TURKISH Ambassadors to 15 EU countries, the United States and the occupied areas were meeting in Ankara yesterday to assess EU and Cyprus policies for 2004 as European Union External Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten made it clear that a deal to admit Turkey would depend on “a positive decision on Cyprus”.
Sir, So the Supermarkets Association is complaining about the findings that their customers are being overcharged and want an apology from the Consumers’ Association (Cyprus Mail, December 25). Who is kidding who? Do supermarkets think their customers are so slow or stupid that they cannot see the facts for themselves?
DOES ANY of the following sound familiar? He feels shivery, sweaty and weak. His body aches all over. His nose is streaming, his head thumping, and he really shouldn’t go to work, but … Yep, my partner has a cold. At this time of year, it’s highly likely that the other members of the family will also acquire runny noses, although none of ours will be nearly as bad as his.
TWO YEARS after American troops arrived in Kabul, how is the Bush administration’s project for a democratic and prosperous Afghanistan coming along? Well, the opium crop is booming: 3,600 tonnes this year, almost back up to the peak production of 4,600 tonnes that was reached before the Taliban banned the crop in 1999.
FOR THE past few days, high level meetings have been taking place in Ankara involving top state officials and Turkish ambassadors from the 15 EU member states, Washington and occupied northern Cyprus.
A LARNACA district village sustained £30,000 in damage when a whirlwind hit the area on Friday morning, the community council president said yesterday. Andreas Antoniou said the whirlwind, which started at around 1.30am in the southern part of Anglisides village, uprooted trees, tore down electrical wires and smashed store windows and doors.
A 14-year-old Nicosia boy was caught driving a car on Boxing Day after he collided with a parked vehicle, police said yesterday. At around 8.15pm, the minor was driving a car on Metochiou Street in Archangelos, when under circumstances still being investigated he crashed into a 52-year-old man’s parked car. No one was hurt in the accident, but both were badly damaged.
BRITAIN’S big four tour operators, Thomson, My Travel, First Choice and Thomas Cook, are on the verge of launching a holiday price war in the UK to secure firm bookings over the next six weeks, reports in the British press said yesterday.
CYPRUS was on high terror alert over the holiday period after information that British, American and Israeli aircraft at Larnaca Airport could be a target. Interior Minister Andreas Christou said that authorities had been warned about a threat to aircraft using Larnaca Airport or flying through the island’s airspace.
CYPRUS does not import beef or beef extracts from the United States, the Health Ministry said yesterday. The Ministry’s medical and public health services released a statement assuring the public following fears that burgers from popular fast-food chains could be infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) after the first apparent US case of mad cow disease was discovered last week.
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.
