Sir,
Your newspaper has made no bones about the fact that it enthusiastically supported the Annan Plan. Gentlemen can respectfully disagree, but there reaches a point where an opposing viewpoint becomes so scathing in it’s approach as to be unacceptable.

OFFICIALS negotiating with the preferred bidder for the island’s new airport programme have set early June as a cut-off point for talks, lead negotiator Lazaros Savvides said yesterday.

MONDAY marked a new milestone for women in the judicial system, the first ever woman judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court in Cyprus said yesterday.

THE Supreme Court has upheld a Nicosia woman’s appeal against Laiki Bank concerning a lawsuit against her about a furniture hire purchase contract, which someone else took out in her name.

THOROUGH inspections are being made on meat and dairy products in Cyprus to ensure that they meet with EU health and safety regulations, according to the director of the Veterinary Services, Fidias Loukaides.

THE Workers Democracy movement and a number of pro-rapprochement organisations from both sides of the Green Line were to hold a conference in the occupied north last night, aimed at giving support to Turkish Cypriot candidates in next month’s European Parliamentary elections.

PHILELEFTHEROS “Reduced taxes in EU, increase in prices in Cyprus” Due to the price of sugar and rice in Cyprus the EU has taken measures to reduce import tax by up to 30 per cent on these products. At some supermarkets, prices have soared in the last two weeks resulting in sugar costing 65 cents per kilo while rice has reached £1.20 per kilo.

GREEN Party deputy George Perdikis yesterday blasted a government decision to increase incentives for creating golf courses by allowing the construction of more rooms to house golfers.

A 23-year-old National Guard officer was killed on the Kofinou to Larnaca road yesterday after an army truck driven by a 19-year-old soldier veered off course and overturned.