Greek Press

POLITIS: “Caught in the middle of it”. It was revealed after concise investigations that land development businessmen in cooperation with City-planning workers in Paphos were part of a scam, which aimed to avoid founding the public with millions of pounds worth of tax rebates. Now the con has been uncovered the public stands to receive the money.

ALITHIA: “Lillikas will import Hollywood”. The Minister of Commerce is dreaming of bringing Hollywood to Cyprus. He announced it at a press conference that was also attended by members of the Ministry of Education. The daily refers to the idea as ‘surprising’ even though he’s been toying with the idea for a while.

SIMERINI: “Citizenship given out free-handedly”. The government has been handing out citizenship with ease, according to the daily. Since the year before last, hundreds of citizens of the occupied area who have one Turkish-Cypriot parent were given citizenship. Last September 1048 citizenships were granted whilst yesterday the Ministerial Council approved another 15.

HARAVGHI: “Anger in Ankara.” There was an uncomfortable reaction from Ankara as well as Brussels the day before yesterday, when the ratification of the customs union protocol was suspended. The European Committee also sent out strict unanimous messages to Turkey concerning its pending enrolment with the EU.

PHILELEFTHEROS: “Euro-slap at the last minute”. Turkey is receiving a lot of pressure just before proceedings start for their enrolment to the EU. It is possible that the British Presidency will call for a Foreign Ministries meeting on Sunday or Monday to conclude on the form the proceedings should take.

MACHI: “This is nothing compared to what they took from us”. The right-ring daily reports on the military beret that was part of the possessions returned by a Turkish officer to Greek soldiers he held hostage in 1974. Father Soteris Savva thanked the ex-officer for returning it but added: “it is nothing compared to what they took from us”.

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.