‘What you have here is the political will and the political will is very good’
NEWS THAT both sides were cancelling their annual war games as a sign of goodwill overshadowed yesterday’s meeting between the leaders of the two communities, who otherwise remained coy about how reunification talks were progressing.
RESERVISTS called up for this year’s Nikiforos exercise, called off after a government decision, still need to report to their designated stations, the Defence Ministry has said.
The military exercise had been set to start today and end Saturday.
THE CYPRUS bourse rallied strongly yesterday, as European stock markets rushed to regain part of their huge losses in the past few weeks amid a climate of euphoria after the announcement of a rescue plan by the leaders of the 15 eurozone countries.
RAINFALL distribution for last September was one of the best of the century, yet dams in Cyprus are still nowhere near being replenished.
Head of the Meteorological Department Kyriacos Theophilou said that September and October have been promising in terms of rainfall, but the most significant months for dams collecting water are December and January.
Stavrakis makes bold assurances on Cyprus’ immunity to banks crisis
CYPRUS has the most stable banking system in Europe, giving it the advantage to deal with any consequences arising from the international financial crisis.
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GREEK SPEAKING volunteers are urgently needed to help support a groundbreaking new medical alert service being launched in Cyprus.
The two-way, free SMS system will alert women in Cyprus to remind them when it’s time for their cancer check-ups.
A PLAN to halt a family of asylum seekers crossing south was thwarted on Saturday night, when a woman in the party went into labour.
The newborn baby girl has proved a double blessing for the family who will be granted international protection status, the Interior Minister said yesterday.
FLYING in the face of a global credit crunch, Emirates airlines yesterday announced the addition of two flights two their Malta-Cyprus-Dubai route, which will see the service upgraded to daily flights from December 1.
NICOSIA GENERAL Hospital is celebrating its two years of operation with a series of events and information campaigns.
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.
