Tales from the coffeeshop
I WOULD like to apologise in advance, because I plan to copy the state broadcaster and bore you senseless with an extended report about comrade presidente’s emotional return to his ideological homeland, which proved a personal triumph of epic proportions, but a bit of a fiasco for the country.
WHERE do you come from? Not in a trippy, philosophical sense, but rather, who are your ancestors? Knowledge of one’s past is often passed down by word of mouth, and sometimes if you’re lucky there are documents to look at. Tracing one’s lineage, in search perhaps of a famous ancestor or royalty, has become highly popular, and the Internet is full of sites promising to reproduce your family tree.
IT’S A TABOO subject for all but those who could actually lose their homes. The property developers say it won’t happen. The banks are reluctant to discuss it, and the government is silent.
What will happen to home buyers without title deeds if the global crisis worsens and some property developers collapse?
THERE ARE more than twice as many Cypriots without title deeds – 70,000 – as there are foreigners. At a very conservative estimate of only two people per household, this involves a minimum of around 150,000 people.
THE BRITISH House of Lords is seeking answers as to why UK home buyers in Cyprus are still waiting for their title deeds and wants to know whether the British government intends to pressure Nicosia on the issue.
Answers to the two questions tabled by Lord Jones of Cheltenham are expected in the coming week.
Sir,
The ugly, wicked face of poisoned animals has shown itself again, this time Paleokastro Complex and Mead View Village in Pervolia, Larnaca.
This morning I went down with my dog, Cassie, to feed my friend’s four cats and as I went into their garden, I saw two of the cats lying dead by the pool. I picked up the cats, as the other two were waiting to be feed,
Is there a law in Cyprus about driving a vehicle whilst using a handheld mobile phone? Or rather, about not using a mobile phone while driving?
Is there, really?
During the main tourist season, my wife and I booked places on a tourist coach for a visit to Paphos. The coach was due to pick us up at the roundabout near the old port.
Sir,
As a regular visitor to Paphos for some 24 years, I cannot understand the damage to the tourist industry that is allowed to continue by the way of the timeshare touts.
Sir,
So, on yet another issue Cyprus pleads with the EU for an exemption on a proposed directive (‘Officers head to Brussels to plead for Cyprus goats’, Cyprus Mail, November 13).
Sir,
I was shocked, angry and bitterly disappointed over reports of student activities throughout Cyprus on the anniversary of the ‘TRNC’, particularly those scenes depicted at the Ledra Palace crossing in Nicosia.
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.
