Greek Press

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.

MACHI: ‘Funding politics and not work’ President Tassos Papadopoulos has characterised the funding by foreign powers as unacceptable interference in Cyprus’ internal affairs. The president further mentions how the funds were politically motivated and were not intended to support various organisations on the island.

PHILELEFTHEROS: ‘Opposition parties to make their own plan’ EDEK President Yiannakis Omirou has called on the National Council to write up their own plan to solve the Cyprus problem if indeed it is officially discovered that the Annan plan is actually dead. Omirou also believes that the Cyprus government can produce a worthy plan that will have a United Nation structure and also be in line with European criteria.

POLITIS: ‘Illegal decisions’ The daily has once again focused on the recent revelations surrounding the benefit saga of Central Bank governor Christos Christodoulou, which has now seen the intervention of Auditor-general Christalla Yiorkadji. Christodoulou has been put in the spotlight recently by the paper after it was revealed that he had received disproportionate benefits from the board of directors of the Central Bank.

SIMERINI: ‘Yiannaras ignites political anger’ Christos Yiannaras, a university professor of philosophy, has angered DISY officials after a conference in Paphos yesterday in which he compared Ochi day to the ‘ochi’ vote of the April referendum. On the attack were several DISY officials including party president Nicos Anastassiades.

ALITHIA: ‘Everyone earned except Alithia’ The paper has launched attacks against two rival newspapers, Simerini and Haravghi, saying that while they are creating noise regarding President Papadopoulos’ claims of foreign funding for a ‘yes’ vote, they in fact were paid to publish a copy of the Annan plan in their paper while Alithia did not accept money to do so.

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.