Cyprus doesn’t have a great record on the road. A recent EU survey showed that it has one of the largest percentage increases in road deaths. I’m not surprised. Let’s face it, many drivers here are mavericks.
EU NUMBNESS – if you wade through the reporting on the EU, Turkey and Cyprus over the past few weeks, you might be left with a sense of numbness due in part to the confusing messages that come from different quarters. Depending on who you are, where you are speaking from will determine what you are saying. So all Turkish commentators on the matter will refer to Cyprus in the EU as ‘Greek Cyprus’.
THINGS are not going well for British force in Basra. Two undercover soldiers arrested by local police after a firefight and a British tank ploughing through a prison wall to get them out after intelligence they were about to be handed over to militiamen by rogue elements at the police station.
CYPRUS has one of the highest world counts of mesothelioma cases per capita, according to AKEL MEP Adamos Adamou, who accused the government of endangering the health of Cypriot citizens by stalling in full implementation of EU directives on asbestos.
TWO of the biggest betting companies in Cyprus have come out in favour of a proposal for a new law governing gambling. The law, which is currently being drafted, will see tax reduced or abolished, the opening up of the market, allowing other operators to stage races, and foreign bets allowed.
OPPOSITION DISY has slammed the government for its ineffectual foreign policy, which it says does nothing to facilitate efforts for a settlement on the Cyprus problem.
HOUSES in Cyprus are getting smaller and smaller in response to rising prices, statistics have shown.
SMALL shopkeepers say the extension of shopping hours is a deliberate act to put them out of business.
The proposals that emerge after months of heated discussions involve the controversial subject of opening hours and product range that various shops are allowed to sell.
THE rate of unemployment has been rising steadily this year, though not at an alarming pace, Minister of Labour Christos Taliadoros said yesterday.
The minister’s comments came after discussion of the issue at the House Employment Committee with employers’ associations and trade unions.
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday briefed the National Council on the EU’s response to Ankara’s non-recognition of Cyprus, and his contacts in New York during the UN General Assembly.
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.
