MID-AUGUST, some cinemas closed, new films almost at a standstill — so here=s a double helping of our summer feature, going back through cinematic history a decade at a time (finishing next week in the halcyon days of 1933).
Travelling precariously or vicariously? YOU CAN travel hunched up in a tiny economy class seat (unless a strike by airline staff who of course always care for the customer prevents you). You can wait in queues for passport checks. Or you can stand in line to board a coach for an hour or more on a lurching trip to a hotel that just may be in the middle of a noisy make-over.
IDEALLY, a good day out should combine a reasonable feeding of the mind and spirit and the perfect opportunity to rack up a few rolls of film or batch of digital images. These can later be admired, either after the holiday or to use as triggers for the old memory bank.
CREATING a centralised lifeguard service would be the first step in remedying the island’s haphazard attitude toward beach safety, but so far the government has stonewalled all attempts. Now, the efforts of DIKO deputy Marios Matsakis could stir up enough waves to set things in motion.
Wearing foundation no longer means the dreaded caked-on effect.
THE BRITISH bases (SBA) in Akrotiri yesterday admitted that the construction of their powerful new PLUTO antenna “will have a minimal impact on the main species of conservation concern in the area”.
LIMASSOL police yesterday urged citizens to be on the lookout for a team of drive-by bag snatchers operating in the area after two incidents were reported on Thursday.
THE DRUGS Squad was yesterday still questioning suspects in connection with the discovery at Limassol port of eight kilos of cocaine inside a container bound for South Africa on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, police found the cocaine wrapped in nylon bags hidden between granite blocks.
CYPRUS Airways has announced it is putting on extra flights to meet the increased summer demand. The national carrier will add 90 extra flights between August 11 and September 1, after an increase in demand for flights to and from the island. The carrier flew 33,000 passengers to and from Cyprus between August 10-13 alone, and has averaged about 8,000 passengers a day so far this month.
A 68-year-old man was found dead on Thursday in the sea in the Pervolia area near Larnaca. According to police, the body of Michalis Achilleos, from Nicosia, was found floating in the sea at about 4.40pm. Achilleos was given first aid before being taken to Larnaca General Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
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.
