THE ONGOING truckers’ strike is costing the economy £10 million a day, as the domino effect becomes apparent across all sectors on the island.
As the type A’ licence drivers’ strike enters its second week, OEV General Secretary Michalis Pilikos began counting the enormous cost to the Cypriot economy.
Sir,
The only thing I am surprised about with the recent pay rise that MPs have given themselves is that the press should be so universally indignant. The truth is, you’ve got to admire these guys for a whole host of reasons:
(1) Their sheer gall.
(2) Their timing. They know that by the time Parliament resumes after the summer break, other issues will be headline news.
Sir,
Just a thought – is there any good news in Cyprus at the moment?
As a regular reader of the paper both on the internet and when I’m on holiday there, it all seems a bit gloomy at the moment
Go on, put in a piece of good news which will ensure people like me, who love the Island, continue to miss every day not being there!
COOLER minds seemed to prevail yesterday in the aftermath of Monday’s violent incidents between striking truckers and police, as talks resumed to end the strike estimated to be costing the economy up to £10 million a day.
DOES the fact that a taxi driver returned a forgotten wallet to a tourist and received rapturous reception from the press and the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO), say something good about our taxi services.
That depends on who you ask?
MONDAY’S murder of a Press and Information Office (PIO) employee has raised serious security issues and runs counter to promises from the Justice Ministry, DISY deputy Ionas Nicolaou charged yesterday.
THE government yesterday denied reports it was importing medicines in bulk in violation of the law.
The reports appeared in daily newspaper Alithia, which even got confirmation from Health Minister Andreas Gavrielides, who conceded that last Friday the government received an order of aspirin packed in 1,000-pill boxes.
EGYPT is offering Cyprus its expertise on oil and gas exploration as part of an agreement signed yesterday between the relevant ministers of the two countries.
Sir,
In his article last week, ‘Srebrenica: justice at last?’, Gwynne Dyer says “Neither Muslims nor Croatians had any reason to apologise for the horrors at Srebrenica. It is the Serbs and the Dutch who need to apologise”.
THERE is not likely to be any let up in the rise in house prices in Cyprus for the foreseeable future, but experts yesterday ruled out any notion of a bubble.
In June 2005, house prices rose 1.1 per cent over May, according to the BuySell index, the only one published on the island.
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.
