PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias yesterday began informing party leaders about his meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat last Friday.
Christofias faced a barrage of criticism from some of the parties over Friday’s joint statement, and was accused of selling out Cyprus’ sovereignty because the statement used terms identical to those in the rejected Annan plan.
FORMER Finance Minister Michalis Sarris yesterday resigned from the board of the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) after losing a battle for the chairmanship to Aristo Developers chairman Theodoros Aristodemou.
RAPHAEL Neophytou, a boy of just eight years of age, is in critical condition after being hit by a car on Sunday evening at the Ayiou Sila area in Limassol.
Raphael was at a birthday party when, at 7:30pm, he tried to cross Alexandros Papadiamantis road to retrieve the ball he and his friends were playing with from a nearby field.
A UKRANIAN artiste working at a nightclub in Limassol has tested positive for HIV, raising concern about the spread of the virus, given that it is believed the woman was having sexual relations with cabaret customers.
THE PRICE of bread is going up by up to another 15 per cent, the second such increase in less than a month, in response to soaring increases in the international price of grain.
The price rises, which have already come into force in some bakeries, are set to affect all bakery products.
A PLAN to install a new traffic camera system could be implemented six to eight months from the day the Council of Ministers gives the green light.
FILMGOERS were upset at the weekend to discover that their 50 per cent SaveMax discount vouchers were rejected by K-Cineplex for the new Indiana Jones movie.
According to a sign at the K-Cineplex, anyone purchasing a ticket is entitled to a 50 per cent discount using their SaveMax voucher.
The current price of a cinema ticket in Cyprus is €7.50.
MARCOS Papageorgiou, a 29-year-old man from Nicosia, relived the night of his beating by a team of Rapid Reaction Unit (MMAD) members yesterday as he testified before the Criminal Court.
Papageorgiou recognised eight out of ten of the MMAD members who have been charged.
SBA police in Akrotiri have tracked down 24 fake €200 notes and 41 grams of cannabis after chasing a suspicious vehicle and seeing one of its passengers throw the items out the window.
“The incident took place on Sunday when two SBA patrol cars went to the Livadi area after receiving information that poaching was taking place,” said Andreas Pitsillides, SBA Deputy Police Chief.
THE HOUSE Finance Committee yesterday called for a radical overhaul of charter firm Eurocypria, which has been experiencing a bumpy ride since it was bought by the state from Cyprus Airways.
The committee wants to know what the government’s future plans are for Eurocypria, which also recently came under scrutiny by the Civil Aviation Department.
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.
