THE FIRST round results do not leave any room for predictions as to either who the winner will be or even who will make it through to the second round.
This is the only safe conclusion that can be drawn from the latest poll published by Politis and run by Noverna.
THE HEAD of Greece’s powerful Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, who mended ties with the Vatican but clashed with the Greek state, died of cancer yesterday at the age of 69.
A staunch defender of the role of the Church in Greece, he died at his home in Athens, only months after plans for a liver transplant in the United States were cancelled.
THE amount and quality of art produced by a community is directly related to socio-economic and political factors affecting that community.
This is one of the findings of an ongoing exhibition cum research project on Turkish Cypriot art taking place at the newly-opened and highly-ambitious Sidestreets: A Centre for Educational and Cultural Initiatives in north Nicosia.
THE UNIVERSITY of Cyprus will open its Law School in September, reports said yesterday.
Initially the School will enroll 30 students from Cyprus and Greece.
Social and Political Sciences Professor Andros Kapardis said the school would be an important contribution to the island.
GET your own miracle for €35 over the phone.
Or at least this is what women who call their potential customers say they are offering.
They claim to be calling on behalf of the Orthodox Cultural Centre and say that they are in possession of an icon from the Vatopedi Monastery in Mount Athos.
A MAN was robbed by a group of armed men while walking in a Limassol street on Sunday morning.
WITH only three days to go until its final demise, around £200 million worth of Cyprus pounds are still in circulation, the Central Bank said yesterday.
According to Kyriacos Zingas, a senior official at the Central Bank, £500 million worth have been taken out of circulation since the adoption of the euro, but not all have been returned.
RAIN, snow and lower temperatures will be seen across the island until tomorrow.
Head of the Meteorological Services Kyriacos Theofilou said that only 10mm of rain has fallen so far this January, making it the worst January since 1901.
Rain and snow on higher ground finally fell on Sunday night and throughout yesterday, with more expected until Wednesday afternoon.
THE ROAD Transport Department yesterday hit back at accusations that they are rounding up prices for road tax renewals, saying people were unaware of how the price is calculated.
The Mail was contacted by a man who claimed that he was asked to pay an extra 62 euro cents since the introduction of the single currency.
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos has not been well over the past few days, according to the government spokesman, Vasilis Palmas.
“The President has caught a virus and doctors have advised him to stay at home for two to three days.
“I hope we can convince him to stay home tomorrow too, but I think this is unlikely,” Palmas said yesterday.
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.
