WORK to construct a Paphos to Polis Chrysochous motorway will begin within two years, it was reported this week. But the news has been attacked by environmentalists, who call it a pointless project. The new road will be designed to cope with the development boom in the area and also to reduce the current high rate of accidents on the existing road.
A NICOSIA court yesterday remanded a 25-year-old Nicosia man in custody for four days in connection with the cultivation of 45 cannabis plants, police said. The man was arrested at 8.20am near the old Nicosia airport while allegedly attending to the plants, which were inside 36 pots. The plants were between three and 10 centimetres high and concealed under nylon.
THE ASSOCIATION for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family is holding its annual fundraiser in Nicosia today. The event, from 12 noon to 6pm, is held in Aglandjia Park near the Filoxenia hotel. Money raised is used to replenish the non-governmental organisation’s coffers.
TURKISH Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash yesterday denied claims that he was granting citizenship to mainland Turks in an attempt to win a crucial December 14 election that will seal Cyprus’s fate.
Electronic good shop raided POLICE are investigating the theft of tens of thousands of pounds worth of cameras, video cameras, mobile phones, laptops, electronic goods for cars and other electrical equipment from a shop in Nicosia.
GREEK government spokesman Christos Protopapas said yesterday Athens had co-operated fully with Cyprus’ last-minute decision to call off the annual Nikiforos military exercise, following a decision by Greece and Turkey to call off their own annual manoeuvres last week. President Tassos Papadopoulos cancelled the Nikiforos exercise on Thursday after Greek and Turkish Foreign Ministers decided
Nicosia mayor Michael Zambellas shares his vision for the city with MARIA SOCRATOUS and talks about its master plan IN THE heart of the walled city of Nicosia are several pockets of old houses that have been renovated with care. They stand out from neighbouring regions that often have not stood the test of time and are the result of the Nicosia master plan.
ANNITA LANITOU speaks to Andreas Lordos about the importance of having history and a reputation behind you LORDOS Properties is a family company that started activities in 1936. “That’s a long time ago and mathematically this means a lot of relatives and shareholders have accumulated!” smiled managing director of Lordos Properties, Andreas Lordos.
NEXT TIME you go to a trendy night club and order an expensive imported beer check the label. If it is German beer, like Beck’s, it is likely to indicate that it is brewed according to the requirements of the ‘beer purity law’ of 1521. Yes, Germany requires all domestically produced beer to contain nothing else but spring water, malt and hops.
THE AGREEMENT between the government and the manufacturing companies MBDA and Oerlikon to upgrade our Mistral and Aspide anti-aircraft missile systems will be put into effect this week. The upgrades will increase the range of the Mistral from five to 6.4 kilometres and of the Aspide from 13 to 16 km, and will cost £61 million. Two things must be borne in mind in relation to this project.
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.
