With only 100 days until Cyprus becomes part of Europe, most people do not know how their lives will change By Stefanos Evripidou WITH ONLY 100 days until EU accession, most people in Cyprus hardly have a grasp of the real effects, good or bad, that membership will bring, experts warned yesterday.
A LOT has been written in the press about the CyBC’s deal with Greek TV station Alpha, with most reports suggesting that the state broadcaster had paid well over the odds for the services it had secured. CyBC has agreed to pay Alpha more than £2 million for the right to use its series, variety shows and news reports for a three-year period.
POLITIS: “Too tough to die” It seems that the law on advertising boards is applied selectively: licences are being given for new boards based on the provisions of the new law while illegal boards remain untouched.
A MONARCH flight from Goa to Gatwick made an unscheduled landing at Larnaca airport on Sunday after an unruly passenger forced the captain to land. An announcement from the airline said the passenger was behaving in a disruptive manner. It said that the passenger, whose nationality was not specified, was handed over to police and that the flight continued on its way to the UK.
TWO TURKS, one Turkish Cypriot and one English Turk were arrested at Larnaca airport yesterday when they attempted to leave the island for England with false passports. The police took the four individuals to the police station where they were held overnight. They will be taken to Larnaca court today for a remand hearing.
THE BRITISH bases yesterday denied reports that they had been bringing in chemical weapons through Akrotiri. Several newspapers yesterday reported an increase in movement at RAF Akrotiri, including more personnel and equipment.
TODAY marks a 100 days to Cyprus’ accession to the European Union on May 1 2004; the country’s biggest event since its independence in 1960. As the European Commission prepares for the union’s biggest enlargement to date, from 15 to 25 member states, 75 million people (from the 10 acceding countries) are left pondering what exactly it means to become a EU citizen?
CYPRIOT fuel giant Petrolina, which holds 15 per cent of the Larnaca Petroleum Refinery, yesterday confirmed negotiations where taking place between the company and the government over the shutting down of the refinery and plans to turn it into a fuel terminal.
COMMERCE and Industry Minister George Lillikas yesterday hit back at reports that he had admitted behind closed doors on Thursday that the government had increased fuel prices in order to cover other expenses.
PROSTATE cancer is the second most common cancer in men, with one in six men likely to suffer from the disease. Despite the alarming statistics, mortality rates drastically decrease if men over the age of 50 undergo annual screening tests, oncologist Dr Pavlos Drakou said yesterday. “Caught at an early stage there is a good chance it can be cured,” he said.
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.
