AT FIRST, the four tiny spots on the horizon off RAF Akrotiri looked harmless, but as they neared shore, they grew into landing craft, packed to the brim with camouflaged figures, armed to the teeth. With a war in Iraq looming, the message was ominous.
UNITED Nations special envoy Alvaro de Soto said yesterday that if the two sides on the island and Greece and Turkey agreed, then the UN plan for the settlement of the Cyprus problem could be amended.
“But we must see if an agreement is reached or not,” De Soto said in Ankara.
A HOUSE majority has blocked CyTA’s expansion plans for investment in Greek telecommunications company, Q-Telecom, despite parliament previously approving £30 million for the project last April.
THE Nicosia District Court has issued the Electricity Authority (EAC) with an interim order barring the utility from cutting power to a customer who refuses to pay a £90,000 bill.
The EAC has charged plaintiff Andreas Diavastos £90,000 in owed electricity money, claiming he metres at his outlets had been tampered in order to show less consumption.
HOTELS across Cyprus face the threat of strike action following the refusal of the Cyprus Hotel Association (PASYXE) to accept a collective agreement approved by hotel employees.
On Tuesday, Hotel Association members were presented with a proposal drawn up by the Labour Ministry, but rejected it.
DOZENS of children have been forced to stay home from school because of a spate of viral infections, reports said yesterday.
According to Health Ministry officials, a number of children and infants have recently been infected with the flu, as well as bronchiolitis.
PEACEKEEPING operations in Cyprus cost over $41 million last year, it was reported yesterday.
OVER 900 properties were damaged in Monday’s tornadoes in Limassol, authorities said yesterday. Four hundred and twenty cars, a boat and several greenhouses were also wrecked.
CAMPAIGNING took a bitter personal twist yesterday as lieutenants of the two main rival candidates traded acerbic barbs about failed professors, dictionaries, and school desks.
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.
