THE PAPADOPOULOS camp is looking increasingly worried about an alliance between ideological rivals DISY and AKEL that would ensure victory over the incumbent in a second round of the elections.
Campaign spokesman George Lillikas accused the leaders of the two parties of cooking something up behind the backs of their voters with the United Democrats serving as go-betweens.
“I AM NOT about to make calculations and statements motivated by electioneering when it comes to the Cyprus problem,” said President Tassos Papadopoulos in a press conference yesterday.
“I want to clearly state that in no case will I accept the return of the Annan plan or a version of it under another name.
“CHILDREN have a voice” was the message from newly-appointed Child Commissioner Leda Koursoumba yesterday.
Koursoumba, who is also Law Commissioner and president of human rights institution ETHNOPAD, officially received her new duties from President Tassos Papadopoulos on Thursday.
A PAPHOS police officer could lose his job if he is found guilty of conspiring to burgle a local supermarket of thousands of euros worth of cigarettes.
The 33-year-old was remanded in custody for three days in connection with a break-in at a Mesoyi supermarket on Wednesday night. Among other things, he faces charges of attempting to tamper with evidence and of acting as an accomplice.
THE LABOUR Ministry yesterday warned of an increased concentration of dust particles in the atmosphere.
A NUMBER of people have come to the defence of women’s support centre and shelter Apanemi after Sunday’s report that it was facing prosecution by the state
MEMBERS of the European Parliament said on Friday that linking Turkey’s EU accession to the Cyprus issue could slow down the chances for a solution.
Chairman of the High Level Contact Group in the European Parliament for relations with the Turkish Cypriot community, Françoise Grossetête said the Cyprus problem was a European question but cautioned on an actual link to Turkey.
THE RESIDENTS of the Limassol village of Mari will soon be evacuating their homes and moving to Zygi.
The decision was made to avoid the health repercussions from the Electricity Station in neighbouring Vasiliko.
The Cabinet decision will be implemented straight after the presidential elections this month.
WITH an impending end to his term at the end of the month, and the possibility of a change of government, the future of the institution of Environment Commissioner in Cyprus looms uncertain.
IRRESPONSIBLE water management, ineffective waste management and budding recycling policies, topped by a lack of a public and private environmental conscience were the elements of the 99-page 2007 annual report of the Environmental Commisioner Charalambos Theopemptou.
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.
