EU ministers yesterday warned that high prices were here to stay for the foreseeable future and urged the Commission to keep a close watch on market speculation that might be driving prices up.
CONSUMERS can consume milk and dairy products without fear of toxin contamination, the authorities said yesterday.
CYPRUS has withdrawn eight appeals to the European Court of Justice against the EU financial aid package to the Turkish Cypriot side, Government Spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said yesterday.
Britain says it is not interfering in the Cyprus issue
BRITAIN IS not interfering in efforts for a Cyprus settlement or giving any specific proposals, said British High Commissioner Peter Millett yesterday.
“MILK and its by-products are completely safe to consume but the public should follow any instructions given by the Ministries of Health and Agriculture.”
That was the verdict of the President of the Food Scientists and Food Technologists Association of Cyprus, who was commenting on the discovery of aflatoxin M1 in milk at dairy farms last week.
CYPRUS Airways (CY) has imposed three fuel surcharges totaling €28 on ticket costs this year alone due to a skyrocketing fuel bill that is now costing the airline an extra €5 million a month.
CY spokesman Kyriacos Kyriacou said yesterday fuel costs have now surpassed labour as the airline’s biggest expense, forcing it to pass on the extra costs to passengers.
A TEENAGE father was yesterday burned alive in a fatal road accident, police said.
Constantinos Avgousti, 17, and the father of a newborn baby girl, was killed at around 4.10pm on the old Kofinou-Larnaca road outside Mennogia. He had been speeding, police said.
FEARS of poisoned amberjacks have come to be added on the increasing list of health fears which riddle local news.
Sunflower oil contaminated by mineral oil, high levels of the carcinogenic aflatoxin in dairy products and the ever-present health risks posed by the water cuts, are some of the latest health threats which have raised people’s concerns.
VETERAN journalist, international news photographer and a leading member of the Armenian community, Georges der Parthogh, died in Nicosia on Monday at the age of 84.
“Whatever anyone says about Mr Georges der Parthogh is not enough,” said Armenian Representative Vartkes Mahdessian yesterday.
THE House Human Rights Committee yesterday called on the Health Ministry to take immediate steps to improve the Central Prison’s medical services.
Over the past fortnight, the Committee visited the prison twice and spotted a number of problems, especially in the medical services offered.
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.
