Sir,
This letter is in response to recent anti-social incidents covered in the Cyprus Mail. In these articles, there seems to be a central theme of a relaxed authoritarian attitude that is no deterrent to anti-social activities, relying on social moral courage at all levels of society to ameliorate the pending crisis. This cannot be depended upon because there is a definite lack of it.
CYPRUS Airways (CY) unions last night handed in their written responses to the final restructuring plan presented to them on Tuesday evening.
According to CY chairman Lazaros Savvides, the only union that had not handed in its request for clarifications was pilots’ union PASIPY. However, he said he had spoken to the union and they had given a reason.
AN ENGLISH Cypriot taken hostage by bogus estate agents in Bulgaria was recovering from his ordeal yesterday after being freed in a deadly gun battle.
Chris Fanos had just arrived on a scouting mission looking for property to buy when he was snatched by the gang last week.
CONSUMERS are braving rising prices to stock up on meat for the festive season this year.
Despite marked price rises, traditions have prompted the public into stocking up for those Christmas dinners and in-between feasts.
THE HOUSE Education Committee has rejected the Education Ministry’s suggestion that schools should decide internally what their uniforms should be.
Head of the Committee Nicos Tornaritis said yesterday the authority for determining school uniforms should be returned to the Ministry.
A SERBIAN family is preparing to enjoy Christmas in Cyprus after having had the threat of deportation lifted by the Supreme Court.
Neboja Micovic has now been granted temporary residence after a lengthy legal battle against his deportation which saw him spending 83 days behind bars pending his appeal. He has now been granted leave to stay while his appeal is heard.
EUROPEAN Party leader Demetris Syllouris yesterday urged Greek Cypriots to boycott the north during the Christmas holidays in protest at the breakaway regime’s unilateral action on the Ledra Street crossing.
OVER 85 per cent of Greek Cypriots are satisfied with their lives while 79 per cent of Turkish Cypriots say they are satisfied, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey, which shows the EU average satisfaction level at 80 per cent.
THE ISLAND’S accession to the EU in May 2004 did away with the need to clear with customs any goods imported from the bloc. Right?
Well, kind of. Just when it looked like red tape and delays would be almost single-handedly wiped out, the civil service apparatus has found ways around this – to the detriment of merchants and consumers alike.
THE TWO young men who allege they were severely beaten by police after being pulled over in the early hours of Monday morning during a routine ID check last night returned to their homes with bruises all over their body and their left hands in a cast.
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.
