A 31-YEAR-OLD Lebanese mother of two, desperate to flee her war-stricken country and to join her husband who works in Limassol, was yesterday denied political asylum at Larnaca airport.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR] said that if this were the case, the authorities had broken international and national laws.
CYPRUS IS not in danger from a cloud of toxic depleted uranium from weapons allegedly being used by Israel against Lebanon, Health Minister Charalambous Charalambous said yesterday.
Charalambous, responding to reports, and to a warning from the Green Party of the danger to Cyprus, said the threat was hypothetical.
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos has sent a letter to Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat through the UN, requesting a meeting to review developments since the two sides exchanged lists of discussion issues on Monday.
AUTHORITIES in the government-controlled areas are doing everything in their power to investigate allegations of a scam involving the sale of Turkish Cypriot properties in the south, the police has said.
A 39-YEAR-OLD was yesterday taken into custody by Ayia Napa police after his dog was involved in a drunken brawl outside a hotel on Tuesday morning.
Last night, a police source from Ayia Napa told the Cyprus Mail that “the matter was still being investigated and that nobody had yet been charged with anything”.
THE FOUNDER of the Pierides Foundation will pay off his £1.3 million loan to the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) in the form of works from his collection, reports said yesterday.
Politis, which broke the story of the loan to Demetris Pierides, who was also a member of the BoC board, said the money would be paid back through the acquisition of works from the Foundation.
THE GREENPEACE vessel SV Rainbow Warrior II docked in Larnaca yesterday morning, where it planned to load up on humanitarian aid and then depart for Lebanon at 11pm.
AUDITOR-general Chrystalla Yiorkadji has ordered an investigation after Nicosia residents kicked up a stink over a new toll for the installation of sewage pipes.
The levy, which translates into some £30 million, was imposed by the Nicosia Sewerage Board (NSB), despite the fact the affected inhabitants already pay for maintenance of the system.
OFFICERS of the State Consumer Protection Services have pulled a water sport product off the market after being alerted by RAPEX.
The EU run RAPEX system serves as a single rapid alert system for dangerous consumer products by notifying EU member states.
THE HEALTH Ministry was yesterday investigating the claims of a Dutch tourist that he had contracted Legionnaires’ disease while holidaying in Limassol.
According to Politis newspaper, the public health services were notified of the man’s condition by his doctors in Holland as soon as he was diagnosed with the condition.
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.
