GREECE and Turkey could resolve their age-old differences in a week if Ankara got the green light to join the European Union, the chief of Turkey’s armed forces told a Greek newspaper in an interview yesterday. Relations between Greece and Turkey have warmed considerably since the two nearly went to war over an uninhabited Aegean Sea outcrop in 1996.
THE RIFT between Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash and the United States would appear to be getting wider as the US State Department sent a direct message to the Turkish Cypriot community saying the December election was, in effect, a vote on their future with the Annan plan and the EU.
Euro-Med Immigration Forum in Limassol THE FIRST Euro-Mediterranean Forum on Immigration will meet tomorrow in Limassol, organised by the House of Representatives in conjunction with the Committee of Immigration, Refugees and Population of the Council of Europe.
Amid the hustle of downtown Nicosia stands an elegant building that has passed through many hands before becoming its current academy of music. ANNITA LANITOU investigates A TRADITIONAL Neoclassic building in the heart of Nicosia was painstakingly restored over a three year period and now houses the ARTE academy of music, the latest in many uses since it was built in 1915.
THE RABID reaction by President Tassos Papadopoulos and most party leaders to the comments about the Euro elections by European Parliament President Pat Cox last week was another example of the political irresponsibility that plagues public life.
OWNERS of afternoon schools have called on the government to take action against state teachers who illegally give private lessons during after-school hours. The owners’ association has claimed that their schools have a 25 per cent share of the afternoon private lesson market compared with state teachers who have a huge 75 per cent.
CARS are about passion. And passion is about indulging the senses: the feel of the road. Or at least according to Derrick Kuzak, Vice President, Product Development at Ford of Europe. That’s why, he says, Ford created the Visos.
MY PARTNER and I are moving to Cyprus very soon and were wondering if we would be able to send our car over to Cyprus for us to use. It is a Volvo 850 saloon 4 door 1992. Is there anything we need to do as we are not sure of the laws covering sending our car. Please can you help us as it would be very much appreciated.
IT’S AGAINST the law, but we still see it everyday on Cyprus’ roads despite police crackdowns earlier this year. Almost all the motorists I’ve spoken to agree that talking on a hand-held mobile phone greatly diminishes a driver’s ability to control a vehicle, and many also admit that their focus moves from what’s happening on the road around them to what’s being said on the phone.
WITH THE introduction of its new MG ZT, MG now has the broadest range in its 80-year history. The rear-wheel drive V8-powered MG ZT 260 V8 is available in ZT saloon and ZT-T estate car and is powered by a 260bhp 4.6-litre V8 engine with an awesome 410Nm of torque. “The MG ZT 260 V8 demonstrates our commitment to deliver cars of true pedigree and character. This is a truly rewarding car to drive.
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.
