AT LAST, the film we have all been waiting for comes to town: Star Wars Episode III, The Revenge Of the Syth. An unmissable film, not only because it’s a box-office record breaker and a true classic – you see. I had to watch the film, if nothing else, because I have grown up with the nickname ‘Princess Laia! Plus, I must confess, I am a real fan.
A 60-YEAR-old Italian today enters the seventh day of a hunger strike calling for an end to the division in Cyprus.
If you have crossed the buffer zone at Ledra Palace during the past six days, you may have noticed Guiseppe Zoratti standing in no-man’s land adorned with banners calling for peace and an end to the island’s division.
Sir,
In respect of the Pharos Trust Music Festival reports (latest in the Cyprus Mail May 26), how refreshing it was to read truly professional music reviews as written by Saskia Constantinou. A professional musician herself, she obviously has a deep understanding of the requirements of the scores and the moods of the players.
Sir,
The recent furore over the impending decision regarding another road construction project (in the Polis District) reminds me of an old joke…
When the Transport Ministry put out tenders it received three responses.
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday hit back at Amnesty International’s latest report on Cyprus, which suggested that freedom of expression had been suppressed in the run-up to last year’s referendum on the Annan plan.
THE Mayor of Strovolos yesterday urged the government to forget about building a tramline along the Pedieos riverbed as a way of easing traffic congestion.
Savvas Eliofotou said “the private car must be targeted and more land should be made available for public transport. The public must also change their behaviour away from using their car all the time.”
A BREAKTHROUGH may have been reached in efforts to locate those who went missing during fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the sixties and seventies – possibly ending the deadlock that has plagued meetings of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) since it was formed in 1981.
ANY PLANS for creating public transportation to ease congestion in the capital have been put on hold indefinitely, after meeting with strong reaction from municipalities.
THE DECISION to ban television cameras from parliamentary committee meetings has received a mixed reaction from deputies while private television stations Sigma, Antenna and Mega have decided to boycott all coverage of committee meetings in protest.
IT WAS expected that the television stations would kick up a fuss about the legislature’s decision to ban TV cameras from House committee meetings. After all, these meetings often provide great entertainment for viewers of the evening news shows, as they feature deputies rowing, shouting, gesticulating, trading insults and making allegations about most topical issues.
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.
