By George Psyllides
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday restated its strong objection to the opening of the occupied Famagusta port while the Turkish Cypriot side appeared reluctant to restart negotiations on the Cyprus problem.
“There is no issue to discuss concerning the opening of the Famagusta port,” Government Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides said.
By George Psyllides
TURKISH CYPRIOT companies wanting to trade with Greek Cypriot businesses must abide by the laws of the Republic, Trade Industry and Tourism Minister George Lillikas said yesterday.
The minister also warned tour operators that the government opposed any plans of organising tours to the occupied north.
By Sofia Kannas
TEMPERATURES in Nicosia soared to 36 degrees Celsius yesterday – the hottest day of the year so far.
Temperatures across the island have been steadily rising since the middle of last week, pushing thermometer-readings into the thirties and prompting people to turn on their air conditioning systems earlier than expected.
By a Staff Reporter
LIMASSOL police yesterday appealed to the public’s help to locating a Russian boy who went missing on last Thursday.
Twelve-year-old Alexander Pougatchev was reported as missing by his parents on Saturday.
By a Staff Reporter
POLICE HAVE arrested a man in connection with a bomb which exploded in Nicosia on Thursday causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.
The home–made device went off at 3.20 am in the £110,000 Mercedes belonging to businessman Christoforos Tornarides. The vehicle was parked in the car park of an apartment block in Acropolis where Tornarides lived.
By Elias Hazou
GREEK CYPRIOTS using their own cars to visit the north may be putting themselves out on a limb, as highlighted by the recent arrest and jailing of a 19-year-old involved in an accident.
By Alex Mita
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday condemned the refusal of access to the free areas as well as the arrest of Turkish Cypriot journalist Sener Levent by the Turkish Cypriot authorities yesterday.
Levent was refused access to the south to meet with Union of Cyprus’ Journalists (UCJ) president Andreas Kannouros.
By a Staff Reporter
A GREEK CYPRIOT man narrowly escaped a lynching in the north on Sunday during a visit to his village, when Turkish Cypriots accused him of killing one of his fellow villagers in 1974.
According to a police bulletin the man visited his old village Ayia Irini in Kyrenia together with 25 other members of his family on Sunday.
By Alex Mita
RESIDENTS OF Peyia in Paphos have been without mail delivery since the beginning of April after the resignation of the only postman in the area.
Local residents told the Cyprus Mail yesterday letters have been mounting at the old Co-op bank because there no postman is available to deliver them.
By Sofia Kannas
TELEPHONE CALLS to the occupied north and Turkey from the free areas have been possible since Friday May 2, Communications Minister Kikis Kazamias announced yesterday.
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.
