Sir,
Bearing in mind the adverse publicity that has been whipped up in some quarters of the press, I was pleased to read the letter from Tamara Strick defending the hard work carried out by the Animal Welfare groups in Cyprus (letters, Sunday Mail, September 5).
Sir
In your issue of September 5, under the heading ‘Tales from the Coffee Shop’, Patroclos alleges that I was invited by the Cyprus Olympic Committee to attend the Olympic Games, as its guest.
Sir,
I read with utter amazement the letters from expats now lucky to live full time in paradise, complaining about food prices.
Sir,
I was interested to read your internet edition in which Mr B. Lait moaned about the high price of English Mustard in Cyprus.
He ought to try paying my £172 per month Council Tax bill here in the UK.
Cheer up, MrLait and never mind mustard, you’ve got “Jam on it” living in Cyprus.
Geoff White. Hillhead, Hampshire, and sometimes Mazotos
Sir,
I have been reading articles during the past few years about the setting up a technology park in Cyprus and I would like to make some comments. I read on Tuesday an article that the set-up of the Technology park is getting closer and that it will be similar to the one in Sofia Antipolis in France.
MANY Cypriots thought that European Union membership would improve our bargaining position with that organisation. It seemed logical to believe that once we became a member of the EU, this would give us greater power over non-members and particularly new applicant countries such as Turkey.
AS A SHAREHOLDER of both the Bank of Cyprus and Laiki, our establishment would like to express its abhorrence at the training deal struck between the Association of commercial banks and the newly-formed Institute of Banking Studies (IBS) in which bank employees’ union ETYK, has a five per cent shareholding.
THIS NEWSPAPER has been criticising the irresponsibly selfish behaviour of Cyprus’ trade unions for years now. It had also been warning that the failure of the government and business to stand up to the arrogant, self-aggrandising union bosses, constantly upping their demands, would have disastrous long-term effects on the economy.
IT OUGHT to be one of Cyprus’ prime resorts, nestled away on the north coast over the hill from Paphos, far from the madding crowds and tacky tourist traps. But Polis is failing to live up to its potential, if local businessmen are to be believed, with growing frustration at the failure to take the kind of decisions that will revitalise 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.
