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Union leaders condemn political intervention
SECONDARY and technical school teachers yesterday voted against a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 60 to 63.
A 40-YEAR-OLD man who was wanted by Paphos police turned himself in late on Wednesday night, along with a 39-year-old accomplice.
RUSSIA has not changed its policy on Cyprus, President Tassos Papadopoulos said yesterday in response to concern over statements made by Moscow on Tuesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a press conference at the Kremlin that Russia had not changed its stance on Cyprus but at the same time praised the Turkish Cypriot side in its striving for a settlement.
A FORMER Ambassador was in court yesterday facing 26 different charges, most of which are alleged sexual harassment charges.
Dressed in a smart blue suit and with his arms crossed, Costas Papadimas, a former Ambassador to Cyprus in Sweden, stood silently in front of a three-judge bench as his lawyer requested that some of the charges against his client be dropped.
E.U. HEALTH Commissioner Markos Kyprianou yesterday warned of the dangers of cigarette lighters, especially for children and warned that legislation would be implemented forcing manufacturers to make their products child-safe.
THE PRELIMINARY draft of the investigation report into the Helios crash will be ready next month, Akrivos Tsolakis, the chief investigator into the accident said yesterday.
AROUND £5,000 in various currencies was taken in a robbery at a call centre in Limassol yesterday. Three thieves went to the call centre, which was manned only by one 44-year old female employee, and demanded she hand over all the cash. They then fled the scene.
Survey says 60% think EU accession hasn’t benefited us
OVER 60 per cent of Cypriots are worried about unemployment, latest Eurobarometer figures have revealed.
How can only two outbreaks have been detected?
BOTH THE Committees and Ministries of Health and Agriculture have expressed doubts over whether samples sent by the Turkish Cypriot side to be tested for the H5N1 bird flu virus were of the affected chickens or not.
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.
