THE TURKISH settlers in the occupied area have been a recurring theme in the defiant rhetoric of Greek Cypriot politicians who maintain that none should be allowed to stay after a settlement.
ALITHIA: “Lawyers to handle catharsis”. Paphos Bishop Chrysostomos has suggested the appointment of a committee of lawyers and accountants for an in-depth investigation of the Archbishopric’s financial activities over the last 10 years and whether criminal offences have been committed during that period.
CONSUMER taxes on petroleum products, alcohol, cigarettes and cars are set to rocket after a new fiscal reform approved by the Cabinet as part of the government’s EU harmonisation commitments Phileleftheros reported yesterday.
NICOSIA is likely to resemble a bomb site for the next decade, as roads are dug up and traffic diverted for months on end. The reason behind the bedlam – which promises endless frustration for commuters – is Nicosia Sewerage Board’s plans to carry out long-term works in the greater Nicosia district.
A PRIVATE company offering cut price telephone services to the public as part of the new liberalisation of communications yesterday reported a huge response to its private network and prepaid calling cards. Telepassport’s services are less expensive – especially on overseas calls – than those offered by semi-government CyTA.
CYPRUS Airways (CY) will start flights from Larnaca to Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, via Dubai, from November 18, the airline announced yesterday. The flights will run twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturday, and fly out the same day from Dubai. The entire flight time from Larnaca to Colombo is just under eight and a half hours.
THE United Democrats said yesterday the2004 Euro-elections would be a huge challenge to Cyprus’ electoral system.
TWO donkeys will attempt to cross into the occupied areas at the Ledra Palace checkpoint on Monday in protest against the showing of passports, as part of a series of bicommunal events leading up to the annual Cyprus peace day on September 30.
BRITAIN’S Independent Television Commission has ruled that a TV documentary about drunken British squaddies in Cyprus was not unfair to the army.
ATTORNEY-general Solon Nikitas yesterday defended his decision to appeal a Paphos court’s decision to sentence a 17-year-old boy to two years imprisonment, suspended for three years, for stabbing a classmate in the back during a classroom brawl. Nikitas’ office has demanded a longer prison sentence with no suspension and sent the case to the Supreme Court.
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.
