Forget hopping on a plane to enjoy a bit of foreign culture as a taste of Italy will be
brought to your doorstep this summer. The events of ‘Italian Month 2007’ offer you the opportunity to familiarise yourself with various aspects of Italian culture and discover how many similarities the country shares with Cyprus.
A LARGE explosion at a National Guard shooting range in Kalo Chorio in the Larnaca District has killed a 58-year-old from Asgata, in the Limassol district.
Demos Kleopa, a plumber and metal collector was apparently handling an unexploded shell at the range on Sunday when it suddenly exploded, killing him instantly.
CYPRUS has one of the highest rates of diabetes in Europe, with one third of the population at risk of developing the insulin resistance condition.
The statistics were presented at a scientific symposium on diabetes in Larnaca by the Cyprus Diabetes Association, in co-operation with Greece’s National Centre for Diabetes and the Larnaca Apollonion Medical Association yesterday.
A MOTHER of two is to appear before a judge after crashing drunk into another vehicle with her two children in the car.
Yesterday, police in Larnaca stated that the 34-year-old woman had 119mg of alcohol in her blood following an alcotest.
The legal alcohol limit in Cyprus is 22mg.
CLOVER BUTTER spread has been withdrawn from the Cyprus market after a massive recall of the product in the UK due to mould.
Two million tubs of Clover, made by Dairy Crest, have been withdrawn worldwide after a production glitch caused mould to develop in the tubs.
THE CHAIRMAN of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) was yesterday called to give explanations over the promotion of Cyprus tourism abroad.
“A LOT still needs to be done on the island to protect and safeguard the environment and we must enforce more than 140 EU directives on the matter.”
That was the verdict of Environment Commissioner Charalambos Theopemptou, who was speaking on the occasion of World Environment Day today.
RENOWNED Cypriot actor Soteris Moustakas died in the early hours of yesterday aged 67 after falling ill during the rehearsal a production at a theatre in Athens.
He is survived his actress wife Maria Bonelou and one daughter.
FROU Frou biscuit makers yesterday lodged a legal objection to a proposed resolution by shareholders who want the listed company to adopt the Corporate Governance Code (CGC).
FOR SOME reason, my Geography master at the grammar school incited the wrath of the person I sat next to in class. It was something to do with “Pedro”, as he was known, being teased about his red hair, glasses and lack of fitness on the field trip to Dartmoor.
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.
