TURKISH Cypriot newspapers yesterday questioned the widely different results of two polls, one in the north and one in the south, carried out by the same research company.
The two polls, one for the Turkish Cypriot National Unity Party (UBP) and one for Greek Cypriot newspaper Simerini, were both carried out by KADEM.
What they had in common ended there, however.
THE Foreign Ministry is advising Cypriot citizens to avoid travelling to the conflict areas in South Ossetia until the situation returns to normality.
Cypriot citizens who are in the conflict area and face difficulties may communicate with any EU member state embassy in Tbilisi.
VETERAN journalist Panayiotis Paschalis died on Sunday night at the age of 68 after losing an ongoing battle against cancer.
ANOTHER two people lost their lives in the sea on Sunday, taking the total number of deaths by drowning on the island over the weekend to three.
THE COUPLE being held for running a brothel and filming their clients in X-rated positions were remanded in custody for a further eight days yesterday by the Nicosia District Court.
A CHURCH in Larnaca was yesterday damaged by a fire broke that broke out in the early hours.
The cleaning lady at the Ayios Nicolaos church spotted the fire a little after 8am yesterday, when she saw it rapidly spread across part of the church.
Initial investigations have shown that a short-circuit in the air-conditioning system was to blame.
CHINA’S President Hu Jintao would like to see Cyprus act as a bridge between his country and the EU, President Demetris Christofias said after meeting the Chinese leader in Beijing.
THE CYPRUS Airways spokesman yesterday rushed to defend the airline, after delays led to two passenger outbursts in as many days.
In addition to Saturday morning’s incident caused by a number of passengers after a five-hour delay, mayhem was caused at Larnaca Airport on Sunday night when a flight was delayed by three hours and 45 minutes – “due to technical problems”.
THE GOVERNMENT is rethinking plans to have 14 golf courses operating in Cyprus, given the serious water crisis troubling the island, Interior Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis said yesterday.
THE ATTORNEY-general’s office said yesterday that by next month they would have a clearer picture regarding the police investigation into the Helios flight that killed 121 people three years ago on Thursday.
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.
