Ministers defend airspace decision

2003-03-22

By George Psyllides

THE GOVERNMENT said yesterday that a Cabinet decision to grant the United States access to the island’s airspace was clear and that the matter was considered closed.

The Cabinet on Thursday granted the US access to Cyprus’ airspace, hours after they launched military action against Iraq.

Pupils back in new anti-war protest

2003-03-22

By Tania Khadder

PROTESTERS were back outside the American embassy to protest against the war yesterday, but unlike Wednesday’s demonstration, yesterday’s protest – apart from the odd egg launched at police – was a peaceful one from start to finish.

Muslims gather in prayer for peace

2003-03-22

By Sofia Kannas

MUSLIMS of all nationalities gathered at Nicosia’s Omeriye Mosque yesterday to unite in prayer against the war in Iraq.

Hundreds of Muslims attended the prayer gathering, which was organised by the Mosque’s imam, and planned to march to Eleftheria Square to demonstrate against the war.

British Olympic team 'very close' to Cyprus deal

2003-03-22

By Sofia Kannas

CYPRUS is very close to becoming the training base for the British Olympic Team in the run up to Athens 2004, according to representatives of the British Olympic Association.

Eroglu powder was not anthrax

2003-03-22

By a Staff Reporter

THE VETERINARY services said yesterday said the powder found in a letter sent to the ‘prime minister’ of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state was not anthrax.

At least four people were quarantined on Thursday after a letter containing white powder was opened in Dervis Eroglu’s office.

One of them was later hospitalised complaining of nausea.

Polluter pays: chicken farm faces deadline to clean up its act

2003-03-22

By Stefanos Evripidou

ACCESSION to the European Union in May 2004 brings with it a bundle of obligations and responsibilities, including a vast number of protection measures on the environment.

Industries face dramatic changes in their everyday operations if they wish to comply with EU obligations, or risk being left out of the loop.

Turks open fire on Turkish Cypriot at Pergamos

2003-03-22

By a Staff Reporter

TURKISH Cypriot ‘police’ yesterday opened fire on a 24-year-old Turkish Cypriot grocer after he tried to cross to the occupied areas through the village of Pergamos in the Larnaca district.

Mehmet El Mas escaped unhurt.

Mas has been living in the government-controlled areas since 2000 when he left the occupied north with his family.

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.