AG had failed to seek lifting of immunity for all charges
THE CORRUPTION trial against MEP Marios Matsakis collapsed yesterday after it emerged that the Attorney-general had only asked for his parliamentary immunity to be lifted on some of the charges he was facing.
A first charge was dropped last week.
OFFICIALS from ajet, formerly known as Helios Airways, yesterday stuck to their guns over the cause of last summer’s crash, focusing on build deficiencies on Boeing planes.
POLICE believe a financial dispute may have been the reason behind the cold-blooded slaying of 41-year-old Roulla Panteli, a divorced mother of two.
Last Sunday, Panteli was found dead at a remote location in the Limassol countryside, after having gone missing for two weeks. She had been shot twice in the back of the head.
THE ELECTRICITY Authority is seeking to play down claims that electricity bills have been soaring beyond reason in recent months.
Complaints have been mounting among consumers, some saying their bills have doubled over recent months, with one disgruntled customer reporting that she received a ludicrously expensive bill when she wasn’t even in the country.
A MAN from Larnaca arrested on suspicion of possessing five CDs containing child pornography said yesterday he did not know he was doing anything wrong.
The 39-year-old was yesterday handed a second remand for three days after police investigators discovered 15 CDs at his home that could contain more explicit pictures and videos of sexual exploitation of children.
THE PUBLIC Works Department yesterday insisted the Avdellero-Athienou road was safe following the death of a National Guard conscript early on Monday morning.
The incident brings the number of people killed on the road to five in the last five years, prompting Athienou Mayor Gavril Kazazis to call for drastic safety improvements.
SPECULATION is building around the looming Turkey-EU crisis, ranging from possible mediation by the Spanish Foreign Minster, to a Nicosia-Athens rift, to US plans to resolve the crisis.
Several reports surfaced that a visit here over the weekend by Spain’s Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos was connected with the Finnish plan.
BRITISH broadcaster Channel 4 is coming to Cyprus after being contacted by expats who have bought property on the island and not received their title deeds.
The property boom over the past few years is one of the main causes of the problem as the authorities struggle to stay afloat, swamped with applications.
A BRASH Paphos bishop Chrysostomos yesterday predicted he would be the next Church leader, following Sunday’s second round of the vote.
The results gave bishop Nikiforos of Kykkos the lead with 46 out of 100 Electors, with Limassol’s Athanassios coming in a close second with 45; Chrysostomos himself garnered just nine out of a possible ten.
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.
