Coma man to go home

2003-02-21

By Tania Khadder

HEALTH Minister Frixos Savvides said yesterday he was making arrangements to send a comatose British man back to Manchester from his Paphos hospital bed in the next week.

Foreign Ministry in drive to counter bad press for Papadopoulos

2003-02-21

By George Psyllides

TASSOS Papadopoulos’ election has sent the foreign ministry scrambling to refute numerous reports in the international media presenting the President elect as a hardliner whose past could spell the end of talks to reunify the island.

Fancy a €50,000 job in Brussels?

2003-02-21

By Sofia Kannas

COMPETITION for posts as Cypriot EU officials will be fierce, the European Institute for Cyprus said yesterday.

Recruitment for more than 100 Cypriot EU officials is expected to begin within the next few weeks following Wednesday’s announcement by the European Commission in Brussels that targets in this field have been set for all new member states.

Minister admits brothers' disappearance 'probably a criminal act'

2003-02-21

By George Psyllides

THE JUSTICE Minister admitted yesterday that the disappearance of two brothers from Kofinou village near Larnaca appeared to be a criminal act.

Nicholas Sinesi Kannas, 31, and his 27-year-old brother Kyriacos have been missing since Saturday, with no traces found so far despite a large-scale search operation launched by the authorities.

Cyprus will have to leave non-aligned movement when it joins the EU

2003-02-21

By Jean Christou

CYPRUS will have to pull out of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) when it joins the EU next year, outgoing Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou said yesterday.

The NAM, which was founded in 1961, represents 114 developing countries around the world and was originally set up as a counter body to the rival Cold War blocks.

More heavy rains flood into the dams

2003-02-21

By Stefanos Evripidou

MORE heavy rain in the past couple of days has been good news for the island’s 17 dams, which have enjoyed a surge in capacity in one of the wettest Februaries in recent years.

The dams were yesterday 54.7 per cent full, almost six per cent up on a week ago, and compared to 48.9 per cent at the same time last year.

£100,000 for information on missing Saudi millionaire

2003-02-21

By Sofia Kannas

A SAUDI man whose brother went missing in Cyprus over three years ago, is offering a £100,000 reward to anyone who can help solve the mystery of his disappearance.

Millionaire Rakan Khalid Hathleen, who was 52 when he went missing, arrived on the island in early January 2000, and was last heard of alive on January 26, 2000.

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.