The art of piano tuning

2007-05-20

Highly trained technicians for the most complex of instruments

MOST musicians tune the instruments they play on and count the ability as one of the normal and essential skills of their art. In fact, with some instruments, such as strings and trombone, the initial tuning is only part of the story, as every note is itself an act of tuning.

Women live in stalker terror

2007-05-20

DOZENS of women have been left terrorised after they were targeted by a disturbed serial stalker known to follow and watch his victims for months at a time.

Random phone calls, showing up on the women’s doorstep, following them to work and endless text messages are all part of his routine.

What happened to Ginger

2007-05-20

Sir,
May I, through the medium of your letters column, contact some kind people in Polis Chrysochous, since I have no other way of reaching them.

I don’t think I want to come back

2007-05-20

Sir,

In April, I was part of a group of former Finnish Blue Berets, UN officers, who have been coming back to Cyprus every ten years since we were in the island in the 60s and 70s.

Some of us have become quite influential, really big bosses, in public life and private business in Finland since that time, but all of us consider Cyprus still our “home island”.

A spiteful personal attack

2007-05-20

Sir,
As concerned members of the school community, we would like to respond to the article (Tales from the coffeeshop) published in the Sunday Mail on May 13, with reference to the Director of the American International School in Cyprus, Mr Ron Joron and specifically the way he handled a hoax call received at the school. We would like to note the following:

Speak about child abuse

2007-05-20

KNOWING a child is being abused and not reporting it is a criminal offence, police said yesterday.

With reports of child abuse on the increase and sexual abuse making up more than a third of all cases, speaking out plays a vital role in clamping down on the phenomenon, a senior officer said.

Man killed by bolting horse

2007-05-20

AN ENGLISH-CYPRIOT man was killed yesterday morning after being trampled to death by a bolting horse at the Nicosia Race Track in Nicosia.

Akis Ioannides, 65, died instantly after a horse bolted out of control and careered into the unfortunate man, who was sitting in a chair close to the entrance of the track.

Group plans legal action over mine pollution

2007-05-20

ENVIRONMENTALISTS in the northwestern town of Lefka are preparing legal action against an American-based mining company, which they say is responsible for massive industrial pollution in the area.

Brits call for property action in north

2007-05-20

WHETHER they’re buying Greek Cypriot properties or not, British home buyers in the north claim they are being cheated left, right and centre and have decided to take drastic action.

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.