THE TURKISH Cypriot authorities yesterday announced the formation of a property commission that, if accepted as legitimate by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), could soon be handling Greek Cypriot applications for the reinstatement of properties in the north.
LEGAL circles in Cyprus are locking horns over the decision by some 1,000 Greek Cypriot refugees to appeal a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision last December that said redress should be sought with a compensation commission under the breakaway regime.
THE EUROPEAN Commission yesterday raised doubts about Cyprus Airways (CY) restructuring plan and is opening a formal investigation, it said yesterday.
In a statement from Brussels, the Commission said the plan, which was submitted to them in November last year by the government, might violate rules prohibiting state aid to enterprises.
A DRAMATIC car-chase, reminiscent of an action film, took place yesterday afternoon on the Nicosia-Rizoelia-Dhekelia highway.
It all began when two men aged 30 and 22 from Ayios Georgios Acheritou failed to stop when police waved them down for a routine check, instead driving off at high speed. Sirens blaring, the police car pursued them.
BRITISH AIRWAYS has announced an increase in its summer flights schedule to 19 per week, making the airline ready to satisfy increased demand over the summer period for the favoured routes of Larnaca-Heathrow, Paphos-Gatwick and Paphos-Manchester.
A BILL to implement an officer to supervise the worthiness of airplanes has been unanimously approved at the House Communications Committee.
The bill, which was also approved by officials of the legal services and civil aviation, notes that an officer be placed to specifically supervise the inspection of all aircrafts to see if they are airworthy or not.
THE CYPRUS Tourism Organisation (CTO) is to distribute special glasses to all tourists arriving on the island as of Monday so that visitors can view the total eclipse of the sun on March 29.
The coverage of the sun will be 95 per cent and visible in Cyprus, which will require special glasses for anyone wanting to view it without damaging their sight.
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos repeated yesterday that Turkey must fulfil its obligations to the EU under the customs union protocol as a BBC analysis warned that Ankara was heading for a clash with the bloc over the issue.
A TURKISH Cypriot man was yesterday fined £700 by a Nicosia District Court for not declaring an old book, belonging to a Greek Cypriot refugee, to the Antiquities Department.
The case, which is the first of its kind in the Cypriot courts, saw 71-year-old Birol Hasan plead guilty to two charges and was fined £700 for the first charge without being fined for the second charge.
A MAGIC show called The Illusion World of George opens at Othellos Nicosia in Makedonitissa tomorrow evening. To a pyrotechnic display of music, fog, and lights, Magician George performs disappearing acts, chainsaw acts and other magic tricks with the help of his five lady assistants.
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.
