EUROPEAN UNION Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen said the proposed package of measures to end Turkish Cypriot economic isolation would in no way lead to direct or indirect recognition of the north.
YOU CAN never say this without hurting the feelings of at least some Americans, but it needs to be said.
Are you in need of a liver detox? ALEXIA SAOULLI speaks to a Cyprus doctor who brings our second largest organ back into the spotlight
HUNDREDS OF people a year need to have their livers detoxified after overloading their bodies on a diet of fatty and sugary foods. Many more need to be detoxified and do not even know it.
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday was on the receiving end of heavy criticism from the opposition for the way he handled the case of his party’s MEP Marios Matsakis who allegedly sought £10,000 to help acquit a police officer involved in a manslaughter case.
THE OLYMPIC flame lands in Cyprus today for its final stop before heading off to Greece for the beginning of the Olympic Games 2004.
A LAST-minute change has scuttled plans for the Olympic torch to be seen on both sides of the Green Line on its journey through Cyprus.
Turkish Cypriots yesterday blasted the Athens 2004 organising committee (ATHOC), accusing them of not allowing the north Nicosia Municipality to stage a welcoming party for the torch-bearers carrying the flame.
A LONDON-based Cypriot expert on shipping and IMO regulations said he believed Turkish Cypriots would face problems exporting their produce through Famagusta unless the Greek Cypriot government had some jurisdiction.
“That problem can only be resolved if some form of control is exercised over those ports by the Republic of Cyprus,” the expert said.
JELLYFISH HAVE inundated the waters off the Limassol coast, resulting in many bathers falling victim to their disturbance and their stings.
According to media reports, lifeguard Andreas Isichiou said there were hundreds of jellyfish in the sea around Limassol during the week and many swimmers raced to the lifeguards in need of first aid.
THE TURKISH Cypriot ‘parliament’ yesterday voted to hold early general elections after resignations left the ruling pro-reunification coalition with an awkward minority in the legislature of the breakaway enclave.
The Olympic torch will begin its journey throughout the free areas of Cyprus today after it arrives at the Paphos port at 10.30am. From there it will be taken to the Paphos Castle by Andreas Stylianou then it will continue through the main streets in the town.
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.
