HAPPY TO report some good news on the diplomatic front, for a change. Our Ethnarch may have pissed off the European Commission, the UN and the Anglo-American axis of evil in the last few months, but he has bounced back like a rubber ball, recruiting the unstinting support of other big players on the world stage.
A WAR of works has broken out between the Turkish Cypriot artistic community and the Mayor of north Nicosia Kutlay Erk, and not for the first time.
PHILIPOS Philippides unwraps the white sheet, exposing the deceased man’s body. The body is clean but the pallid yellowish tinge to the skin makes it clear that the peacefully reposed elderly man on the mobile bed is not sleeping.
A statuette of the Virgin Mary rests in the corner on a plush crimson carpet. Above her hangs a crucifix.
HOW often have you found yourself stuck behind a vehicle spewing out a cloud of noxious black smoke, wondering how on earth it ever passed its MOT?
It’s happened to us all, leading to the suspicion that many vehicles on the roads are not undergoing proper MOT tests and servicing, resulting in them being not roadworthy and polluting the environment.
WITH television shows such as Crime Scene Investigation and The X-Files etched into popular culture, the forensic pathologist has become an increasingly familiar figure.
But the reality is often different from that depicted on screen, and not everything is as glamorous as Scully might make out.
Sir,
I agree to a certain extent with Simon Salaras (Letters, January 29) that separation may be an answer to solving the Cyprus problem. However, two separate states is not the only possible solution.
Sir,
I went to the cinema the other day to see the latest remake of King Kong. The film was rated 12 Cert, which I presume means that the minimum age of a viewer must be at least 12! This, however, did not seem to prevent a majority of the seats from being filled with under 12-year-olds!
POLICE spokesman Demetris Demetriou yesterday confirmed plans for a bill that would allow police to confiscate and auction off vehicles illegally driven by minors.
THE CONCEPT of neighbourhood policemen may sound good, but residents of crime-stricken suburbs say it will take a lot more than that to solve their problems.
Earlier this week Justice Minister Doros Theodorou repeated plans to set up community police and/or “voluntary police officers”, particularly in high-risk areas such as the suburbs outside the large cities.
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