CYPRUS IS not planning to pursue payment for the British military installations at this stage, a government source said yesterday. The issue was mooted on Wednesday by the chairman of the economics advisory committee to President Tassos Papadopoulos.
Sir, It is with great concern that I note the bad quality of Cypriot television programmes. Most disturbing of all, however, is the systematic violence and shouting of actors on locally produced shows. I am sure that, over time, this influences the behaviour of people on the island, and especially young people.
Sir, Mr Clive Turner of Kamares is concerned about the impact of property development on tourists and residents. Rather strange from him, and the many others, who purchased from the self-styled ‘largest developer in Cyprus’. Sandy Stephen, Konia, Paphos
BY OPENING an information centre for Turkish Cypriots in Nicosia, Constantinos Candounas says he is doing something the government should have done long ago. Candounas’ Information Centre, close to the capital’s popular Ledra Street, opened just two weeks ago to help orientate Turkish Cypriots to life in the south.
COLLEGE owners yesterday threatened to seek compensation from the government for financial losses incurred after the Interior Ministry changed its entry requirements for foreign students at the last minute.
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.
CYBC is overhauling its schedules, the public broadcaster’s chairman Andreas Aloneftis announced yesterday. “We must not stray away from the philosophy of public broadcasting, whose responsibility is to put society first and entertainment viewing second,” said Aloneftis. He said CyBC would now be a steadier channel that would offer coverage on all the issues faced by Cyprus.
HARVARD University and the Cyprus government have come reached an initial agreement to set up an international Research and Technology Institute in Cyprus. Commerce Minister George Lillikas announced yesterday this was the first time Harvard had agreed to have its name linked to such a project, calling the institute an “associated institute with Harvard University”.
MEHMET ALI Talat said yesterday an international donors’ conference for the island would be held on April 15, six days before Cypriots vote on a reunification plan. Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders are now locked in almost daily UN-sponsored talks aimed at ending the 30-year division of their east Mediterranean island.
TURKISH troops outnumber National Guardsmen in Cyprus by more than three to one, experts warned yesterday. According to a study carried out by the Intercollege Strategic Research Centre, the number of Turkish troops in the north has risen to 36,000 this year, compared to 30,000 in 2,000.
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.
