A JUBILANT Bishop Chrysostomos of Paphos yesterday vowed that under his watch as Primate he would end the bickering that has divided the Church.
His enthronement as Chrysostomos II will be held on Sunday.
Politicians, including President Tassos Papadopoulos and House Speaker Demetris Christofias, congratulated Chrysostomos on his election.
IN AN ominous indication of public opinion on the archbishopric election results, the Sunday enthronement ceremony was postponed for a week for fear of public unrest.
ON Sunday, Paphos Bishop Chrysostomos – the candidate who received 11 per cent of the popular vote – was elected as the new Archbishop of Cyprus after a series of Machiavellian maneuverings that many have condemned as a hijacking of the election.
BELEAGUERED airline ajet has accused the government of a blatant disregard for the law in preventing one of its planes from leaving Cyprus.
Yesterday, the Attorney-general’s office filed an injunction with a Larnaca court to seize the airline’s remaining plane.
A POLICE SEMINAR on the subject of human trafficking kicked off yesterday at the capital’s Police Academy, with officers being given training and advice on the problem.
TWO POLISH workers were killed in a road accident yesterday after their van smashed into the back of a lorry that had broken down on the motorway.
LEAGUE leaders APOEL dropped two points on Sunday away to surprise packages Ayia Napa whilst rivals Omonia closed the gap to four points after their easy win over Olympiakos Nicosia.
NO ALTERNATIVE formula aimed at averting a “train crash” between Turkey and the EU over Cyprus will be tabled before the end of the year, Finnish Ambassador to Cyprus Risto Piipponen told the Cyprus Mail yesterday.
DEPUTIES yesterday blamed overdevelopment for the catastrophic consequences of recent thunderstorms in Paphos, which killed two people and wrecked buildings and crops.
THERE were massive queues and delays at Larnaca airport yesterday morning as new European Union regulations came into effect, limiting the amount of liquids that passengers are allowed to take onto flights.
Queues developed at security and passport controls, causing delays to four Cyprus Airways flights leaving between 8 and 9am.
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.
