Greek Cypriot children in the occupied areas missed the beginning of the new primary school year yesterday because their teachers had yet to be “approved” by the Turkish Cypriot authorities.
Teachers from the Republic were prevented from entering northern Cyprus while the delivery of text books was also blocked.
THE FOREIGN Minister yesterday said the Turkish Cypriot leader was airing contradictory views by claiming he wants a new state or “virgin birth”, while at the same time wishing to maintain the 1960 treaty’s guarantees.
GREEK and Turkish Cypriot organisations in favour of the opening of the checkpoints last night decided to hold a peaceful demonstration outside Nicosia on September 11, the date of the next meeting between the two community leaders.
AN URGENT appeal by the Cyprus Mail to find a temporary foster home for a stray dog has led to it being given the chance of a new life in Britain.
MORE THAN six thousand drivers have been asked to pass a medical examination over the last five years because as their abilities behind the wheel were brought into question.
THE ONGOING dispute over the new seafront road in Kato Paphos continues as two opposing groups have emerged from the the mêlée.
Work on Poseidonos Avenue will be completed in a few days and has split residents into those in favour of opening the road to traffic, and those who wish it to remain as a pedestrianised zone.
Many people are traumatised by despair, and feel themselves falling into a bottomless black pit. These emotions may be caused by grief, stress, or abuse. For the last decade, the Cyprus Samaritans has been lending a listening ear and providing confidential relief to all those in need.
ARREST warrants have been issued against two men who carjacked a man in Larnaca on Wednesday afternoon.
According to the statement given to police by the 48-year-old betting shop owner, his car was stopped on Griva Digenis Avenue before he was physically assaulted, with his attackers then driving off in his luxury car.
IT’S A great relief to see bollards going up on the edge of the pavements lining the access road to Larnaca Airport. And one has not a little malicious pleasure in seeing the illegally parked cars suddenly sealed in (though disappointingly a temporary exit route has been left. Why? Owners should have been forced to pay exorbitant costs to have their cars winched out from the salt lake).
STUDENTS at Aglantzia primary school (D) were welcomed back after the summer holidays yesterday to find a 40m ditch, running across the length of the front of their school.
The ditch, which is around 40ms long and 4ms deep, is just part of the many ongoing road works currently taking place in Aglantzia, and other areas of Nicosia.
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.
