SIMERINI: “Green light for private universities”. The government has given the green light for the establishment of private universities in Cyprus. Draft legislation is already in the hands of the Cabinet, which is expected to approve the bill at the next meeting. Education Minister Pefkios Georgiades told the paper that the private universities would be profit-making organisations.
CAR sales have rocketed in the last seven months, breaking all records, according to yesterday’s Politis.
The paper reported that car sales for 2004 had surpassed all expectations, particularly in June and July.
OPPOSITION DISY yesterday voiced concern over press reports on potential job cuts at the state broadcasting corporation.
The right-wing party said it was troubled and concerned by recent reports that a number of staff at CyBC would be getting the sack.
DIRECT flights to the north of the island are unlikely to happen, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) said yesterday, putting paid to Turkish Cypriot aspirations that the international community would defy the Cyprus government on the issue.
THE Cyprus process could get back on track with continued dialogue and a little effort, US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said.
Commenting on the possibility of a second referendum in Cyprus on the Annan plan, Powell expressed regret that the referendum that was held in April was not successful.
LABOUR Minister Christos Taliadoros has been given a time frame of a few days by trade unions SEK and PEO to propose an agreement on the renewal of a hotel industry collective agreement.
The unions and disgruntled workers have threatened to go on strike if Taliadoros’ efforts do not bring a positive outcome.
A GREEK Cypriot teacher has been released on bail of three billion Turkish lira (£1,000) for uprooting two vine trees and their supports from her mother’s house, which was abandoned after the invasion.
Demetra Kalogirou, who will teach at the soon-to-open gymnasium in the Karpas, was arrested after a complaint by the current inhabitants of the house.
IT’S SUMMER and the temperature is rising between trade unions and the government with looming threats of strikes on several fronts.
EUROPEAN Commissioner Marcos Kyprianou was yesterday given the Health and Consumer Protection (SANCO) portfolio in the new European Commission (EC).
The EC is expected to assume its duties on November 1, following the approval of the European Parliament.
A NUMBER of refugee families have expressed an interest in returning to Rizokarpaso and Ayia Triada to their occupied homes, according to Karpasia Co-ordinating Committee President Nicos Falas.
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.
