A NORTH Korean flagged Syrian ship sank in rough weather off Cyprus yesterday as rescue teams saved six of the seven crew members. The seventh was still missing last night.
Police said they had received information of a Mayday call from the ship, the Haj Jamal at around 5.30am yesterday.
PORT authorities and transporters had their hands full yesterday clearing the logjam from the islands’ two harbours, blockaded by protesting truck drivers for a week.
Truckers who are A and D licence holders temporarily lifted their crippling strike on Saturday night, agreeing to renew negotiations with officials.
TURKISH Cypriot leaders greeted with pleasure yesterday a decision by the EU Council to seek the rapid implementation of a package aimed at instigating direct trade between the north of the island and the EU.
ANY sort of deal in the attempted takeover bid by Marfin Popular Bank for the Bank of Cyprus will have to be approved by the Competition Commission, according to Demetris Christofias.
THE EU has an obligation to support countries affected by drought, Agriculture Minister Fotis Fotiou said yesterday after meeting with his counterparts from eight EU Mediterranean countries.
They agreed to present to the European Commission a common proposal seeking action for drought-stricken countries.
A TRAFFIC policeman found dead in his Limassol apartment on Saturday is thought to have committed suicide after being linked to a fake euro scam.
The autopsy carried out by State Coroner Eleni Antoniou on Sunday found respiratory problems had caused his death and that this could have been from the use of anabolic drugs. Antoniou ruled out the possibility of a criminal attack.
THE CEO of Piraeus Bank Michalis Sallas will be in Cyprus today meeting with financial and political leaders to smooth the way for his takeover bid for Marfin Popular Bank.
ENGLISH football club Leeds United have flown to Cyprus for a team-bonding training break.
Manager Dennis Wise has said he will use the trip to work on his side’s defensive frailties after the fallen giants fell to a 10th home defeat of the season against West Brom on Saturday, leaving them second-bottom of the Championship table.
IF YOU had watched Wim Wenders’ film about angels last week in Nicosia you would have realised that immortality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be: their life was boring, dreary and worryingly monochrome. They looked like dirty old men on park benches with predictable futures ahead. So I was intrigued recently to hear a programme on BBC Radio 4 about life extension.
LABOUR Ministry suggestions for incentives for families to have a third child have not gone down well with large families.
“They’re prepared to fork out a lump sum for families to have another child, but what about large families who already three, or four, or five children. Are they going to give us anything?” asked Elizabeth Polycarpou, 34.
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.
