Sir,

Sir,
Your suggestions in your editorial, ‘Why the Turks need to make bold moves’ (May 19) are neither realistic nor convincing. You are simply asking the Turkish Cypriots to apply the Annan plan in part, without getting anything in return. Varosha is a trump card in our hands. If we give that up, who can guarantee that the Greek Cypriots will accept the plan in the future?

THE BRITISH government has claimed its second media scalp over Iraq, with the departure of Piers Morgan from the hot seat at the fiercely anti-war Daily Mirror.

AN apparent flaw in the electoral law was highlighted yesterday by a number of candidates for the Euro elections, who argued that the law was party-centric allowing the discrimination of coalition candidates who did not belong to a particular party.

THE CLOSURE of the Melkonian Educational Institute (MEI) in Nicosia was discussed yesterday during discussions between Foreign Minister George Iacovou and his Armenian counterpart Vartan Oskanian, who is on an official visit to the island.

Cancer patients and their relatives yesterday demonstrated against the government’s decision to close down the Nicosia General Hospital’s cancer ward.

The demonstration took place outside the House of Representatives yesterday morning where protesters held placards calling on the government to reverse its decision.

PARLIAMENT could pass legislation barring football stadiums from hosting games if they did not meet security requirements, paying particular attention to the installation of closed circuit television cameras (CCTV), DISY deputy Ionas Nicolaou said yesterday.

THE unpredictable weather during the past two weeks has not made for a favourable spring or even mark the beginning of a long summer. The downpour of rain on Wednesday afternoon gave the impression it was a November day as the sun hid behind the thickening clouds and the wind carried an autumn chill.

THE Supreme Court yesterday suspended a district court injunction banning a group of DISY dissidents from using the word ‘rally’ in the name of their party.
The dissidents have called their movement Rally for Europe, drawing from the heritage of DISY, the Democratic Rally.