THE PRESIDENTIAL election scenery remained unclear yesterday, with President Glafcos Clerides tight-lipped on whether he would seek re-election amid reports he was coming under pressure from all sides to do so.
THE government said yesterday it was closely watching developments at the British bases, which are reportedly gearing up for a possible US-led war on Iraq early in the New Year.
THE Central Bank could reconsider certain provisions concerning penalties on those who bounce cheques while the date for implementing new rules regarding post-dated cheques could be pushed even further.
TAXPAYERS have forked out around £161 million since 1993 for the maintenance of the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNFICYP) on the island, a study revealed yesterday.
A COMPROMISE deal was thrashed out yesterday between the government and angry potato growers, to be awarded £4.25 million in compensation for weather damage to their crops.
WEATHER forecasts say a wet week lies ahead, with skies only clearing up a little as the New Year sets in.
POLICE were yesterday investigating a shot fired at a shop in Limassol, which shattered the glass door.
A RISE in the number of cases of viral gastro-enteritis is both seasonal and not unexpected, Health Minister Frixos Savvides said yesterday.
Savvides said the situation was under control and there was no need to worry.
OWNERS of satellite dishes over 1.6 metres in diameter will have to pay £60 to the Ministry of Communications and Works for a satellite dish licence, a dealer confirmed yesterday.
A 35-year-old game warden from Larnaca was arrested for alleged poaching on Friday, the Game Service said yesterday.
According to a police report, game wardens on patrol in Larnaca on Friday night approached a suspicious car in the Alaminos area after hearing gunshots.
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.
