JUSTICE Minister Doros Theodorou was yesterday raked over the coals for suggesting gangsters on both sides of the divide were pioneers when it came to rapprochement between the two communities.
CYPRIOTS are political animals but sofa voters, critical thinkers yet reluctant to switch sides, all wrapped into one.
These were the tentative conclusions gleaned from a nationwide poll commissioned by state broadcaster CyBC. The survey, conducted with house-to-house calls, polled 1,200 persons aged over 18 to gauge voter mindsets ahead of the May 21 legislative elections.
POLITICAL warhorse Vassos Lyssarides was yesterday in a philosophical mood, reflecting on a long career in public life spanning almost five decades.
But he dismissed the notion of a has-been sitting on the curb and watching the parade pass him by, telling the Mail he would “observe and comment from the sidelines whenever necessary”.
THE UNITED Nations yesterday announced the appointment of Christophe Girod as the third member of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP).
His appointment has been approved by the leaders of both communities, Tassos Papadopoulos and Mehmet Ali Talat, a statement from UNFICYP said yesterday.
LONDON Mayor Ken Livingstone believes that advertising the north’s tourism in the British capital is wrong, a London Turkish newspaper reported yesterday.
Last year, ads for the north were banned from London buses after complaints from Greek Cypriots saying the ads offended them. However, the decision was challenged by the Turkish Cypriots, who were supported by the High Court.
A SMALL team of Nicosia municipality and Communication Ministry representatives, including two wheelchair bound individuals, yesterday toured the length of Makarios Avenue in order to determine what changes were needed to make the strip more “wheelchair friendly”.
THE Foreign Ministry said yesterday it had not been asked by the United Nations to host the trial of the suspects accused in the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
The Ministry issued a statement in response to reports out of Beirut that Cyprus was one of three options being considered by the UN to host the trial.
AN 11-YEAR-old Russian girl nearly lost two fingers on Wednesday evening after being bitten by a monkey on an Animal Ranch in Mouttayiaka. A similar incident at the same ranch, in April 2000, cost a little Cypriot girl two fingers.
The 11-year-old, who is living in Cyprus permanently with her family, was rushed to a private clinic by Ranch owner Nicos Charalambous.
NICOSIA Municipality has announced plans for its annual clean-up operation, beginning today.
Running until the end of next month, the aim, according to the man in charge of the project, is to “clean up all public places for a better quality of life for all citizens.”
FREE-RANGE chicken farmers in Cyprus will soon no longer be able to sell their eggs with ‘free-range’ labels.’ The farmers claim this will put them out of business since they cannot recoup their production costs if unable to sell their poultry products under the desirable and costlier ‘free-range label’.
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.
