THE GOVERNMENT yesterday finally signed the agreement for the upgrade and running of the island’s two airports, even as the deal came under the scrutiny of the European Commission and was contested in Cypriot courts.
ONE week after British American Tobacco warned consumers to be on the lookout for fake brand cigarettes circulating in the Cypriot marketplace, another company has come out with the same warning.
Cyprus Trading Corporation Ltd (CTC), the exclusive distributor of Philip Morris in Cyprus, has informed the public that some of their cigarettes are being sold illegally on the island.
TWO Cypriots are still in a serious condition at the Royal London hospital after being caught up in Thursday’s terrorist attacks on the British capital.
Philip Patsalos, 53, has had one leg amputated and could still lose another, while the condition of 19-year-old Danielle Kolias, who lives in Edmonton with her father, is also said to be serious.
A STANDOFF has emerged between the President and Parliament over amendments to the law concerning ownership of dogs, with the bill bouncing back and forth the Presidential Palace and the House like a ping-pong ball.
A VOTE on the controversial bill to separate genetically modified foods on supermarket shelves will likely be put off until after the summer break, to the dismay of its creator, Greens deputy George Perdikis.
The bill this week sparked an unusually blunt letter of concern from the US Embassy to the Speaker of the House, Demetris Christofias,
A 22-YEAR-old Nicosia man was yesterday honoured by the police for his role in stopping a fleeing bank robber.
Last Friday, Andreas Eleftheriou spotted a hooded armed robber as he made his way out of the Bank of Cyprus branch on Kyriacou Matsi Ayios Dhometios.
THE Central Bank yesterday kept interest rates unchanged at a monthly review, shrugging off a recent surge in the Cypriot pound, which has in commercial dealings busted its euro fluctuation limits.
BRITISH holidaymakers lived a day of shock and anxiety in what was meant to be a relaxing holiday on Thursday.
With telephone systems jammed as terrorists struck London, British tourists on holiday in Cyprus were forced to rely on television and radio to find out news of what had happened as they tried to get in touch with loved ones.
THERE WAS complete chaos at Cyprus’ two airports yesterday, after porters decided to call an indefinite strike because they could not reach agreement over their work conditions and pay with the Hermes consortium which is set to take over the running of the airport from the autumn. Ominously, the strike was called on the very day that Hermes and the government had signed the BOT contract.
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.
