IT’S been a week of mounting hysteria on the domestic front, culminating yesterday in the outrageous statements by DIKO deputy Nicos Pittokopitis that anyone who had received money to support the Annan plan should publicly commit suicide to serve as an example to others!
A CRUCIAL six-hour meeting between Cyprus Airways (CY) management and pilots unions PASIPY yesterday failed to reach consensus on a company shake-up that involves a raft of redundancies.
IF THE path of the European Union could be likened to the global space race, then Neil Armstrong would be making his seventh “giant leap” by now. The signing of the Constitution by the 25 EU heads of state in Rome yesterday was no mean feat. It was more than a small step and just another example of the elasticity of European evolution.
THE IMF believes Cyprus’ admission to ERM2 will be technically “straightforward” and sees no need to adjust the Cyprus pound’s current reference rate against the euro, a fund official said yesterday.
DISY Chief Nikos Anastassiades has called for an end to the vague charges “which have nothing to do with reality”, in the latest row over the UN-US funding spat.
His comments follow claims by President Tassos Papadopoulos earlier this week that cash to promote the Annan plan came from additional foreign sources on top of the United Nations Office for Project Support (UNOPS).
OUTSPOKEN DIKO deputy Nicos Pittokopitis said yesterday those who accepted money from foreign powers to promote the ‘yes’ vote in the referendum on the Annan plan should “publicly commit suicide”.
CENTRAL Bank governor Christos Christodoulou yesterday berated Politis for its “crusade” against him, after the paper claimed the Auditor-general had informed the governor that additional benefits granted to him breached regulations.
Christodoulou said he refused to answer Politis’ latest revelations, and referred journalists to his legal action against the newspaper.
HARAVGHI: ‘They asked for £180,000 and got £50,000’ The left wing paper has revealed that it has information concerning a former political figure who asked for £180,000 to look into the possibility of e-voting. The paper further mentions how the official only received £50,000 and raises the questions over why it wasn’t announced and what happened to the remaining £130,000.
I AM wrapped in a fluffy white towel, lying down, hot and sweaty, dreaming of being on a tropical beach… when suddenly I am brought back to the present by the sound of the door opening.
YOU want to be in control of your life. You can’t stand not being able to cope with different problems and you hate playing those psychological games your other half constantly wins.
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.
