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“CYPRUS during the last two decades is not just a destination but also a transit country for women being systematically channelled into the prostitution market,” wrote ombudswoman Eliana Nicolaou, in her investigation into the “regime of entry and employment of foreign women described as artistes”.
PHILELEFTHEROS “Students involved in drugs” Six people – four students, one soldier and a 23-year-old man – were arrested and charged with illegal possession of drugs. The police first found one student with 14 cigarettes containing cannabis. He then named his supplier, another student, who was arrested. This student then told police he had got the drugs from two other students.
THE oldest passenger ship still plying the oceans, the M.V. Doulos, docked at Larnaca port yesterday for a 10-day visit to promote international understanding and worldwide education. The Doulos, which is only two years younger than the Titanic, is the largest floating bookstore in the world, with over half a million books on board and over 7,000 different titles collected from 94 countries.
AN ENVIRONMENTAL activist group called the Green Shield yesterday staged a demonstration at Eleftheria Square against British Bases (SBA) plans to operate their new PLUTO antenna at Akrotiri in January.
THE CENTRAL Bank’s monetary policy committee left benchmark interest rates unchanged at 4.5 per cent for advances and 2.5 per cent for deposits at its monthly review yesterday, but Governor Christodoulos Christodoulou again warned that Cyprus ran the risk of exceeding its 2003 fiscal deficit forecast of 5.4 per cent.
PARLIAMENT is looking at ways to crack down on rampant prostitution in Cyprus in the wake of a damning report on the problem from the Ombudswoman this week. The hefty report on prostitution in Cyprus has left the House Legal Affairs Committee stunned by its conclusions.
POLICE yesterday warned the public that a man wanted in connection with the rape of 37-year-old woman in Strovolos on Thursday may be armed and was considered dangerous. Police have named the suspect as Varnavas Cleovoulou, also known as Vakis, aged 30 from Mosfiloti in the Larnaca district.
I AM sitting on the top deck of a double-decker bus on my way home from my first attempt to do some Christmas shopping in Oxford Street. As I stare out into the streets, the Christmas lights are on and the intoxicating festive energy reminds me of why I love to live in this city, despite my regular frustration with London Transport breaking down and how expensive it is to survive.
IT’S NOT a secret any more, French Connection is back in Nicosia and right slap, bang in the middle of town… After an absence of two years FCUK menswear and ladieswear is now available at a new flagship store called Purple.
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.
