THE EUPHORIA inspired by the our football triumphs gave way to gloom and despair this week as the eagerly-awaited direct talks to solve the Cyprob got off to a spectacularly bad start, before the two leaders had even begun negotiating.
Two brave women are hoping to experience the freezing wastes of Antarctica
WHY WOULD anyone want to travel 500 miles across the most hostile environment on Earth? Where temperatures fall to -30C, winds reach speeds of over 129 kilometres per hour, crevasses lurk beneath the ice and disorientating blizzards last for days at a time?
AGRICULTURE was the backbone of the Cyprus economy in 1960. By the late 1970s, its dominant role was challenged by the growing manufacturing and service sectors. Today, its importance has declined emphatically, while its share of the GNP and workforce employment is now a fraction of what it once was.
CIVIL Registry and Migration Director Anny Shakalli yesterday confirmed she had officially requested police protection after she was attacked in her home last month.
Shakalli, who has been left traumatised by the experience, said the request was made in writing through her lawyer.
Sir,
Sadly, the good people who sailed to Gaza have not actually achieved that much; the Israelis simply decided that intercepting these vessels would merely give the blockade busters heightened publicity.
Will the next vessel sailing to the open prison known as Gaza be unhindered? Sadly not.
Sir,
I frequently travel to the Ayia Thekla area, being there on holiday until August 26 this year, and was overwhelmed by the use of quads.
Sir,
We would like to comment on your article ‘No break for dogs as Cyprus heads for holidays’ by Marcos Charalambides.
Sir,
As an Anglo-Cypriot resident of Famagusta until August 1974, I would like to congratulate Anorthosis Football Club for its outstanding achievement in qualifying for the Champions League. Their outstanding quality of play under the inspired management of Temuri Ketsbaia is just reward for their efforts.
AN Australian Cypriot has been arrested in Thailand on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy.
A Melbourne resident, Harry Nicolaides lived in Thailand from 2003 to 2005, teaching at a university in the northern city of Chiang Rai and writing a weekly column for Phuketinfo.com.
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.
