I MUST declare an interest. Mauritius is not just any old sun-drenched tropical paradise; it’s a place of idyllic childhood memories where every crack in the dark volcanic rocks, every tree and every little bay in the coastline stretching out before me carries an association of long summer holidays, surrounded by cousins, aunts, uncles and loving grandparents.
ATTORNEY-general Solon Nikitas yesterday resigned in protest at a Supreme Court decision acquitting former Health Minister Dina Akkelidou, who had been found guilty of interfering with the course of justice.
Akkelidou was forced to resign late in November last year after a Nicosia district court sentenced her to a £1,000 fine for sending a letter to a district court judge seeking a lenient sentence for a drug suspect whose trial the judge was hearing.
Akkelidou appealed against the decision soon afterwards and the Supreme Court plenum yesterday decided, by majority vote – nine to three – to set aside the initial decision and acquit the former minister.
Sir,
Your editorial on Wednesday asked what more the police could do to reduce road deaths. The answer is simple – plenty.
Sir,
I have only been in Cyprus since February and after reading your latest of numerous articles on the subject of the road fatality toll, I somewhat stoically could suggest that until Cypriot drivers can master a simple driving manoeuvre such as parking within parking bays, what chance has the country got for reducing the road toll?
CYPRUS is making efforts within the EU for the launching of joint European operation to patrol the waters off the island’s northern coast in a bid to curb illegal immigration trafficking and asylum seekers, Justice Minister Doros Theodorou said yesterday.
Spokesman accuses US of double standards
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday accused the US of double standards, a week ahead of a planned visit by the State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Laura Kennedy.
RECRUITMENT of Cypriots within the EU institutions is going well, with the two senior management posts set for Cyprus already filled in. Twenty-four of the 44 lower-level posts have also been taken up, according to figures released in Brussels yesterday.
Police say similarities in two murder cases led them to suspect
POLICE IN the north say similarities between a murder that happened 15 years ago and that of 93 year-old Joseph Swindells, whose decomposing body was found in his Kyrenia home last weekend, was what led to the arrest of a Turkish Cypriot suspect early on Sunday morning.
TWO Syrian men were yesterday remanded in custody by a Limassol court in connection with Wednesday’s shootings in the tourist area. The duo was arrested late last night.
The court heard that they were both on board a car involved in high-speed chase with police after refusing to stop.
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.
