Talat confident laws will be ready by March 22
THE REINSTATEMENT of Turkish Cypriot refugee Arif Mustafa to his property in Episkopi could soon be followed by the reinstatement of Greek Cypriots to their properties in the north, a top Turkish Cypriot legal source told the Cyprus Mail yesterday.
Sir,
Licence to annoy more like, given the numerous and endless list of complaints about poor roads, smoky double cabins, virtual non enforcement of traffic laws other than derisory speed traps when youths accompanied by scantily dressed Miss Impunity chase up and down Grivas Dighenis all night in souped up pseudo-dragsters.
Sir,
I AM not sure that D. Pavlou’s suggestion that Cyprus be divided up like England and Scotland is a particularly good idea (Letters February 14).
At the moment Scottish MPs have the right to vote on English laws, but English MPs cannot vote on the laws in Scotland. It is a problem known as the West Lothian Question.
Government seeks to calm Greek Cypriots fearing eviction
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday sought to quell fears among Greek Cypriot refugees that they would be left homeless in the wake of a landmark case involving the reinstatement of a Turkish Cypriot to his property in the south.
THE HOUSE Watchdog Committee yesterday heard the non-operation of the new Nicosia general hospital was draining state coffers of £25,000 daily.
The expense, which has been estimated based on the hospital’s daily output and other running costs, horrified committee members who called the project the Republic’s greatest scandal.
AGRICULTURE Minister Timis Efthymiou yesterday confirmed prevention measures implemented at the Green Line checkpoints to stop the spread of bird flu would be lifted next week.
Additional measures established within a 10-kilometre surveillance zone around the initial outbreak in the occupied areas would be lifted on the same day, he said.
TWO YOUNG men from the Nicosia village of Tseri were in court yesterday where they pleaded guilty to charges of illegal hunting and being in possession of a dangerous weapon.
One of the men’s father was also charged for not properly concealing the weapon his son had taken without his permission.
THE GOVERNMENT said yesterday it had not been officially informed that the Turkish Cypriot side might be willing to dismantle the controversial bridge that has prevented the opening of Ledra Street.
On Tuesday Turkish Cypriot Mayor for Nicosia north, Kutlay Erk, signalled that they might be willing to remove the bridge it built at the proposed crossing in the Green Line.
TRUCK DRIVERS, members of POVEK and the Pancyprian Business Association of A and D Licence Holders (PSEA), are to go on a 24-hour strike today.
THE STOCK Exchange has suspended the trading of shares in Multichoice (Cyprus) Public Company Ltd for the second day running after LTV was reported to have reached a deal with the board of CyTA to manage the miVision platform from 2006. The deal is said to be at a minimum fee of £2.5 million per year.
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.
