Greek Press

POLITIS: “Bush to continue” For one more time, and the last, George W. Bush shall be President of the USA for four more years and we shall wait and see what will change in the administration of the USA, the USA itself and the rest of the planet. The daily also comments on how the majority of the world was not happy with Bush’s re-election.

HARAVGHI: “Solon Nikitas the defendant” The courts have summoned Attorney-general Solon Nikitas to appear before court and explain the activities that had been going on in the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE). The decision has come as a blow to Nikitas, who had previously requested from the court not to be summoned as a defendant, after a complaint from an investor who had lost money in the CSE.

PHILELEFTHEROS: “Meetings with European leaders” DISY president Nicos Anastassiades talking at the European Peoples Party summit in Brussels stated all issues should be made clear for upcoming December so as to face Cyprus’ problem as well as Turkey’s stance on the Cyprus problem itself. The paper also mentions how Anastassiades will hold talks with other European leaders during his time abroad.

SIMERINI: “Out of control” The recent waves of locust plagues in Cyprus have reached uncontrollable proportions reports, said the daily, which has been following the trail of the locusts that have now moved from Paphos to Limassol. The paper also says how the communities could only just watch and “cry mercy” as the locust’s staying power seemed immovable.

ALITHIA: “They twisted the situation to build businesses” The right wing paper has hit out against the media on the island saying that most of the press distorted the statements of Richard Boucher making it look like the people who were in support of a ‘yes’ vote took the funding from UNOPS to build businesses of their own

MACHI: “Despite being sprayed, they remain” The Minister of Agriculture is awaiting aerial assistance from abroad in their attempt to fight the recent locust infestation. The paper also says that despite being sprayed, the locusts have remained on the outskirts of Paphos and are now posing to be a very serious concern.

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.