Greek Press

POLITIS: “Pressured over changes”. The public’s distress after August’s tragic Helios crash along with the outrage caused by the lack of legality has caused the people to demand a cleaner and safer public life. The parliament and political parties are currently in talks to change and update certain laws.

ALITHIA: “Cyprus humiliated in Europe”. The daily reports that where doors are being opened for Turkey, Cyprus keeps facing black walls. The day before yesterday Cyprus endured the ultimate humiliation when the Legal Committee of the EU decided that DIKO European representative Marios Matsakis should have his immunity lifted because of the legal cases he is facing in Cyprus.

SIMERINI: “Look who’s asking for discipline in the National Guard?”. The daily raises questions on statements made by the political parties. Who is representative of the ecologists George Perdikis referring to when he says political and military units need to be dismantled? And who are the uneducated people in the Force that DISY is talking about?

HARAVGHI: “All options are open”. The left-wing daily reports on the intense reaction of Cyprus to Britain’s attempts of connecting the recognition of the Cypriot Republic with Turkey’s plans to join the EU, something many Member States agreed with. The British Presidency has now committed itself to drawing up a different counter-statement, something that will be discussed at an emergency COREPER meeting.

PHILELEFTHEROS: “Money is being stolen”. Major municipalities owe many millions of pounds to their staff in bonuses and pensions. The municipalities of Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos owe more than £50 million in delayed payments and workers’ unions are in a desperate rush to make sure things are resolved and workers’ rights are being protected.

MACHI: “European Slap”. The Permanent Committee of Representatives for the EU still hasn’t reached a conclusion concerning the counter-statement to Turkey. There was, however, a long and intense discussion that may mean that the matter will be resolved within the next few days. According to the right-wing daily, the change of atmosphere had a lot to do with Cyprus’s and Greece’s Permanent Representatives Nikos Emiliou and Vasilis Kaskarelis.

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.