THE 16-day protest by asylum seekers ended peacefully yesterday after they reached an agreement with the government.

Sir,
Pet poisoning has been in the news a lot of late, thankfully, with Tamara Somoyi’s anti-lanate campaign in Trimiklini and a news special on Paphos TV. Sadly it’s a subject I know too much about already.

EXASPERATED cancer patients and relatives yesterday dismissed the state cancer services in Cyprus as a travesty and warned they would take their case to the EU if necessary.

They are at the end of their tether over what they claim is a deliberate strategy by the government to downgrade – and ultimately wipe out – the provision of cancer health care at state hospitals.

IN A LANDMARK decision, Church leaders yesterday resolved to bend the rules, setting September as the date for elections to ordain a new Archbishop.

The Church has been in limbo for four years, ever since Archbishop Chrysostomos – now formally retired – was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

ACTING DIKO leader Nicos Cleanthous yesterday lashed out at media speculation that his days at the helm of the party were numbered, attributing the reports to mythmaking.

AN 18-YEAR-old woman was killed in the early hours of yesterday when she was hit by a high-powered motorbike as she was walking on the Rizoelia-Dhekelia motorway with a friend.

CYPRUS Airways (CY) yesterday announced the introduction of a new service charge that will add between £10 and £40 to the cost of an air ticket from June 1.

The £10 fee will apply to CY flights to Greece and the Middle East. It will rise to £20 on flights to Europe and the Gulf, and £40 on long-haul destinations such as the US, Canada, Africa, Australia and the Far East.

YESTERDAY was the hottest day of the year so far, with inland temperatures “exceeding 36 degrees Celsius,” according to the Meteorological Service.

Weather chief Kyriacos Theofilou yesterday told the Cyprus Mail that, “temperatures are above average for the time of year, which are normally not more than 31 degrees.”

FORMER Supreme Court Judge Panayiotis Kallis was yesterday officially sworn in as the head of the government-appointed Cypriot Air Crash Committee.

On May 10, the Cabinet approved the appointment of an independent Investigative Committee to determine the causes of last August’s Helios Airways crash, which claimed the lives of all 121 passengers on board.