Association head sees Cypriots as the first to go
THE PREDICTED downturn in the construction sector could see around 20,000 jobs lost, the head of the Cyprus Building Contractors’ Association warned yesterday.
INTERIOR MINISTER Neoclis Sylikiotis has called for patience as the government attempts to sort out the morass surrounding the non-issuance of title deed within a reasonable period.
Sylikiotis was responding to a report in the Sunday Mail that said British buyers had managed to bring their case to the attention of the British House of Lords.
INVITATIONS will be issued from Monday for investment in the tourism sector following the launch yesterday of a package of incentives worth €13 million.
The incentives package, which will use some of the EU structural funds, was launched by the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) and the Minister of Commerce Antonis Paschalides.
DISY LEADER Nicos Anastassiades last night dined with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat and his wife Oya, at a hotel in occupied Kyrenia,
Before the dinner, Talat told reporters that they would discuss the Cyprus problem, drought and other environmental issues.
THE HEALTH Ministry’s general aim for 2009 is to upgrade and improve the state’s health services, Minister Christos Patsalides said yesterday.
Presenting his ministry’s budget for 2009, Patsalides said he aimed to reorganise the ministry and prepare the grounds for the implementation of the National Health Scheme by 2010.
FORMER president Tassos Papadopoulos’ condition was yesterday deemed stable, after doctors found his health had improved.
Papadopoulos, who has been in Nicosia General Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit since Saturday, had been through a series of tests early yesterday morning, while doctors banned visitors as he is “too tired”.
OPPOSITION DISY has submitted a proposal to reform the law controlling the sale of Turkish Cypriot properties in the free areas.
The proposal, prepared by MPs Soteris Sampson and Kyriacos Hadjiyiannis, was presented yesterday.
THE HUMAN Rights Subcommittee of the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly yesterday met at Le Meridien in Limassol. The meeting focused on the missing persons from the 1974 Turkish invasion and was addressed by House President Marios Garoyian and MP Christos Pourgourides who represents Cyprus on the subcommittee.
THE GOVERNMENT is disappointed over what it called attempts to downgrade President Demetris Christofias’ recent trip to Moscow.
Christofias came under fire from opposition DISY for acting more like the leader of the communist party AKEL than the President of Cyprus during his Russia trip.
GEORGIA WAS the big winner of the sixth Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Limassol on Saturday.
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.
