ALITHIA: “Millions fly”. Proper procedures were overlooked in the hiring of seven specialists, at a rate of £34,000 a month, for their advisory services concerning the development of Larnaca and Paphos airports.
Remand extended
THE LIMASSOL district court yesterday renewed a remand order for a 33-year-old man being held as a suspect for the murder of 37-year-old, Poli Potamiti and 30-year-old army contract officer Panicos Prodromou.
EVEN THOUGH there is a significant improvement in the way school canteens are operating, there are still products being sold that are not part of the approved catalogue.
CYPRUS’ traditional sweets are under threat from bigger bakeries, with the number of confectionary shops having dropped to 70 from 110 since 1999.
A BRITISH couple has been honoured by Cyprus Airways and the Cyprus Tourist Organisation on their 77th visit to Cyprus yesterday.
Couple Mary and Ronald Vass were celebrated on their arrival in a ceremony at Larnaca airport.
WITH LAYERS of underground ruins lying within the walled city of Nicosia from the Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian, and Ottoman periods, every construction job requires supervision and approval from the Department of Antiquities, a legal stipulation that often upsets the landowners who want to construct on their property without obstruction or interference.
THE EXPLOITATION of Greek Cypriot properties in the north, the presence of Turkish troops and Turkish settlers were the main topics discussed during a dinner between Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat and DISY leader Nicos Anastassiades late on Thursday.
GREEK musician Mikis Theodorakis will be arriving to Cyprus this Monday on a three-day visit which includes a concert in the heart of Nicosia.
According to an AKEL statement, during Theodorakis stay he will be honoured by President Tassos Papadopoulos
A NEW approach must be taken to break the Cyprus problem deadlock and normalise relations between the two parts of the island, Turkish Cypriot Peace and Democracy Movement (BDH) leader Mustafa Akinci told the Cyprus Mail yesterday.
A NEW row flared up yesterday between the government and opposition DISY over President Tassos Papadopoulos’ policies on the Cyprus problem, which DISY said lacked vision.
DISY came under heavy fire yesterday from government spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides who said only “deceitful listeners” did not agree with the President.
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.
