It’s nice to see the police finally taking action against the exploitation of girls in Cyprus. The recent raids suggest quite strongly that the authorities know what is happening and they know where to go to make their arrests, so why was nothing done before?
Sir,
I wish to refer to Mr Brian Aherne’s letter (‘What about the Turkish invasion?’, Sunday Mail, June 6), which seriously misinterprets the realities in Cyprus.
THE legal services are to examine the elections law in the wake of a European Court decision in favour of a Turkish Cypriot plaintiff barred from voting in the parliamentary elections, the Government Spokesman said yesterday.
CYPRIOTS this week have a unique opportunity to see twin hot-air balloons taking to the airs in the skies above them.
This is the first ever display of hot air balloons on the island. The event, which began on Tuesday and will last until Saturday, is organised by Anaxagoras Pneumatics Ltd and the German company Festo.
BANK of Cyprus (BoC) said yesterday there had been no impact on the group’s results from the fine imposed on commercial banks on Tuesday by the Protection of Competition Committee (PCC).
THE CYPRIOT government will not block Turkey’s bid to join the European Union, President Tassos Papadopoulos said in an interview published in Spain yesterday.
Papadopoulos, who fiercely campaigned in the April referendum against the Annan plan, also said it would take Cyprus at least three years to adopt the euro currency after joining the EU on May 1 this year.
LESS than two months after enlargement, the European Commission yesterday approved the allocation of 24 billion euros to the 10 new member states for economic and social development programmes in 2004-2006.
THE IMPORTERS of Chrysler in Cyprus yesterday admitted they were aware that 7,000 Jeep Cherokees were being recalled in the UK because of a potential steering problem, but assured that no such problem had been found in the cars sold in Cyprus.
HARAVGHI: “AKEL is here”. The message that AKEL will overcome whatever problems and difficulties will present themselves was sent loud and clear by the General Secretary of the Central Committee, Demetris Christofias.
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday denied it had sought to cover up allegations against DIKO MEP Marios Matsakis, accused of asking for £10,000 from a police officer to help acquit him from attempted manslaughter charges he might be facing.
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.
