GREEK Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot students in New York gathered near the United Nations on Monday to press their demand for the reunification of Cyprus and the peaceful coexistence of the island’s two communities.
NEW drivers could get double penalty points for traffic violations, once a new bill designed to upgrade road safety is passed.
Police told the Cyprus Mail yesterday that, according to the proposed bill, new drivers would receive double penalty points for traffic violations.
INDEPTH discussions on the issue of territory are due to begin today at the ongoing talks between President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash.
THE NUMBER of heroin addicts in Cyprus is increasing by the day, with frequent cases of overdose and four official drug deaths recorded to date, anti-addiction activists warned yesterday.
BOAT owners are ready to leave Cyprus in their droves and set sail for cheaper shores since the government slapped a 38 per cent tax on pleasure crafts, according to a number of shocked yacht owners.
THE Government Spokesman yesterday challenged anyone who thought refugees should not own the houses they were living in to say so openly.
Michalis Papapetrou was replying to opposition criticism of President Glafcos Clerides’ pledge to give ownership titles to all refugees living in refugee estates around Cyprus.
THE BROADCASTING Authority yesterday revealed it was looking into several potential infringements of the law governing the broadcast of opinion poll results by television stations.
The issue of polls has grown in prominence with the presidential election campaign entering its final fortnight; dozens of surveys are published every week.
THE CHAIRMAN of the House Finance Committee, DIKO’s Marcos Kyprianou, yesterday accused the government of having no policy for the economy and tourism.
GOVERNMENT teachers can give private lessons outside school hours legally if given permission by the Education Ministry, the minister said yesterday, but authorities admitted there was little way to control the spiralling problem of unlicensed tuition.
FITCH RATINGS, the international rating agency, yesterday downgraded Bank of Cyprus’ (BOC) long-term rating to ‘A-‘ from ‘A’, together with its short-term rating, to ‘F2’ from ‘F1’, and its Individual rating to ‘C/D’ from ‘C’.
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.
