A 38-YEAR-old man wanted for his wife’s murder in the United States is being held in Nicosia’s Central Prisons while local authorities decide whether or not to extradite him, in a legal battle centred on whether or not he may face the death penalty.
DEPUTIES on the House Health Committee yesterday took the initiative to register themselves on the organ donor list, following the suggestion of EDEK’s Marinos Sizopoulos.
Despite various reservations, the committee unanimously agreed on the move, with some members saying they were already on the list.
A 62-YEAR-old paedophile was yesterday jailed for six years for sexually molesting three young boys at his Larnaca apartment.
The offences took place at the 62-year-old’s Mackenzie flat between July 1, 2005 and July 22, 2006.
GOVERNMENT authorities yesterday demolished a National Guard post at Kato Pyrgos, north-west of Paphos, with a view to open a new crossing point in the area.
Remote control sex toy ‘interferes with military frequencies’
By Jean Christou
CYPRUS may be the island of love but the Ann Summers ‘Love Bug’ wireless sex toy has been banned as a threat to national security.
THE island has this week welcomed a special guest to its shores. Standing at four feet, three inches in height and weighing in at 54 kilos, ASIMO has been descibed as an ambassador of technology.
The advanced humanoid robot, created by the Honda Motor Company, was yesterday unveiled at the University of Cyprus on the occasion of Demstar Automotive’s 40-year anniversary in Cyprus.
CUSTOMERS of the National Bank of Greece in Cyprus were plunged into crisis yesterday as bank employees’ union ETYK called an indefinite strike.
NEW Central Bank Governor Athanasios Orphanides said yesterday his top priority in his new post would be the smooth introduction of the euro in Cyprus.
Orphanides, a former adviser to the US Federal Reserve, was sworn in yesterday in the presence of his predecessor Christodoulos Christodoulou and Finance Minister Michalis Sarris.
THERE IS a crying need in Cyprus for dialogue, debate and discussion between and among the island’s communities, UNFICYP Chief of Mission Michael Moller said yesterday.
Moller also said even more importantly there was a need to overcome the pervasive and persistent lack of trust between the two sides.
DEFENCE Minister Nicos Symeonides died yesterday after losing an ongoing battle with a deteriorating respiratory condition.
Symeonides, who was 68, was first admitted to the Nicosia General Hospital on January 5 after displaying symptoms of pneumonia, suffering a small heart attack while undergoing a biopsy on his lungs a week later.
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.
