By a Staff Reporter
THE U.S. SPECIAL envoy on Cyprus vowed yesterday to put pressure on the Turkish Cypriots to reconsider their rejection of the Kofi Annan peace plan and let the island enter the European Union reunited next year.
By a Staff Reporter
IN AN effort to restore unity in the Church of Cyprus, all the island’s bishops will today conduct a liturgy together, while a second such function has been scheduled for the end of the month.
The decision was taken by the Holy Synod on Monday, following months of bitter fighting among bishops over the succession of the ailing Archbishop.
By a Staff Reporter
THE ENGLISH School announced yesterday it had 20 places available for Turkish Cypriot students in Years 2, 3, 4 and 6.
By Alexia Saoulli
COMMUNICATION Minister Kikis Kazamias and former Cyprus Airways chairman Harris Loizides yesterday locked horns over recent government criticism of the handling of Hellas Jet, the national carrier’s new Greek subsidiary.
By a Staff Reporter
A LARNACA court yesterday remanded a 57-year-old man in custody for eight days on suspicion of stealing and selling church icons.
By a Staff Reporter
A MAJORITY of Cypriots – Greek and Turkish – would be willing to support a party that appealed to both communities, a survey has shown.
By a Staff Reporter
A CYPRUS settlement can never be based on the idea of two states on the island, Lord David Hannay, Britain’s former Special Envoy for Cyprus said yesterday, expressing the hope that the island’s political leadership would realise the advantages of a solution and return to the negotiating table.
By George Psyllides
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday insisted the government had no plans to impose new taxes to cover the £270 million in dues left behind by the previous administration.
The issue has sparked bitter exchanges between the government and the opposition, with both sides blaming each other for the poor state of the island’s finances.
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.
