THE TURKISH Cypriot authorities are bracing themselves for a possible drop in tourism revenue after two dead chickens found in the north tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.
“We are worried. It [bird flu] could have an effect, not just on the north, but on the whole of the island,” Turkish Cypriot hoteliers head Turan Beydagli told the Cyprus Mail yesterday.
MARCOS Baghdatis’ incredible feat in reaching the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne has seen the 20-year-old jump nearly 30 places to number 27 in the latest world rankings.
World number one Roger Federer weathered an early storm eventually to come out on top 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2 in two hours and 46 minutes to claim his seventh Grand Slam title.
THE government yesterday stepped up restrictions in the south east of the island after poultry tested positive for bird flu at a village in the occupied north, just five kilometres from the dividing line near Famagusta.
The test results, announced on Sunday, have sparked a war of words between the two sides, as veterinary experts struggle to prevent an outbreak.
MILITANT pilots of national carrier Cyprus Airways (CY) said yesterday they would stage a “warning strike” in protest at management’s backtracking on a cost-cutting deal.
CYPRUS should immediately import ‘narcotests’, according to Justice Minister Doros Theodorou, since four of the six indirect deaths from narcotics in 2005 resulted from heroin-related car crashes.
THE EAC said yesterday it would is to continue supplying the occupied areas with electricity until February 20, after a blast knocked out the main power station in the north earlier this month.
THE MOTHER of Cypriot tennis hero Marcos Baghdatis was recovering from an operation for gallstones yesterday.
Andri Baghdatis was taken to a private clinic in Limassol on Sunday in the middle of her son’s most crucial tennis match to date.
A 52-YEAR-old woman from Lythrodontas was yesterday fined £3,000 by a Nicosia court after admitting to charges of trading 410 pirate CDs and videotapes in her shop.
The woman cried as her defence lawyer pleaded with Judge Angelos David to hand out a lenient punishment because of the many personal problems she has been through.
A 40-YEAR-old Sri Lankan woman remanded in custody yesterday on suspicion of premeditated murder of her 75-year-old Cypriot husband.
TWO women were yesterday remanded in custody for five days after being arrested on suspicion of theft.
The two women, 48-year-old Nely Kbileshvili and 52-year-old Tinatin Kartvelishvili, both from Georgia, were charged with two counts of theft each. Police are looking for a Georgian man also believed to be involved in the case.
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.
