Nicosia dismissive while EU wonders if Ankara’s latest offer comes with strings attached
ANKARA yesterday offered to open one Turkish port and airport to Cyprus, suggesting Greek Cypriots mirror the proposal for the north, but Nicosia called the offer a mockery.
Dear Sir,
I was recently diagnosed with a rare ailment that has weakened my body’s ability to produce healthy blood cells. I depend on the great kindness of others who selflessly give of their time and effort to travel to the blood banks on our beautiful island and donate blood.
I was driving home from work in Limassol on Tuesday night, which requires me to cross a major part of the town to reach the Limassol-Larnaca highway. As always I was appalled at the lack of self-safety of those using the roads. Let me recount the incidents that nearly cost some people severe injury if not death.
Sir,
I refer to the Ms Jacobson’s letter (December 1) where she complains about audience lateness spoiling a musical performance.
I could not agree more. It seems to be accepted in Cypriot society that it’s OK to be late for every appointment or arrangement and people actually expect others to wait for them without complaint.
BOTH sides claimed victory yesterday as the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Turkey to pay Greek Cypriot refugee Myra Xenides-Arestis 850,000 euros in compensation for denying her access to the property she lost in the 1974 Turkish invasion.
SECONDARY school students from Nicosia are being given a taste of what it feels like to be an asylum seeker as part of a new awareness campaign, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said yesterday.
THE presidents of China and Cyprus held talks and signed co-operation agreements in the areas of culture, health and trade yesterday in Beijing in an effort to increase economic but also diplomatic relations between the two countries, with Cyprus seeking a strong ally within the Security Council and China looking to gain political leverage within the EU.
TWENTY pedestrians die every year on the road, according to official figures released yesterday by the Nicosia Police Department.
According to Nicosia Police Chief Christos Dionysiou, in the last five years, 97 pedestrians lost their lives while 1,422 were injured. Thirty of these road deaths occurred in the Nicosia district.
FOURTEEN students from two Nicosia secondary school involved in a thwarted brawl with pupils of another school have been arrested and will face prosecution.
Justice Minister Sophocles Sophocleous has said the police will not tolerate their behaviour, adding that he is considering introducing police patrols around various schools.
COMPLAINTS made to the Ombudswoman during the year 2005 noted a significant increase in every single social and state sector, according the office’s annual report for the year.
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