HALLELUJAH, praise the Lord and glory to Allah – the Fantastic Dr Madsakis Show is back in Cyprus for the festive season, after his mega-successful, sell-out tour of Europe and Turkey. And he is planning a brand new one-man-show for the country of his birth, titled Mad Mats 5.
ONCE upon a time, there was a little village girl and all she wanted for Christmas was a new dress of her own.
Now that little girl is all grown up and in her place is a town girl who wants another designer bag, wads of cash, a new wardrobe, a car, a pair of designer sunglasses, an iPhone, a laptop, a new mobile…
THE long summers in Cyprus leave everybody wondering how to cope with the extreme heat. But when winter finally arrives, people face an entirely different problem: how to keep warm in the face of spiralling fuel prices, which are now so high that many people can’t afford adequately to heat their homes.
THE FORMER Archbishop of Cyprus, Chrysostomos I, died yesterday lunchtime following a lengthy illness. He was 80 years old.
His body will lie in state at Ayios Ioannis Cathedral church in Nicosia from 2pm today until midday tomorrow. His funeral will then follow at 1pm at the church of Panayia Evangelistria in Palouritissa. Archbishop Chrysostomos II will officiate.
Sir,
I would like to refer to Loucas G Charalambous’ column (‘The Stark Truth About Return Of Refugees’) in last week’s Sunday Mail regarding the ‘all refugees in their homes’ sloganeering which politicians of all the main parties have indulged in over the years.
Dear Sir,
The attempts by Loucas Charalambous through his purported facts and truths (‘The Stark Truth About Return of Refugees’, Sunday Mail, December 16) to show that the refugees will not want to return to their homes in the event of a settlement only evidences a lazy and cavalier approach to journalism.
Sir,
I would like to thank you and all your staff, especially Jill Campbell Mackay, for the moving article which you published in seven magazine concerning my daughter Amy Keen and her CD to be sold for Breast Cancer Awareness and The Cancer Support Group here in Cyprus. I hope that your readers will support Amy in her cause.
Sir,
Your recent article concerning the arrest of an unfortunate lady caught using a crystal ball provoked hysterics here.
Surely if she was a genuine witch and the ball was working correctly, she would have been forewarned of her imminent arrest by Nicosia’s finest!
Sir
Many negative things have been said and written about the new Nicosia hospital. May I add a note of contrast. Three weeks ago I had a bad fall and was taken to the Latsia hospital by a friend.
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.
