IN YEROSKIPOU Andreas Xenofontos has long been known as Mr Ricco after the beachside café he opened in 1975. The security the restaurant has provided is a far cry from an early life which was fraught with loss and physical pain.
‘RICCOS’ beach in Yeroskipou will have its famous café torn down on November 15, if a last minute licence isn’t received by the Council of Ministers.
Earlier this year ‘Mr Ricco’, Andreas Xenofontos, fought a demolition order by forming a human chain with many of his supporters around the beach café to prevent bulldozers from flattening the lot.
BRITISH home buyer Conor O’Dwyer was furious yesterday that it will have taken more than a year for Paralimni court to hear his case involving an alleged beating by the property developers with whom he is in dispute over a house purchase.
AN UNHAPPY Nicosia man is demanding up to €2 million in compensation from the state because he blames public doctors for the partial loss of use of his left leg.
Constantinos Voutsas has filed medical negligence charges against the Cyprus Republic and is seeking a payment of €500,000 to €2 million.
A LAW is currently being prepared that will fine citizens who do not recycle as part of a ‘pay as you throw’ programme that would create direct economic incentives for Cypriots to recycle more and to generate less waste.
A TEENAGER was arrested on Friday after child pornography was found on his computer, police said yesterday.
FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS
GOOSESTEPPING TIME AGAIN – seeing as you are what you declare and 15 people can make a new political faction overnight, the next move inevitably is action. Choosing the right move is crucial; making the wrong one could be fatal.
LAST week, I referred to a guy who sent me this profound text message I’d decided was sent to me from some higher power.
This week, I’m thinking he’s getting his lines from some self-help book.
Basically, I got a second random message: “Isabella, reach beyond your comfort zone to lift yourself to new levels.”
WTF?
MY FATHER always delights in relating the story of the late historian Leo Valiani, who would bamboozle (especially British) colleagues at academic conferences, with his ability to switch effortlessly between six languages.
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.
