AT LEAST one more week is needed before water from Greece floating off the coast of Limassol can flow onto the island.
The delivery will come just in time for Limassol, which according to a local water board official, would run out of water by the end of the month.
A SCOTTISH couple’s dream wedding has turned into a nightmare as three of her guests, including the best man, are currently sitting in a Paphos jail facing serious charges of money forgery.
The three holidaymakers from Scotland were arrested in Kato Paphos on Sunday night, for possession and circulation of counterfeit €50 notes.
INFECTIOUS diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis among drug users are on the increase, the House Crime Committee heard yesterday.
The reason is because almost half of all intravenous drug addicts inject with used needles.
The information was presented in parliament by the Cyprus Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EKTEPN).
AMENDMENTS to ensure the viability of the Social Security Fund (SSF) for the next 50 years were yesterday approved by the Cabinet.
Speaking to reporters following the ministers’ meeting, Government Spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said the bill proposed socially balanced solutions which were as much as possible a compromise.
THERE WAS outrage yesterday after it was revealed that the Bishop of Karpasia was made to pay an entry fee to visit the Apostolos Andreas monastery in the north.
On Tuesday, the Bishop paid a visit to the historic site to inspect the church before planned renovations begin. Upon his arrival, he found Turkish forces had closed the entrance and were asking a €1 entry fee.
THE FINANCE Ministry is opposed to a proposal by deputies to extend the euro dual price period beyond September 30, a senior official said yesterday.
Dual pricing has been in effect since last September, and was supposed to last a year, as is recommended by the EU Commission.
AT A TIME when Cyprus has declared local energy an emerging market, the European Parliament is pushing for a liberalisation of the bloc’s energy market.
The EP Plenary Session yesterday approved two parts of the third energy package, discussed at the Industry Committee, regarding the internal energy market and conditions for access to it.
THE PRESIDENT of the Consumers’ Protection Association has lashed out at a planned rise in the price of milk, describing the hike as “totally unjustified”.
Milk prices in Cyprus are set to rise because of the spiralling cost of petrol and the new increase in the price of raw materials from farmers.
TWO BRITISH men jailed in absentia over the killing of a Cypriot teenager in Protaras two years ago, have been served with European arrest warrants.
A judge will decide if 23-year-old Luke Atkinson and his cousin Michael Binnington, 22, will be extradited to the island.
NATIONAL CARRIER Cyprus Airways (CY) yesterday defended its decision to throw two holiday-makers off a flight after finding out they were allergic to nuts.
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.
