Holidays without water, thanks to the Paphos Water Board

2007-01-03

Sir,

I am extremely upset with our Water Board in Paphos. I have an apartment in Kato Paphos that I let on a long term basis; my tenant called me on Friday December 22nd and complained that there was no water.

I rushed to the water board to see what the problem was, it was 12.30pm and they had just closed for the long weekend.

Killed by a drunk driver on New Year’s day

2007-01-03

A YOUNG man was killed in the early hours of New Year’s Day when a drunk driver swerved off the road, striking the man and his girlfriend, and then fleeing the scene.

The 17-year-old victim, Georgios Mavrikios, is the son of CyBC General Director Marios Mavrikios.

Pensioner killed in gas heater blaze

2007-01-03

AN 86-year-old woman burned to death on New Year’s Eve when the gas heater she was using to keep warm burst into flames in her home.

The flames destroyed everything in Kleoniki Georgiou’s home in Korfi, in the Limassol district, except for a large wooden cross, which somehow survived the high temperatures.

Water cuts set for February despite wet forecast

2007-01-03

TEMPERATURES are set to drop tomorrow and Friday, with rain in the outlook as well, weathermen said yesterday.

Speaking on CyBC television last night, Meteorological Services head Kyriakos Theofilou confirmed the weather would change tomorrow, with clouds forming in the sky from today.

Second young man dies in road accident

2007-01-03

LESS than two days into the New Year and a second young man was killed in yet another tragic road accident.

Twenty-two-year-old George Anastasis was killed on the Avdellerou-Aradippou road at 4.20pm yesterday.

His death comes less than 48 hours following the tragic loss of 17-year-old Georgios Mavrikios, son of CyBC General Director Marios Mavrikios.

Bulgarian Turks wonder whether accession will allow them south

2007-01-03

WHETHER around 2,000 Bulgarian Turks living in north Cyprus would be allowed to travel south of the Green Line remained a mystery yesterday, despite Bulgaria’s accession to the EU on Monday.

Government Spokesman Christothoulos Pashardis said the government was considering the issue and would issue a statement today.

By ourselves, we can work to a solution

2007-01-03

IN his New Year’s message, President Tassos Papadopoulos said he hoped that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots can agree on a political settlement this year, although he claimed this could only happen if Ankara ends its “unacceptable terms and unreasonable demands”.

Winter tourism slumps, but revenues up

2007-01-03

WINTER tourism has fallen by 20 per cent since 2003, with the Strategic Plan for tourism failing to achieve the goals that were set three years ago.

Baggage causes bomb scare

2007-01-03

A BOMB scare sent security scrambling at the Larnaca Airport on Monday evening when a bomb detection instrument mistakenly sounded an alarm over the luggage of an American woman travelling to Tel Aviv.

The 133 passengers on the El Al flight had already passed through passport control and security check when the bomb detection machine went off, instantly drawing El Al security.

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.