Zavos clones babies from dead people’s DNA
US-BASED Cypriot infertility specialist Panayiotis Zavos has sparked a “Frankenstein” debate in the UK ahead of his official announcement that he has taken DNA from a dead child as part of his latest cloning attempt.
Forensic experts called upon to exhumations of missing
THE RED Cross is being asked to recommend a list of forensic experts that could help carry out exhumation work at sites all over the island, the tri-partite Committee for Missing Persons (CMP) announced yesterday.
Authorities and locals helpless as smell of burning refuse infests surrounding villages
THE SMELL of burning rubbish at a dump site in Tera in Paphos has become unbearable for residents in nearby villages, but the Paphos District Office says little can be done to combat the problem.
THE BANK of Cyprus (BoC) yesterday announced first-half after-tax profits of £16.2 million, a 90 per cent increase over the same period last year.
“It is expected that the increased profitability of the group will continue for the rest of the year 2004,” the bank said in a statement.
Core profit from activities in Cyprus rose by 49 per cent to £34.2 million.
THE CHURCH is being irreversibly harmed with every hour that passes without an Archbishop at its helm, Paphos Bishop Chrysostomos said yesterday.
The Archbishop is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and withdrew from his official duties a long time ago.
THE CYPRUS Stock Exchange (CSE) will launch its three-tier market on Monday, September 6, in a bid to coax back investors burnt by boom and bust cycles, it said yesterday.
‘Shelter owners haven’t done their homework’
TWO PAPHOS district village communities have organised a protest demonstration for today over plans to build a dog shelter in the area.
DISGRUNTLED grape growers say they will descend on the Presidential Palace with their tractors unless measures are taken to alleviate their financial woes.
The growers have been at loggerheads with both the government and the wineries since the beginning of the month over surplus supply.
OVERSEAS Cypriots organisations yesterday held the first of their three-day annual congress and discussed the most recent developments in the Cyprus problem.
Driving route crosses island’s divide
GREEK and Turkish Cypriots are organising a bi-communal car rally that will start in Kyrenia and finish in Limassol.
According to a news release, the Mercedes Club Cyprus, the Classic & Sports Car Club in the north and the Paphos Classic Vehicle Club will organise the rally on September 17-19.
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.
