTS of Ayios Amvrosios village in the Limassol district yesterday caused traffic chaos when they blocked main Kantou to Platres road, protesting about a decision to cut down on buses carrying pupils to schools in Episkopi.
TWO people were killed and a further three were seriously injured in a series of road accidents over the weekend.
NEW HORIZONS party chief Nicos Koutsou yesterday hailed Sunday’s protest against the United Nations plan as a great success, saying those who attended were only a fraction of the thousands opposing the plan.
Around 3,000 people assembled in the Eleftheria stadium in Nicosia on Sunday to voice their opposition to the UN plan.
TOP BRITISH scientists arrive in Cyprus today to begin a full-scale investigation into the health effects of the British antennae at Akrotiri.
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.
