Shopping hours

Sir,
I read with interest the longlasting debate about opening hours of supermarkets: to be honest, I have not heard of any European country that closes its shops on a weekday afternoon; also Cyprus bank opening hours are a little bit un-European and not particularly customer-friendly. Much has to be done before full membership.

Heinze Gautier, Germany

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.