THE FOUR beds and four nurses previously removed on order of the Health Minister have now returned to duty at the Oncology Ward of the Nicosia General Hospital, following a Supreme Court ruling against the state.
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Unfortunately the present state of play in the Cyprus issue is increasingly blurring my vision and killing my hope as to the prospects of a solution based on the Anna plan in the near future.
A LEADING Cypriot psychiatrist said yesterday he had warned the Health Minster two months ago about the dangers of a common drug now being withdrawn in the UK.
Dr Takis Evdokas told the Cyprus Mail he had written to Health Minister Andreas Gavrielides on April 25, warning him that the painkiller Distalgesic was dangerous.
TURKISH Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat squarely blamed the Greek Cypriot side yesterday for the breakdown of “secret” talks in Brussels aimed at finding a compromise deal that would allow the implementation of an EU aid and trade package for the Turkish Cypriot north.
TALKS on aid and trade for Turkish Cypriots failed because of blackmail by the Turkish Cypriot side, President Tassos Papadopoulos said yesterday.
LIMASSOL zoo’s twin bears yesterday flew to their new home, a wildlife sanctuary in Hungary where they will spend the rest of their lives.
After having spent years in cramped conditions at the zoo, the bears will be given a chance to adapt to wildlife and eventually be released in the sanctuary.
POLICE officials yesterday dismissed claims there was a shortage of police at the island’s airports.
THE Consumers’ Association yesterday welcomed the government’s decision to set up a consumer claims tribunal that would be tasked with settling disputes out of court.
The decision was announced by Trade and Industry Minister George Lillikas, who said the tribunal, expected to be up and running early next year, would swiftly settle claims of up to £3,000.
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos was yesterday confronted by striking staff from the duty free shop at Larnaca airport as they waved placards at his passing motorcade on his way to catch a flight to Brussels.
Papadopoulos said the strike, which entered its fifth consecutive day yesterday, was “groundless and absurd” when asked about it inside the airport building.
CYPRUS could be facing a summer of blackouts with delays still occurring in the operation of a third generator that was due to be up and running by now.
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.
