A 28-YEAR-old Russian woman is in extremely critical condition after she was beaten to the brink of death by her husband, police said.
A Nicosia district court yesterday remanded her husband, a 29-year-old Greek Cypriot from Kaimakli, in custody for four days on suspicion of domestic violence and grievous bodily harm. He has denied all charges.
As one of the people who witnessed the drowning incident on Sunday, I would like to point out that the sign on the beach at the Venus Beach does not state no swimming and in fact has an old and tatty red flag in place.
A BACTERIUM outbreak at Nicosia general hospital should be under control within the next fortnight, senior hospital staff said yesterday.
Intensive Care Unit head Dr Theodoros Kyprianou said the elevated frequency of the pathogenic bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii would be back to normal levels in more than 15 days.
ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos yesterday appeared to be mending fences with the government ahead of new Cyprus talks due to start in September.
After a meeting with President Demetris Christofias, with whom he has had a number of run-ins, Chrysostomos said the Church supported new efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem.
ONE of only two known vintage cars of its type left in the world has been put up for sale in Cyprus.
The 1929 Chrysler 75 Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton was shipped to the island five years ago when its owner, Pete Woodward, moved to a Kyrenia-district village from the UK.
AUTHORITIES yesterday announced a string of measures to promote safe swimming in Paphos in the wake of the drowning tragedy at the weekend.
New signs, stating the hazards of swimming in dangerous conditions will be placed close to the seashore, and the warning will be depicted in four languages.
CHARGES ranging from murder to negligence have been filed by Greek authorities against six former Helios Airways officials, reports said last night.
State television CyBC said the six included three Cypriots, two Britons and a Bulgarian but details were sketchy and the identities of the six were not revealed.
THE FINAL plans for the €250million Limassol Marina project were released yesterday at Limassol Town Hall by project architect Saverios Vrahimis. Work on the large-scale project at the heart of the old Limassol’s seafront is expected to start soon and be completed by 2011.
Petrolina announced yesterday that petrol prices would come down €0.03 from today after further falls in global oil prices. From today Octane 95 will be sold for €1.12 per litre and Octane 98 for €1.15 per litre, Petrolina said. It also said the price of diesel would drop €0.04 to €1.21 per litre as of tomorrow.
NOISY quad bikes are causing misery for villagers in Paphos.
The residents of six Paphos villages have complained to the traffic police about teenage drivers tearing through their villages on four-wheel bikes.
Many of these ‘quads’ are only suitable for off- road driving, but some are legal, and meet EU vehicle regulations.
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.
