ONCE September hits again, you just know that London Fashion Week is round the corner. Frantic e-mails from designers, model agencies, and organisers start to flood in, as do the party invitations. And before you know it you’re organising a casting, a running order and getting an army of hairdressers and make-up artists together for that all-important 15 minutes of catwalk magic.
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PHILELEFTHEROS: “Annan Plan” Athens and Nicosia have made changes to the Annan plan in light of Cyprus’ accession to the EU. Greece and Cyprus have agreed to move forth with speed to see the Annan plan through. Measures have been taken on how to deal with the Turkish resistance.
NINETEEN days to go, and the signs are not good that the bad signs are on their way out. October 1 is the deadline for advertising companies to remove or move back all those ugly and dangerously distracting billboards that have lined our roads and motorways for more than three years.
COMMUNICATIONS and Works Minister Kikis Kazamias has given a clear message to all concerned that serious action would be taken if illegal billboards were not pulled down or pushed back by the October 1 deadline. With only 18 days to go before all illegal billboards must be removed, Kazamias reiterated that he was not only obligated but also determined to make sure that the law was followed.
NICOSIA general hospital’s blood bank is running low on blood supplies, doctors warned yesterday. “There is an overall blood supply shortage throughout the island,” said Dr Irene Vassou at the Blood Bank.
CHARGES have been dropped against five people accused of importing luxury vehicles in the form of spare parts and subsequently assembling them and selling them without paying the necessary taxes. Nicosia High Court Judge Tefkros Economou had the charges dropped after stating there was not sufficient evidence against them.
A SERIES of workshops and seminars is to be held in the coming weeks in an effort to raise awareness on the European Union ahead of accession next May. The University of Cyprus and the European Institute of Cyprus have arranged the programme under the auspices of the Office of the Co-ordinator for Harmonisation and with the support of the Cyprus Council of the International European Movement.
THE VICE President of the European Commission Loyola De Palacio will be among the top speakers at this year’s bi-annual Maritime Cyprus Conference, which will be held in Limassol from September 22-24. De Palacio, who is also responsible for Transport, Energy, and Relations with the European Parliament, will speak on the EU’s shipping policy with regard to quality and competitiveness.
UNITED Democrats leader George Vassiliou said yesterday fears that the economy would be ruined if the Annan plan were implemented were totally unfounded. He told state radio that his party had commissioned a group of specialists to study the economic aspects of the UN Secretary-general’s plan.
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.
