Torrential downpours cause havoc in Nicosia and Larnaca
NICOSIA and parts of Larnaca were deluged early yesterday afternoon as heavy rains fell almost non stop for over two hours, flooding roads, houses, shops and factories.
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There was some irony and sarcasm from Mr Kurt Dejgaard of Montreal in his letter last week (‘Greek Cypriots Know Best’). In it he berates George Stephanides for his well meaning letter of May 12 because Mr Stephanides dares to suggest that Greek Cypriots may have some filial concern for Turkish Cypriots.
TURKEY’S EU course is becoming more and more difficult and will definitely be affected not only by the ‘no’ in the French referendum, expected to be repeated today in The Netherlands, but also by a victory of the Christian Democrats (CDU) in Germany, European sources have told the Cyprus Mail.
THE EUROPEAN Constitution is expected to get another hard blow today, as the Dutch go to the polls to vote on the constitutional treaty. Latest opinion polls in the Netherlands – one of the six EU founder member states – predict a ‘no’ vote of up to 60 per cent, with 17 per cent undecided and an expected 40-45 per cent turnout.
RESIDENTS of Peyia are uniting their voices in an attempt to stop two major developing companies from expanding around the area of Coral Bay.
Talk over expansion of the area with more hotels, villas and restaurant-bars sprinkled along the bay has long been on the lips of developers in Paphos, but it is only recently that the talk is finally looking like turning into reality.
THE Greek Cypriot side has submitted concrete and detailed suggestions concerning its stance on a solution to the Cyprus problem, President Tassos Papadopoulos said yesterday.
CYPRIOTS are the second biggest producers of rubbish per person in he EU after Ireland, throwing away 724kg of trash every year, up 124 kg per person in the space of eight years.
According to statistics released yesterday, only the Irish produce more rubbish than the Cypriots, accounting for 732kg per person compared to the EU average of 534kg.
HEALTH Minister Andreas Gavrielides sent out a stern message yesterday as part of International No Smoking Day, calling on Cypriots to kick in the habit.
Speaking at a news conference, called in conjunction with the Cyprus Electricity Authorities (EAC), Health Minister Andreas Gavrielides spoke of the need for greater awareness about the dangers of smoking.
CYPRUS tourism has fallen into the gap between cheap and quality destinations and needs to speed up reforms in the sector or continue to lose out, hoteliers said yesterday.
“There are three categories of destination: cheap, quality and those in between,” Haris Loizides, chairman of the Hoteliers Association PASYXE, said yesterday.
DISY leader Nicos Anastassiades yesterday warned that time was of the essence for a solution to the Cyprus problem, especially following the French rejection of the EU Constitution and the uncertainty surrounding Turkey’s EU accession path.
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