If Saudi Arabia falls

2004-06-02

If you drew up a list of Royal Families That Were Long Overdue To Be Overthrown, the al-Saud family would rank right up there with the Bourbons and the Romanovs.

Letter

2004-06-02

Sir,
For what it’s worth, we Brits are in an unenviable position when it comes to crossing the
Green Line when staying in Cyprus: we cannot cross on an ID card, for the simple reason that
we don’t have ID cards in the UK.

It may be a “step forward” towards freedom of movement, but it discriminates against UK

Education overhaul still in dire need

2004-06-02

EVERY SO often, Cyprus’ students participate in international tests, conducted to establish education standards in the different countries, and they perform very badly. The results scored by secondary school pupils in science and mathematics were in the news last week, as they were used as part of a study on secondary education standards being carried out by the Cyprus University.

Filipina ‘treated like a criminal’

2004-06-02

Mental hospital, jail cell and deportation: a Filipina’s last days in Cyprus

A 48-year-old Filipino housemaid was injected with valium, spent several days at the psychiatric hospital, was jailed and then deported, according to a complaint made by the Philippines consul to the Ombudswoman.

Papadopoulos stands firm

2004-06-02

ONE DAY before his first meeting with UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan since April’s referendum, President Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday stuck by his guns and defending the overwhelming rejection of the UN’s blueprint for re-unification of the island.

Melkonian staff hit back at foundation newspaper ads

2004-06-02

TEACHERS at the Melkonian Educational Institute (MEI) in Nicosia yesterday refuted arguments by the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) on the closing of the school, which the New York-based organisation published in full-page advertisements in the Greek Cypriot press at the weekend.

CY links up with Olympic in bid for competitive edge

2004-06-02

CYPRUS Airways (Cy) and the Greek national carrier Olympic Airways (OA) yesterday signed an agreement for joint flights to and from Larnaca.

The agreement, effective June 21, was signed in Athens by CY chairman Constantinos Loizides and OA chairman Petros Papageorgiou.

‘21 days of kidnap agony’

2004-06-02

A CYPRIOT businessman abducted in the Russian town of Krasnodar returned to Cyprus on Sunday, after he was released by police on Friday, ending a three-week ordeal.

Outrage over University’s Harvard plans

2004-06-02

A DECISION to invest around £18 million to set up a regional research institute in conjunction with America’s Harvard University has been met with fury by private colleges, who accused the government of being indifferent in upgrading higher education on the island.

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.