Archbishop on the defence over criticisms of his political meddling
ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos II yesterday refuted criticisms that he was trying to divide the people of Cyprus with his political views and questioned why efforts were being made to gag him.
Contract in the balance as state finds holes in airport services
THE FUTURE of the ground-handling contracts at the island’s two airports is still in the balance, after the government said yesterday it was not satisfied with the improvements made so far.
THE AUSTRALIAN division of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) will be holding an extraordinary congress in Cyprus on July 14.
The congress is being organised on the occasion of the 54th world congress of AHEPA, which took place in Athens from July 1 to 7.
THE LEVELS of palliative care available to patients in Cyprus are substandard, the National Bioethics Committee said yesterday.
The Committee called on the Health Ministry for an improvement in the standard of care focused on pain relief and improvement in quality of life afforded to people facing serious and sometimes terminal diseases.
THE HEARTBROKEN parents of a British holidaymaker who mysteriously died in Ayia Napa last year may never know exactly what happened to their son, police said yesterday.
Council looks into feasibility of small station to supple area’s needs
THE MAYOR and municipality of Peyia have given the go-ahead for a study of the area to find a suitable location for a mobile desalination plant.
U.N. SECRETARY-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday informed the Security Council he intended to appoint Australian former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer as his new special envoy for Cyprus.
THIS September, locals and tourists can look forward to two months of top quality performances as part of the annual International Kypria Festival.
Organised by the Ministry of Education and Culture, a select panel was placed in charge of choosing the very best out of 89 proposals from various local and international companies.
TAXI DRIVERS at Larnaca airport yesterday called off a planned 48-hour strike after receiving assurances by the government. The group had announced they would go ahead with their strike if the introduction of a bus service linking the island’s main towns to Larnaca airport adversely affected their business.
THE PROBE into the collapse of the roof of the Nicosia Municipal Theatre officially began this week, with the team carrying out their initial site inspections.
The aim is to find out what exactly happened on June 11, after most of the seating area was crushed, only three years after a €5.5 million renovation project.
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.
