I AM a former heroin addict. I am not going to use a pseudonym to protect my identity, nor am I ashamed of my past. My name is Alexi David, I am 26 years old, I live in the old section of Nicosia and I am a jazz musician/composer.
PHILELEFTHEROS “Cyprus police at the Olympic Games” Cyprus police have offered to send staff to help with security for the Olympic games. The Greek government is examining the offer and has yet to give an answer but the police feel sure that they will be present at the Olympic games.
FORMER Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said yesterday the Annan Plan would lead to the end of Turkish history in Cyprus and heralded the start of a ‘No to the Annan Plan’ campaign in the north. “The Annan Plan means death for the Turkish Cypriots. I don’t mean that the Greek Cypriots will kill us. They don’t need to do that any more.
BANK of Cyprus (BoC) yesterday announced core profits, before provisions for bad and doubtful debts for 2003, of £100.6 million, a 12 per cent increase over 2002 but the bank posted a pre-tax loss for the year of £17.4 million and an after-tax loss of £28.8 million. The pre-tax loss in 2002 was £13.9 million and after-tax loss £21.3 million.
THE town planning director yesterday denied any wrongdoing in a land development case in Limassol in which he was accused of having vested interests. The House Watchdog Committee heard that an investigation was launched late in 2000 into the allegations against Yiannos Papadopoulos, who was later acquitted by the civil service commission of any wrongdoing.
FOUR kidney patients have been given a second chance at life after undergoing lifesaving kidney transplants this year. This is because, unlike last year, the Paraskevaidion Surgical and Transplant Foundation received two cadaver organ donors within the first two months of the New Year.
AN ONGOING probe by the House Watchdog Committee into allegations that a developer had received preferential treatment by the Limassol Water Board (LWB) yesterday raised more questions than it answered.
A 30-YEAR-old Cypriot mother has given birth to the island’s first set of female twins using pre-implantation genetic screening for thalassaemia and chromosomal anomalies.
BUSINESSES are expected to get round any restrictions contained in the final version of the Annan Plan for the settlement of the Cyprus problem, the weekly Financial Mirror reported yesterday. The paper said one Greek Cypriot franchise owner was already known to be making exploratory visits to the north with outlet sites in mind.
DEFENCE Minister Koullis Mavronicolas yesterday blasted the Turkish Cypriot side for accusing Greek Cypriots of increasing the range of their missiles while peace talks were under way. The Anatolia agency quoted Turkish Cypriot ‘Prime Minister’ Mehmet Ali Talat as saying he couldn’t get an answer on the issue when it was brought up during Tuesday’s talks at Nicosia International Airport.
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.
