TWO BOATS will set sail from Cyprus this week for the troubled shores of the Gaza Strip. An international group of 40-plus activists and journalists hope to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and provide a lifeline to the 1.4 million Palestinians living there.
Tackling illegal immigration is a huge priority for the EU and Cyprus is one of those countries on the frontline.
Global economic disparity has made Europe a magnet for migrants from Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Many risk their lives, paying thousands of dollars, to get to Europe’s golden shores.
EIGHTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein would be forgiven for adopting the quiet life of most octogenarians. But the softly-spoken activist doesn’t seem to know what quiet means.
IMAGINE spending all your savings on moving abroad to your favourite holiday spot, only to be harassed by your local community to the point of despair.
More than three decades after his death on August 3 1977, President Makarios is still the only figure from Cyprus’ turbulent modern history whose name remains familiar well beyond the island’s shores. Little wonder. Charismatic, shrewd and imposing in appearance, he was one of those leaders from the developing world who rattled Britain in the twilight years of its once unassailable Empire.
AS THE EU gears up to sign a tough immigration pact in October at the initiative of the French Presidency, Cyprus is still struggling to stem the seemingly endless flow of illegal immigrants across the buffer zone.
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Congratulations on the content of last Saturday’s editorial (‘How one man put the whole state to shame’), particularly the final sentence. As an Australian, I am “shocked and stunned” (to quote our beloved Dame Edna!), at the Cypriot Government’s ‘finger in the dyke’ policies regarding water resources.
Award-winning journalist Demetris Andreou died at Nicosia General Hospital on Friday night, two weeks after suffering a stroke on live television. He was 67.
Yesterday the media and political spectrum paid tribute to the broadcast and print journalist, referring to him as the “father of political journalism” in Cyprus in a career than spanned more than 40 years.
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.
