THE EUROPEAN Parliament has joined in the widespread condemnation of the public threat by Turkish extremists to kill Turkish Cypriot publisher Sener Levent and one of his journalists, Ali Osman, at Afrika newspaper in Nicosia today.
RESIDENTS of Peyia on the outskirts of Paphos are furious with the local authorities over local services they call a shambles, as well as over poorly planned works that have left the town in a mess. They also say pleas to the municipality have fallen on deaf ears. In April, residents were left without mail delivery after the only postman in the area resigned.
HEALTH Minister Dina Akkelidou said yesterday there had been a very high response rate to the breast cancer screening programme introduced in Cyprus two months ago as part of a European Union initiative.
A FIRE that gutted four cars in Polemidia in Limassol yesterday was started deliberately, police said. The blaze began in a car belonging to Eleni Kyriazi at around 3am and spread to three other cars parked next to it. Forensic examination carried out at the scene showed that arsonists had used petrol to start the fire.
COMMUNICATIONS Minister Kikis Kazamias urged truckers yesterday to reconsider their island-wide indefinite strike, saying their actions would have a serious impact on the medical and farming sectors of the economy from tomorrow. Around 4,500 lorry drivers have been on indefinite strike since Thursday in protest against European Union harmonisation laws passed by the Transport Department.
Sir, As I tourist to your island I was appalled by the number of starving companion animals, cats and dogs that I encountered on my holiday. I cannot understand that the government of a popular destination such as Cyprus can allow this situation to get worse.
Sir, Having struggled to learn Greek for many years, I protested (in Greek) to the driver of the car who, while on her mobile, nearly backed into me. Having pointed out to her that driving while using a mobile was forbidden, she yelled at me (in Greek): “Get back to your village!” Thanks, whoever you are, for making my day.
Sir, I am a regular reader for more than a decade and take the liberty to question the wisdom of your headline ‘Man gunned down in professional hit’ last Sunday, covering about two thirds of the front page with the story.
THE DEATH of film and stage director Elia Kazan last Sunday, at the age of 94, drew reverent tributes in Greece and Cyprus but a more ambivalent response in Britain and the US, the country where he lived most of his life. Neither comes as a surprise. Kazan (born Elia Kazanjoglou in Constantinople) was a great ethnic-Greek film-maker – perhaps the greatest – and never lost touch with his roots.
BRUCE ALMIGHTY ** DIRECTED BY Tom Shadyac STARRING Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman US 2003 101 mins. LEGALLY BLONDE 2 **1/2 DIRECTED BY Charles Herman-Wurmfeld STARRING Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Luke Wilson US 2003 95 mins. By Preston Wilder WHAT A JOB, being a movie star – having your ego massaged 24/7, living at the centre of your own personal universe.
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.
