PHILELEFTHEROS: “They wrapped her in a curtain and dustbin”. A 50 year old teacher was humiliated in front of her class when two students ages 16 and 17 wrapped a curtain around her neck and then covered her head with a dustbin. The two pupils were arrested are expected to appear in court.
Hotel arrest THREE foreigners were arrested in Nicosia yesterday in connection with refusing to pay the bill at hotel they were staying. According to the receptionist, the three foreigners, aged 38, 41 and 55-years-old stayed at the hotel from Sunday to Wednesday and then refused to pay the £7,867 bill.
LOUIS Cruise Lines is launching two special Eurocruises in April and May, which both take in half a dozen European and Mediterranean destinations. Passengers aboard Eurocruise A, which starts on April 15, will set sail on the Calypso from Cyprus to Heraklion in Greece and from there to Sicily, Naples, Rome, Genoa, Nice and Marseilles.
NO ONE can possibly take the blame for the irregularities in the 2001 police exams because the original papers have been destroyed, Justice Minister Doros Theodorou said yesterday. Theodorou yesterday presented the findings of an investigation into the affair, adding that the loss of the original papers has destroyed any potential of initiating a criminal investigation.
THE OWNERS of an affected property in the areas not under territorial adjustment should file a claim with the Property Board for their rights to be recognised, exactly like the owners in the areas under territorial adjustment.
DEFENCE Minister Koullis Mavronikolas yesterday denied allegations that recent promotions and retirements in the army had not taken into consideration the individual qualifications of the officers.
TWO 27-year-old Turkish Cypriot men were yesterday remanded in custody for five days in connection with the attempted rape of a foreign woman in a Larnaca hotel, police yesterday. Police said they were investigating a case of illegal entry into a hotel room, attempted rape, robbery and conspiracy to commit a felony.
TWO LIMASSOL teenagers yesterday pleaded guilty to assaulting their schoolteacher and were released on £1,000 bail. They are due back in court on Monday where they will be sentenced. The 16-year-old and 17-year-old classmates have been charged with assault and disturbing the peace.
Reports say 50,000 abandoned dogs roam the island THE PRESIDENT of an animal welfare group yesterday revealed the organisation was being forced to kill 500 stray dogs a week because of a A meeting of the House Agriculture Committee also heard that over 50,000 abandoned dogs were roaming the island and that legislation passed in 2002 to solve the problem had not yet been implemented.
THE UNITED Nations yesterday ruled out extending reunification talks beyond May 1, the date when the island is set to join the European Union. UN special envoy Alvaro de Soto said the timetable agreed in New York last month was too tight to change. “I don’t think we can conceive the possibility of extending talks,” de Soto told reporters after meeting Greek Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis.
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.
