Government on the defence over army bribery claims
GOVERNMENT AND parliament replies to recent reports, claiming that a National Guard officer received kickbacks during an armoury system purchase by the State, still offer no light over the heart of the issue.
THE long-awaited probe on the causes of the August 14 airline disaster should be ready by February next year, chief investigator Akrivos Tsolakis said yesterday.
Speaking on Greek TV network NET, Tsolakis said the clues to the puzzle were beginning to fall into place, after months of painstaking evidence-gathering.
THE Laiki Bank Group reported a 90.3 per cent increase in its nine-month net profit yesterday.
Net profit rose to £30.4 million from £16.02 million in the same period of 2004. Operating income was up 11.6 per cent at £183.1 million, Cyprus’ second largest financial group said.
TURKISH Cypriot shopkeepers north of the Greek Line in central Nicosia say they are delighted at the prospect of a new checkpoint opening at the northern end of Ledra Street.
“It will be just like old times,” says Meyrem Ozyesir, who remembers how things were before the crossing was walled off in 1974.
Any day now Nicosia will be transformed but how do Ledra street’s merchants feel about it?
Bi-communal march to rally public confidence
A BI-COMMUNAL peace march is to take place in along the Finikoudes seafront in Larnaca tomorrow in an attempt to boost confidence between the two sides that was damaged after the 2004 referendum on the Annan plan.
ONLY TIME will tell if efforts by authorities in the north to open the Ledra street checkpoint in Nicosia are a communication trick, Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos said yesterday.
Hoteliers outline problems facing the industry
HOTELIERS from the Association of Tourist Enterprises (STEK) yesterday expressed serious concern over the future of the island’s tourism, saying the sector was still facing numerous problems.
FORMER PRESIDENT of the Republic and honorary president of the United Democrats Vassiliou was honoured yesterday for his years of contribution to market research.
THE AKEL party’s 20th congress yesterday began getting down to business after the fanfare of the opening day.
The proceedings included speeches by representatives from all Cypriot political parties as well as Turkish Cypriot and foreign parties.
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.
