PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos last night formally announced his bid for re-election in a 20 minute speech broadcast live across the nation on all television channels.
Predictably the monologue predominantly focused on the Cyprus problem and set the scene for his presidential campaign.
A BRITISH teenager has told authorities he was raped early on Sunday morning by a Bulgarian worker in Protaras.
The incident was one of two reported sexual assaults received by Famagusta CID over the weekend.
GUNFIRE AND stabbings disrupted Sunday’s early hours in Paphos, when a Briton and an English Cypriot fell victim to separate murder attempts. The crimes are thought by police to be related, but they have not specified how.
Police have arrested a 34-year-old Scottish man thought to be involved in both incidents, a court yesterday issued an eight-day remand for the man.
THE REMAINS of missing Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots were laid to rest over the weekend, in sombre and emotional ceremonies across the island.
The burials took place after the Committee on Missing Persons identified the remains unearthed in graves on both sides of the divided island through DNA.
A SINGLE mother was yesterday jailed for 12 months after admitting a series of theft and forgery charges.
TWO MEN suspected of having burgled a string of apartments in Nicosia to fuel their drug habits have been arrested and remanded in custody for eight days.
The Georgian drug addicts, aged 30 and 22, were arrested on Sunday in connection with the burglaries with one of the men having allegedly already confessed.
THREE MORE stretch limousines have been impounded by police in an ongoing row over their legal status, with the cars’ owner saying they will take their case to the European courts if a solution is not found.
At present, the Road Transport Department has not licensed any of the vehicles, as there is no legislation in place governing cars measuring over six metres.
A POLITICAL settlement in Cyprus cannot come from the Greek Cypriots without Turkey’s good will and Ankara’s willingness to achieve this objective, President Tassos Papadopoulos said yesterday.
THE CYPRUS branch of international low-cost furniture store IKEA will open in Nicosia on September 6 – one day later than previously announced.
A NEW bicommunal initiative takes Cypriots on both sides of the divide back to their traditional roots.
An organic farming workshop organised by the UNDP’s Action for Cooperation and Trust in Cyprus (ACT) has been held over the last two days to promote sustainable organic agricultural practices on the island.
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.
