By Jean Christou
THE TURKISH Cypriot ‘parliament’ met yesterday behind closed doors ahead of a crucial vote on Friday on whether to take the UN plan for a Cyprus solution to referendum.
By Tania Khadder
U.S. AMBASSADOR Michael Klosson yesterday announced the launch of a new programme giving Cypriots the chance to help combat international terrorism.
‘Rewards for Justice’ offers up to $5 million to anyone providing information on the flow of money towards terrorist activities against US interests.
By Sofia Kannas
THIEVES stole a metal cage full of aluminium cans from Polemidhia Primary school over the weekend, ruining the school’s recent Cans For Kids initiative.
The school was one of several participating in the Cans For Kids project, which collects and recycles aluminium cans to raise money for the treatment of sick children.
By Alexia Saoulli
THE CONSUMERS Association yesterday warned shoppers to use common sense when buying groceries in the face of soaring prices.
The price of tomatoes and cucumbers has increased drastically over the past few weeks due to recent bad weather conditions that have destroyed a number of crops, said Association President Petros Markou.
By Alex Mita
MOBILE PHONE vendors were yesterday fuming over a decision by the Nicosia District Court to allow the Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) to continue selling mobile phones at its outlets.
By a Staff Reporter
EXHUMATIONS at the Constantinos and Eleni cemetery have uncovered the remains of a 15-year old Greek Cypriot girl who died in 1974 while taking water to some national guardsmen in the Nicosia suburb of Omorphita.
By Stefanos Evripidou
UNCERTAINTY is clouding the insurance sector this week, as MarkeTrends Insurance goes head to head with the Insurance Superintendent’s office, each side making contradictory announcements on the status of the company’s licence.
By George Psyllides
GOVERNMENT Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides was apparently caught unprepared yesterday after suggesting Cyprus should make representations to the United States over a State Department report that allegedly suggested measures needed to be taken over money laundering.
By a Staff Reporter
MEDICINES prices will be slashed as of May, but the issue is open to dialogue, the newly instated government said yesterday.
With pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies threatening action in protest against the price cuts, the Health Ministry has promised to look into the matter and consult with the companies before reaching a decision.
By a Staff Reporter
A DISCIPLINARY investigation has been launched against at least three police officers in connection with the beating of a man by supporters of a Nicosia football team 10 days ago, the police chief said yesterday.
The incident took place at the GSP stadium, where Omonia were hosting Famagusta team Ethnikos, in what police judged a low-risk fixture.
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.
