WHILE THE world “warmly welcomes” the demolition of the Ledra Street wall in Nicosia, all indications are that the crossing is no closer to opening as long as Turkish troops remain in and around the area.
GREEK Cypriot leaders and politicians yesterday were unanimous in welcoming the knocking down of the Ledra Street wall, but stressed there was still a long way to go to the actual opening of the crossing point there.
MAIN opposition party DISY yesterday reiterated it no longer trusted the administration to smoothly lead the country into the eurozone.
The comments came one week before the plenum is to vote on four bills relating to the adoption of the euro.
PRESIDENT PAPADOPOULOS has told the European Commission that Cyprus should be exempted from meeting renewable energy targets by 2010, citing that Cyprus, along with Malta, is a small island with limited capabilities.
FIVE-HUNDRED-and-fifty-three thousand tons of solid waste was collected by municipalities across the island in 2005, an increase of two point five per cent on the previous year (539,000 tons), the Statistical Services has reported.
A SEMINAR designed to raise the profile of EC-funded operations in the EuroMed area took place this week in Nicosia.
The seminar is part of the development of EuroMedInfo Centre’s information programme, managed through its Brussels and Nicosia offices by Action Global Communications on behalf of the European Commission.
THE INTERIOR Ministry will submit a bill to Parliament in May for the upgrade of legislation regarding politicians’ pre-election campaigns.
GREAT WEATHER, challenging country trails and ideal infrastructure make Cyprus the perfect place for mountain bikers.
Tomorrow, competitive riders from all over the globe will have the opportunity to go for gold on the island
CYPRUS’ BREAST cancer medical oncology treatments are on par with treatments offered in the US and other European countries, a leading medical oncologist said yesterday.
This was the conclusion Dr Maria Theodoulou-Haber said she had drawn from her brief visit to Cyprus this week.
“Where work still needs to be done is on breast cancer education,” she said.
A HOME away from home is the only way Europa Donna Cyprus’ new premises could be described.
Centrally located on 28 Prodromou Street in Engomi, Nicosia the island’s breast cancer forum’s doors are open to everyone.
“We want every woman to feel she is welcome to come here and pour her heart out,” Europa Donna board member Loulla Soteriou told the Cyprus Mail yesterday.
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.
