THE CHIEF of police yesterday rejected criticism that the police acted unlawfully in the case concerning MEP Marios Matsakis who allegedly sought £10,000 to help acquit a police officer involved in a manslaughter case.
Police have been accused of trapping the MEP while some legal circles suggested that the recordings of the meetings were made illegally.
THE OLYMPIC flame is to pass through north Cyprus after a joint decision by the Cyprus Olympic Committee and the Athens 2004 Organising Committee.
According to a written statement yesterday, both the committees said that the decision was taken in the spirit of the motto of the torch run: “Our flame unites the world”.
THARROS: “The Cypriot people have been vindicated”. The Justice and Public Order Minister Doros Theodorou stated that the Annan plan was not a product of negotiation or compromise but a plan that aimed to achieve the interests of third countries, the United States, Great Britain and Turkey.
Talat calls for early election
TURKISH Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat yesterday called on the north’s ‘parliament’ to ratify his plans for an early general election on September 26.
WHAT an irony it was to watch the adverts at half time of Sunday’s historic Euro 2004 final. There they were, the darlings of the global marketers of football, Beckham, Zidane, Del Piero, Raul, performing their wizardry for commercials that used their image as artists of the game to sell their brands.
“WELL DONE” was the buzzword yesterday, as hundreds flocked to the Greek Embassy in Nicosia to pay homage to the football side that stunned the sporting world on Sunday night by winning the Euro 2004 championship.
Poll sees DIKO-EDEK coalition in next elections
A POLL has strongly suggested that a tug of war is already underway ahead of the next national elections, revolving around who will attract the bulk of centrist or “moderate” voters.
Cyprus tops EU poll of most expensive countries
CYPRUS WAS one of the most expensive countries in Europe last year, according to a European Union survey.
Cyprus is the 11th most expensive country out of the 31 that were researched regarding the prices of food, drinks and cigarettes. The prices of consumer products in Cyprus were some of the highest in Europe in 2003.
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.
