ANYONE who saw Thursday’s front page headline in Alithia – ‘Creation of nuclear power plant being studied’ – could have thought that this was a poor April Fool’s story that had been rejected at the time but had remained in the newspaper’s computer server and was selected by a naïve hack working a night-shift for the first time.
IN 1960 Kyrenia was a small market town with just 3,000 inhabitants, of which only 100 were Turkish.
Today everything has changed.
From above, Kyrenia looks like a large city: all its northern shores have been built-up and the town has joined up with large villages along its northern shores, inhabitation now runs dozens of kilometres east and west of the city.
For US politician and academic John Brademas, leadership and ego are the keys to success
ACHIEVING something positive which otherwise would not have happened is what has fuelled former US Congressman John Brademas’ long career in politics and academia.
Born in South Bend, Indiana, Brademas is the son of a “Kalamatianos” as he puts it.
IT’S BEEN eight years since an MP proposed a bill to allow cremations in Cyprus. The legislation is still not in place but government officials predict, perhaps optimistically, that the island could have its first crematorium in about a year’s time.
ENGLISH School Board Chairman Kyriakos Vassiliou has confirmed the board will try to implement a series of expert recommendations to encourage the integration of its Turkish Cypriot students.
“It [the report] is a very useful tool. There are recommendations that will be very helpful to the school,” he said.
INTERIOR Minister Permanent Secretary Lazaros Savvides said the ministry was aware of the problems regarding police holding cells from reports submitted by the Justice Ministry and outside organisations such as the Council of Europe.
“But the competent authority to run and manage the police holding cells lies with the Justice Ministry,” he said.
Christofias has been accused of getting cold feet as June 21 looms. There has been talk of “difficulties and problems” experienced by the working groups and technical committees, which, due to a news blackout, is difficult to clarify. The Sunday Mail spoke to insiders connected to the process on condition of anonymity, for obvious reasons.
CYPRIOT detention centres are no better than those found in third world countries. In fact they are often worse.
“You’re put in jail without reason and they throw away the key,” is the single most repeated comment that detainees make.
THE ISLAND could have its very first crematorium within the next 12 months, putting an end to a long wait for many residents who are opposed to traditional burial.
It is unclear why parliament has dragged its feet over the implementation of a bill to build a crematorium that was first drafted and presented to parliament eight years ago by MEP Marios Matsakis.
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.
