WITH between 32 and 42 per cent of the state budget going towards the civil service wage bill, it is no surprise that experts stress that drastic measures need to be taken soon in order to cut the public deficit and meet the Maastricht criteria to join the common European currency.
FORTY years ago this year, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) was established with a three-month mandate in response to the outbreak of vicious intercommunal fighting on the island. By June 1964, there were 6,500 UN troops in Cyprus.
FIFTY-SIX candidates are contesting the six seats available for Cyprus at the European Parliament. So there is plenty of choice for Cypriot voters. But, who would be the ideal Member of the European Parliament? To be able to answer this question we first need to understand some facts about the European Parliament and what the job description entails.
IN THE past few weeks, I have many times heard Yiannakis Matsis on radio and television shows uttering the phrase “we who founded the Democratic Rally (DISY)”. At first I took it as a joke. I know, having met him during my 12-year stint as member of the party, that he has an inclination to being economical with the truth.
U.N. SECRETARY-general Kofi Annan has called for a review of UNFICYP in the wake of the failure of his latest effort to reunite the island, and in the light of the changed situation on the ground, with greatly reduced tensions and the new stability afforded by Cyprus’ membership of the European Union.
Are there some accessories around the home so beyond the bound of good taste they can officially be branded as nasty? JILL CAMPBELL MACKAY thinks so
According to the dictionary, a Jacuzzi is a system of underwater jets that keep the water in a bath or pool constantly agitated, while a whirlpool refers to a bath with a powerful circular current or vortex of water, usually produced by conflicting tidal currents or by eddying at the foot of a waterfall.
CHELSEA Flower Show, the quintessential start to the English summer, with ladies in gauzy frocks, chaps in panamas or boaters, sipping Pimms and nibbling on smoked salmon sandwiches in the setting of the wonderful grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea on the banks of the River Thames. Sounds idyllic, doesn’t it? The reality is somewhat different.
THE chairman of the Cyprus Olympic committee yesterday revealed there was a chance for the Olympic flame to tour the occupied areas.
Kikis Lazarides said discussions with the Turkish Cypriot side were at an advanced stage and “there is a positive response from the other side”.
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.
