IN VERY general terms, the highest concentration of those taste buds that are particularly aware of sweetness is around the tip of the tongue. Perhaps this is why we need only a tiny lick of ice cream to know how sweet it is, and why a single lick of a chocolate can convey so much more than a single lick of cheese.
“LIFT these walls, destroy and remove them all, no more torture like this, and no more songs like these,” sings Turkish composer and singer Zulfu Livaneli in ‘Walls’.
IT’S HOT and it’s hard to find the energy to do anything. Unfortunately, they don’t sell energy in the shops, and, even if they did, it would be hard in this weather to find the energy to go to the shops to buy some.
BILL is 72 years old. He and his wife first arrived in Cyprus 15 years ago: they bought a comfortable home in Paphos, have plenty of friends, and thoroughly enjoy living in Cyprus. Reluctantly, however, they now plan to return to live in the UK.
IT’S BECOME a common sight to see Turkish Cypriots strolling through Paphos Gate towards the Ledra Palace Checkpoint, laden with Woolworth’s bags filled with detergent, dish washing liquid and shampoo.
ON THE first Thursday of every month, 11 men and one woman gather in Paphos to strum away on the ukulele and burst into songs penned by a diminutive man of unimpeachable elegance, who would have been 100 next year.
THE ABILITY of politicians, state officials and other so-called opinion leaders to avoid any discussion of the important issues facing the country beggars belief. All appear to follow the same remedy for the problems – hide your head in the sand, pretend they do not exist, and they will eventually go away.
GOVERNMENT Spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides yesterday expressed the government’s disappointment at the news that Greek singer Lefteris Pantazis was planning to give a concert in the occupied north.
BRITISH expats living in Cyprus are packing up and leaving the island due to rising living costs, a senior representative of the expat community said yesterday. “There’s been a lot of discussion about it recently among the expat community,” says Tina Healey-Donaldson, Chairman of the Limassol Branch of the UK Citizens’ Association (UKCA).
SOARING temperatures in recent years have led to an increase in Cypriots’ demand for air-conditioner units, with the Statistics Department reporting yesterday that in the past three years alone, over 300,000 units had been imported to the island. In 2000, 120,676 air-conditioners were imported, followed by 109,230 in 2001 and 97,911 last year. In 1995, only 34,500 units were imported.
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.
