BETWEEN 1996 and 1999, consumers paid an astonishing £161 million extra on fuel through prices imposed by the previous administration with the old pricing system, Trade and Industry Minister George Lillikas accused yesterday.
THE FIGURE for public transport users has dropped threefold in the last 20 years with less than five per cent of commuters using public transport in Nicosia compared to 50 per cent in major European cities.
THE MINISTER of Agriculture Timis Efthymiou has hit out against the “inexcusable delay” in releasing the name of the company which put contaminated lountza on the market last month.
ALTHOUGH slightly more than half of Greek Cypriots have visited the north since the checkpoints opened in April 2003, interest has been waning over the past few months, according to a new study published yesterday.
TRUCKS all around the island kept their handbrakes up for the second day of strike yesterday, with Larnaca, Nicosia and Limassol port all feeling the impact of the action.
THE TRUCKERS’ strike, entering its third day today, is threatening to wreak economic havoc on Cyprus in the run-up to Christmas, with cargo beginning to pile at the ports at one of the busiest retail times of the year.
WHILE backstage haggling continued in Brussels in the run up to Friday’s crucial summit, Turkey insisted it would not recognize Cyprus even indirectly and signaled it could say ‘no’ to European Union entry talks if the bloc imposed too many conditions.
IN PREPARATION for EU membership hundreds of new laws were passed and hundreds were updated as part of the process of harmonisation with the acquis communautaire. Many of these laws protect the consumer, by defining his rights, imposing strict health controls and ensuring high quality standards.
CYPRUS Airways (CY) unions, which had been due to give their answers yesterday to a mediation proposal, were given another 24 hours to respond after two unions said they were still not ready.
THE HOUSING and care of 3,600 pensioners is in the balance as nursing homes threaten to terminate contracts with the Welfare Department on January 3 unless their demands are met beforehand.
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.
