MUCH AS we hate repeating what other columnists write, we would like to advise our customers not to get carried away by the election of Barack Obama and start thinking that immediately after his investiture he would impose a fair, just and lasting settlement of the Cyprob, free of settlers, troops and Turkish Cypriots.
Miriam is one of an increasing number of British women in Cyprus who has been deserted by her British partner and is forced to bring up children alone, without any real hope of maintenance.
NOT only is the MoD’s exit visa requirement a blatant violation of EU legislation on free movement (see article), it is to a great extent a pointless exercise for both state and the men involved.
HOW BAD is bad? How evil is the Devil? Can God cry for the Devil? Questions not many of us ask because we already know the answers. At least, we think we do.
Some indisputable facts: Osama bin Laden is a crazy Islamic fundamentalist. The Chinese want to take over the world. And building a well in an impoverished Indian village is a good thing.
MY MEMORIES of coffee cup reading go back to my teens when my aunty Tezel, sitting on her front porch under a blazing August sunset, read the dregs of my first ever cup of Turkish coffee. I was nervous, and I clearly remember rubbing my sweaty palms on the smart trousers my parents had cajoled me into wearing for the interminable visits to our Nicosia relatives.
But expats lose a sense of place by ignoring local TV
BACK in the 1980s and 90s the steady trickle of expats would receive their daily fix of news and entertainment exclusively on local TV.
It was all a far cry from today with most new arrivals connected to the same channels they watched back home and have little or no time for Cyprus broadcasting.
Sir,
I wonder whether any of your readers can explain the regulations for erecting advertising hoardings in Cyprus?
In recent months, a large number of huge signs have gone up alongside the motorway to Paphos. I believe that these disfigure the landscape and create an impression of ugly commercialism.
Sir,
Cyprus faces dramatic water shortages in the Spring, which will have economic consequences for local agriculture and the tourist industry.
Sir,
When my brother said he was coming over to see us, I suggested that he try the new airport shuttle bus that we had heard about and save my husband the long journey to collect him from Paphos to Larnaca.
Sir,
This week’s Sunday Mail prompted this missive, as it ran articles relating to our dear President and the amount of “air kilometres” he’s clocked up during his relatively short term in office. Just this week I was looking around various travel websites for prices of flights from Cyprus to Singapore.
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.
