GO JOHNNY GO – imagine Condoleezza Rice or Jack Straw stating a personal opinion that apparently contradicted that of Bush or Blair. There would be an outcry, which would culminate in resignation on the part of the aforementioned ministers.
WE ALL remember how the smell of madelines brought memories of childhood flooding back to Proust. Setting in motion a train of consciousness that manifested itself in the volumes of, “A la recherche du temps perdu”.
ALITHIA: “Invite for AKEL-DISY cooperation”. DISY Parliamentary Representative Christos Pourgourides presented an open invitation to AKEL last Thursday requesting AKEL and DISY cooperate together in hopes of opening a path that will ultimately lead to the solution of the Cyprus problem.
THE PUBLIC works department failed to inform the relevant authorities and to take the proper safety procedures in dismantling an asbestos roof, thereby putting at risk government workers in a nearby building, according to the Labour Inspection Department.
BENEFICIARIES are expected to receive state allowances, set by the Plenum on Thursday, by the end of the month.
The Plenum agreed unanimously on three supplementary budgets amounting to just over £104 million which aim to cover added state expenses, sponsorships and donations and social benefits for various classes of the public in need.
DRIVERS and motoring organisations have mostly come out in favour of traffic cameras being installed at various traffic lights across the island in Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos.
The General Manager of the Cyprus Automobile Association, Takis Kyriakides described the installation of the cameras as “very beneficial”.
THE CYPRUS League for Chest Diseases, in collaboration with the Cyprus Respiratory Society are today organising a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day throughout the island.
“ONE CITY, One Celebration” is the slogan that will be branded all over Nicosia as the capital’s Christmas 2005 and New Year 2006 festive celebrations get underway.
The Citizens Organisation of Nicosia, and the Municipality have launched the capital’s second annual festive celebrations following last year’s success.
TWO DRUG Squad officers charged with using excessive force while apprehending a drug trafficker were yesterday acquitted by a Limassol district court, ending a year-long trial.
TECHNICAL Chamber ETEK has openly accused the state of inertia and of tolerating alleged daily discrepancies in its town-planning policy.
In a written statement published in yesterday’s Politis, ETEK named a large number of illegalities and points out that, in a concealing manner, certain advantages are favoured while the same thing does not apply to the average Cypriot.
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.
