THE government said yesterday it was unfortunate that the House had not voted on Thursday on the bill allowing Turkish Cypriot trucks to cross the divide to carry goods in an attempt to promote internal trade between the two communities.
A NEW British school could open in Paphos within the next two years, international commerce and legal solutions company KRK said yesterday. In a press release, the Limassol-based company announced it had been commissioned by an international businessman to prepare a feasibility study for the opening of a British Preparatory and Grammar School in the Paphos area.
COUNCIL of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Alvaro Gil-Robles yesterday singled out overcrowding as one of the major flaws at the Nicosia Central Prisons. Speaking after an hour-long meeting with President Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday Gil-Robles described the talk as “very useful”.
IN AN effort to meet European Union obligations, the government has decided to upgrade the Postal Services in order to make them more competitive and productive. The changes will include faster postal deliveries as well as the introduction of new services.
TURKISH Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash yesterday dug in his heels over resuming talks on Cyprus, insisting they could only take place on a ‘state to state’ basis. “If talks are to begin they have to be based on the principles of the existence of statehood,” Denktash said on the sidelines of the Crans Montana forum in Switzerland.
BANKS would be getting the best deal possible if they accepted a plan drafted by political parties to bail out debt-stricken investors who owe around £250 million in investment loans, DISY deputy Demetris Syllouris said yesterday.
LEBANESE security forces are holding a suitcase containing an Anglican Bishop’s vestments after Cyprus Airways (CY) sent the clergyman to Tel Aviv and his luggage to Beirut. For the past six weeks, the CY office in Beirut has been trying to extricate the bag from the clutches of the Lebanese military, which is considering whether to release the luggage.
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.
