A BLIND man with his guide dog was the first to emerge from the French-chartered Greek cruise ship Ierapetra, which docked at the Larnaca port yesterday morning bringing evacuees from Lebanon.
The enveloping dense fog imparted a surreal ghostliness to what turned out to be the largest single craft evacuation from Lebanon to Cyprus since the Israeli bombings began.
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There is a serious risk that the latest dramatic episodes between the Islamic fundamentalist group Hizbollah and the state of Israel will degenerate into a conflict with international repercussions.
THE U.S. EMBASSY has set up a Media Centre in Larnaca to deal with the large influx of foreign journalists interested in the US situation, suggesting that the US may soon launch a full-scale evacuation effort of US citizens from Lebanon.
THREE YOUNG Cypriot brothers were among those expected to dock at Larnaca port during the early hours of this morning after their evacuation from Beirut yesterday evening.
Letter leaked from Multichoice shows LTV deal is on shaky ground
PAY-TV viewers, brace yourselves: if you thought that your subscription to Multichoice’s analogue service was guaranteed immunity from the pay-TV wars, wipe that look off your face.
A LONG-ANTICIPATED landmark property case kicked off yesterday in London’s High Court with British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s barrister wife Cherie Blair seeking to justify the possession by a British couple of land belonging to a Greek Cypriot who fled the north of the island in the wake of the 1974 Turkish invasion.
NICOSIA architect Nikos Mesaritis yesterday announced his candidacy for mayor in the upcoming December municipal elections.
Speaking to reporters at a news conference Mesaritis outlined three goals he aspired to achieve if he were elected, including Nicosia’s economic development, the creation of job opportunities, and security in the capital.
THE EUROPEAN Union’s executive arm yesterday urged national governments to adopt the bloc’s laws more rapidly, as a name-and-shame list showed members were slipping further behind the target for implementation.
THE BRITISH Bases yesterday talked about their role in assisting with the evacuation of citizens of all nationalities from Lebanon.
In a news conference held at the Episkopi Garrison’s Officers’ Mess, the British High Commission issued statements on how they are dealing with the situation.
U.S. STATE Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mathew Bryza ended the fourth day of his visit to Cyprus yesterday by saying the US would do all it could to facilitate a bi-zonal, bicommunal, federal solution to the island’s decades-old divide.
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.
