WHATEVER happened to our sensitive, caring, compassionate, socially responsible and charitable banks that help children with special needs, give millions to quake victims and organise charity events for muscular dystrophy sufferers?
Sir,
I did a bit of research to find a cheaper and quicker solution for Mr Peter Stephens of Polis (The price of living on an isolated island, Letters, November 9) and would like to bring to his attention that the cost of Emirates flight from Istanbul to Singapore at the same time he is planning to fly is €1,888 return for two people.
Sir,
Referring to Geoff Cosson’s letter (‘Blots on the landscapes, Letters, November 9), I can confirm that most of the billboards along the main road from Pissouri to Paphos are illegal.
According to the law, billboards require a licence from the local authorities, should be sited 40 metres away from the highway and be placed 1km from each other.
A UK survey released last week predicted Britons would spend 10.6 billion pounds less this year on Christmas than they did last year as a direct result of the global financial crisis.
It is a tale of festive doom and gloom repeated throughout the United States and elsewhere in Europe.
AN EIGHT-day Internet Peace Experiment, which was aimed at seeing if positive thought directed at a conflict area by a large number of people at the same time could influence events, says violence appeared to drop dramatically four weeks later.
I HAVE decided that I do not want to date any more younger men.
They are fun. They are cute. They are very willing to please. And that’s it.
PRICES AT the pumps have fallen by an average of 20 per cent since the collapse in the oil price. Can we expect a similar reduction in the cost of electricity? Since oil is priced in dollars and the dollar has strengthened against the euro by the same amount one would think not.
THE BRAWL in the Ukrainian parliament last Tuesday was an undignified ending to the country’s two-month political crisis, but something important has changed.
WE BEGAN a journey in Afghanistan seven years ago with the war that ousted the Taliban from power. Much has been accomplished along the way, for Afghanistan and for the world.
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.
