THE SPREAD of DVD piracy is posing a very serious threat to the future of the cinema business, industry insiders have warned. In the last couple of years, cinemas have been forced to close down in all towns, and more are set to follow suit in the very near future. One Nicosia cinema owner was reported as saying the following in the last issue of the Sunday Mail: “Piracy has really hit us hard.
LOSS-making Cyprus Airways (CY) must undergo radical changes if it is to survive, warned President Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday, saying that the state would no longer subsidise the ailing national carrier. He also pointed the finger at the previous management for the company’s current financial crisis.
NICOSIA Mayor Michalakis Zampelas has vowed to clean up the streets of Nicosia by introducing on-the-spot fines for violators of the new citizen’s Guide to on-the-spot fines.
TWO foreigners were arrested yesterday morning and held for questioning on suspicion of attempting to kill two brothers in Paphos on Sunday.
The two men were spotted yesterday entering a car stolen from the brothers at the time of the incident, which was used as a getaway car.
A BRITISH woman living in Paphos, who put herself up for a date auction on the Internet, has been ‘bought’ for £140.10, it was reported yesterday.
Musician Diana Bell, from Hertfordshire, whose stage name is Jezebel or Jez, was asking for £100 as a starting bid for a dinner date with her at a top Paphos restaurant. The money will go to charity.
ONGOING investigations into shady stock market (CSE) dealings have seen more and more listed companies implicated, as the Attorney-general’s dossiers grow heavier by the day.
AVERAGE tourism bookings and revenue are down compared to last year, according to yesterday’s Phileleftheros.
The average capacity for licensed hotels (all-star categories) was down to 34.6 per cent in the first quarter of this year, compared to 37.1 per cent the same time last year.
THE RECTOR of Famagusta’s Near East University (NEU) has lashed out against a decision by Turkey’s Higher Education Council (YOK), which he said would effectively cut to a third the number of Turkish students going to north if not repealed.
IN LINE with legislation, the Labour Ministry is now issuing a daily bulletin on air quality across the island to inform the public on pollution levels.
Along with the Labour Inspection Department, the ministry will be conducting atmospheric studies with the assistance of four fully-equipped mobile units, which record pollutants.
PHILELEFTHEROS: “Radical moves required to save Cyprus Airways” In his across-the-board interview with the paper, President Papadopoulos warned the future of the national air carrier was bleak unless drastic measures were taken. Papadopoulos said the government could no longer subsidise or provide loans to Cyprus Airways, adding the troubled company should come up with a strong action plan.
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.
