OFF TO the English School, the latest victim of the siege mentality and spirit of intolerance, which has swept the plantation ever since our belligerent Ethnarch and the Commissar decided to declare a war of words against the evil foreign powers.
TO: RAFFY, IN (CYPRUS)
HAPPY² B-DAY TO YOU, AND MANY MORE HAPPY RETURNS…
HAPPY, HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY AS WELL
IT’S ME,
VERNA FROM (TAIWAN)
To my Valentine
The walls are still there, but they can’t stay up forever.
NM
To my pumpkin,
Lots of love, thank you for everything you do for me,
From your pumpkin
Dear Friend,
TO many, the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre in Nicosia is seen as a pioneer in cancer treatment on the island. But even an outstanding and advanced clinic cannot always avoid the glare of attention, especially after the recent controversy over treatment of cancer patients on the island.
HAVE you ever read a book that you liked so much it prompted you to translate it yourself into another language and hawk it around the shops and kiosks so that as many people as possible could get its message?
BRITISH journalist and author Colin Smith has been in and out of Cyprus on and off over the past 30 years and finally settled on the island 11 years ago.
A FEW months ago as I was having a tyre replaced on my bicycle, the repair man – a kindly, gentle character with whom I often chat – drifted into talking about the British; nothing personal about individuals, but a deep disquiet about their role in Cyprus over the decades.
A FEW years back, Brit bashing seemed to have receded into the domain of the nationalist fringe, but ever since Britain and the US began warning of the dire consequences of rejecting the Annan plan, it has become a national pastime.
U.S. SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice came to Europe this week on what has been described as a “fence-mending” trip. She said and took back with her strong words on the rekindling of relations between America and the EU. But did her European tour signify anything other than the easing of strained transatlantic relations?
COMMERCE Minister George Lillikas yesterday described the upcoming visit of a delegation of American businessmen to the north as part of an organised effort by the US to promote the upgrading of the breakaway regime in the north. He warned US companies thinking of starting up in the north to consider the legal consequences.
Sir,
I read with increasing astonishment as the government tries to stop property development in the north. There’s the Orams case, and now a revised law that will apparently seek arrest warrants of non Cypriots EU-wide! The revised law is clearly discriminatory [reportedly only foreigners are targeted] and so wouldn’t be permissible under EU auspices.
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.
