AS FAR as jails went, the Nicosia Central Prisons used to have quite an enviable reputation. It used to be the case that foreign prisoners, given the choice to serve their terms in their home country would opt to stay in Cyprus because the conditions were so much better here. Not any more.
HOUSE prices jumped by up to 17 per cent over the past year, and should keep rising until the end of the years, according to a leading property seller.
At a news conference yesterday, BuySell presented its
ATTORNEY-general Solon Nikitas yesterday ruled that lifting DIKO deputy Marios Matsakis’ parliamentary immunity was justified to enable a full investigation into allegations that the MEP blackmailed a police officer.
A 49-YEAR-OLD Egyptian man was remanded for six days on Monday by the Nicosia District Court for the attempted rape of a 14-year-old girl.
SERDAR Denktash yesterday accused the international community of reneging on their promise to lift the Turkish Cypriot community out of economic and political isolation.
E.U. MEASURES to open direct trade with the north – on the agenda in Brussels today – may have to be postponed for the time being, government spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides said yesterday.
CYPRUS will report in early November to the EU on the level and the course of the implementation of its convergence programme and other measures aimed at reducing public deficit, government spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides said yesterday.
TWENTY-SIX artefacts dating back to the Early Bronze Age were unearthed by Turkish Cypriot archaeologists near the village of Galinoporni on the Karpassia peninsula on Monday.
Police’s report to deputies outlines many obstacles
CABARET owners are installing security cameras and guards around their venues to stay ahead of police raids, the House Crime Committee heard yesterday.
Police have also reported resorting to bulldozers and posing as workers, assistant to the chief Soteris Charalambous said.
Consumers Association warns against fake bargains ahead of summer sales period
THE CONSUMERS’ Association yesterday warned shoppers not to be duped into purchasing would-be sales items whose price was no different to their original price.
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.
