Turkey bird flu scare brings unexpected benefits
SPORTS tourism is on the rise, with analysts saying travellers are switching their attention from Turkey to Cyprus, due to the bird flu scare.
Government firm on avoiding confrontation
CYPRUS WILL not enter into a feud with Britain over the visit of Foreign Secretary Jack Straw despite the British government’s indifference to the sensitivities of the Greek Cypriot people, President Tassos Papadopoulos said yesterday.
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday condemned the bomb hoax and vandalism during a bicommunal event on Wednesday night, following criticism from opposition DISY, one of the organisers, over the delay in commenting.
“The government condemns in the strongest possible manner the vandalism that occurred,” he said.
TURKISH CYPRIOT landowners yesterday appeared in court to demand the return of their land, during the first day of a trial examining the illegal transfer of ownership and sale of Turkish Cypriot land in Kato Pyrgos and Ayios Theodoros.
DISY DEPUTY Eleni Theocharous blasted the Health Minister for amending a law regarding drug labelling. The law was amended last October despite warnings from both the Attorney General and the EU that the move was illegal and could lead to heavy fines.
THE EUROPEAN Commission said yesterday it would start the process that could lead to court action against most EU member states for failing to grant rights to long-term residents from countries outside the bloc.
OUT-PATIENT attendance at hospitals increased by eight per cent in 2004 over 2003 with almost 1.5 million people receiving treatment, latest health and hospital statistics released yesterday said.
Of the 1,483,407 people who visited outpatients departments in hospitals and clinics,
67.5 per cent represented attendances at general hospitals around the island.
AN EIGHT-MEMBER delegation from Eurocontrol is in Cyprus to begin implementing an agreement signed in October 2005 between Cyprus and Eurocontrol with regard to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) provisions and European Union plans to create a single European sky.
BISHOP OF KITI Chrysostomos and the president of anti-drug organisation KENTHEA yesterday insisted that the group has been wronged by the Anti-Drug Committee’s decision not to approve funding for its programmes.
A COURT in the north yesterday adjourned the hearing of MEP Marios Matsakis, charged with stealing a Turkish flag, until February 3.
Matsakis was released from Turkish Cypriot custody on an £18,000 bond after spending two days in jail on January 2. The charges relate to the maverick MP pulling down a Turkish flag from an unmanned sentry post close to Louroudjina in November.
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.
