FIVE LIMASSOL villages were still living off bottled water yesterday, after it was discovered that their water supply had become contaminated.
The villages of Yerasa, Paramytha, Spitali, Palodia and Apsiou were receiving water from a borehole in Ayia Paraskevi until Friday, when tests showed the supply had high levels of salinity and was unsuitable for human consumption.
THE United Nations agree that any solution to the Cyprus problem must come from the Cypriots and not from outsiders, President Demetris Christofias said last night.
“With the UN we confirmed that this time, considering the bitter experience of the recent past, the solution must come from Cypriots and not from outside,” Christofias told reporters at Larnaca airport.
DISUSED Army camps may be used to house illegal immigrants, the Interior Minister said yesterday.
Neoclis Sylikiotis was responding to questions on what will happen to illegal immigrants whose applications for political asylum are rejected.
A YOUNG diver was killed in the Paphos district on Sunday afternoon when he received a blow to the head from the propeller of a powerboat, police said.
A 55-year-old Briton has been remanded in three-day custody in connection with the case. He is facing the charge of causing death due to a thoughtless, dangerous and reckless deed.
ONLY four per cent of the island’s population has a European Health Insurance card (EHIC), with Cyprus joining Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Spain and Greece at the bottom of the list.
There are significant differences between Member States, with almost the entire populations of Italy and Austria possessing one, for example.
AUSTRALIAN former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has yet to decide whether to accept the post of special envoy for Cyprus, reports from Australia said yesterday.
A NEW sunscreen labelling system will be implemented this summer by the European Commission in an effort to alert consumers to what they should do to best protect themselves against UVB and UVA radiation.
EUROCYPRIA Chairman Lazaros Savvides yesterday rubbished reports that the airline was in danger of having its fleet grounded by the Civil Aviation Authority.
A EUROPE-WIDE bird watching project has been a great success, with over 50,000 observations recorded across the bloc.
Some of the first sightings of swallows and swifts were made in Cyprus as early as January 11. Schoolchildren from Oroklini joined in with others Europe-wide to learn about the project.
PRESIDENT Christofias’ meeting with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday went very well, according to reports from Paris, and all that remains now is for a date to be set for the start of direct talks. By all accounts, this is now a formality, with the two leaders expected to announce the start date after their scheduled meeting on July 25.
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.
