SIMERINI: “Injured in explosion”. A 76-year-old man and his wife, both from Episkopi, were injured in an explosion on Tuesday night after he put acetylene in his home sewage pipes earlier in the day. The explosion left Demetris Andreou with injuries to his face and parts of his body, while his wife suffered fractures to her spinal cord. ALITHIA: “Fanieros headed for US”.
THE FRIENDS of the Cyprus Donkey, a charitable organisation, have protested over the use of two donkeys to make a political statement at a protest planned for next Monday at the Ledra Palace checkpoint.
THE CYPRUS Electricity Authority has begun raising funds for the implementation of renewable energy sources on the island, a spokesman said yesterday, deducting 0.13 cents per kWh used from electricity bills and putting the money towards harnessing wind power as an alternative generation source.
AGRICULTURE minister Timis Efthymiou has launched an investigation into reports that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were recently imported into Cyprus. According to Phileleftheros, the minister has ordered the Institute of Agricultural Research to investigate information that a large quantity of genetically modified corn seeds has been imported from Argentina to be used for animal feed.
BRITAIN’S Independent Television Commission has ruled that a TV documentary about drunken British squaddies in Cyprus was not unfair to the army.
FAMAGUSTA police were last night investigating claims by a 24-year-old Bulgarian woman that she was raped by her employer soon after he collected her from Larnaca airport. According to the police, the woman claimed she was collected at Larnaca airport on Monday by her 52-year-old employer, a farmer from Sotira.
DEVELOPERS yesterday blamed red tape and flawed legislation for a massive backlog in the issue of title deeds to homeowners. The comments came after reports that the Land Registry department had launched an investigation into 50,000 cases in which homeowners had not been issued title deeds to their properties by developers upon completion and payment of their homes.
JUSTICE Minister Doros Theodorou yesterday admitted that a telephone-tapping device had been discovered in his office during a sweep by private detectives three months ago. Speaking to CyBC radio yesterday, Theodorou said some employees had been removed from the ministry as a result. “It’s not a recent case. The bug was discovered three months ago,” he said.
TURKISH Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash said yesterday the Turkish side was preparing for the introduction of new measures, which would include the opening of Varosha for resettlement together with the United Nations. Following a meeting in the north, Denktash told reporters that a date to announce the new measures had not been determined yet.
WONDERFUL. There were almost a million and a half crossings of the Green Line over the summer months. More than half of the Greek Cypriot population is believed to have visited the occupied north at least once. More and more Turkish Cypriots are bringing their cars over to the south. And the money is flowing – in both directions.
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.
