EVER SINCE this Vatopedi Monastery scandal appeared in the news, I have been trying to understand what all the hysteria is about and why Greece’s media have been making such an almighty fuss about a few smart business deals struck by the monks.
‘SEND a maniac to catch a maniac’ was the premise of the film Demolition Man.
Send a money launderer to catch a money launderer describes the career of Kenneth Rijock who was in Cyprus last week to advice bankers, lawyers and police on the tricks he employed during his former career.
FOR MORE than a decade a house in Emba has become an annual Christmas attraction as people flock to see its ever-growing array of lights
Bernard and Miriam Cole, originally from Keithley in West Yorkshire, moved to Emba village in Paphos thirteen years ago. Each December, they have been festooning the exterior of their house with hundreds of lights.
Expected rainfall for November normally stands at 53.3mm. The alarming figure hammers home yet again that Cyprus cannot rely on rainfall alone to replenish its depleted water supplies, nor fill its reservoirs.
Present storage is at its lowest level ever, standing at just 8.8 million cubic metres, or 3.2 per cent of full capacity (273.6 million cubic metres).
THE FACTS are all there: Cyprus faces its worst water crisis in modern history. Methods ranging from water cuts, expanded desalination to expensive imports have been tried but the reality of reduced resources has not managed to embed itself in our consciousness.
Sir,
We write regarding the article in the Cyprus Mail, November 25, titled “Minister Urges Patience Over Title Deeds Issue”.
Mr Sylikiotis once again trots out the same pathetic excuse that it’s all the buyers’ fault, stating that “people who buy homes cannot be blindly signing contracts”.
Sir,
I feel compelled to respond to your article in last week’s Sunday Mail regarding the education of English children in Cypriot schools and the problems currently being experienced by both the children and parents.
Sir,
Your article dated “Does anyone really want reunification” (Sunday Mail, November 30) made sense. The article stated that there is mistrust, resentment and bad faith on both sides and that the possibility of reunification was minimal.
Sir,
Having read Rosie Charalambous’ article on the noise and danger created by these ‘Boy Racers’, I totally agree with her but the problem is not going to stop no matter how tough the police become.
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.
