Arrivals could slump by more than 20 per cent next year
TWENTY days after offering solutions to the looming tourism crisis, hoteliers said yesterday the only change on the horizon was an even bleaker outlook for 2009.
THE FIVE criminal investigators appointed to examine the escape from hospital of convicted rapist and murderer Antonis Prokopiou Kitas, more commonly known as Al Capone, were yesterday instructed to leave no stone unturned.
COMMERCE Minister Antonis Paschalides yesterday took on the role of acting Justice Minister until a replacement can be found.
The minister was asked to step in following Kypros Chrysostomides’ surprise resignation on Wednesday in the wake of convicted double murderer Antonis Prokopiou Kitas’ hospital escape last Friday.
AN EIGHTEEN-year old man died after being hit by a car on Salaminos Avenue in Nicosia on Thursday night
At 8.45pm, a car driven by a 28-year-old ran over 18-year-old Tsurin Sviatoslav, who was crossing the road at the time. The 28-year old driver was arrested and remanded in custody to facilitate investigations. The driver showed a zero alcohol level.
BANANA production in Cyprus has fallen by at least half in the last season.
The warning came from the secretary general of the banana field owners, Doros Panayiotopoulos, who fears next season’s crop may be even worse.
ONE HUNDRED pupils in Yeroskipou in Paphos were each given a free bicycle yesterday.
Secondary school students aged between 12 and 13 took possession of their new bicycles as part of a local municipality initiative, which has been running for the last seven years.
THE number of building permits issued between January and October this year fell 8.4 per cent to 7,291 over the same period in 2007, the Statistics Department said yesterday.
The total value of these permits decreased by 0.1 per cent and the total area affected by 2.4 per cent. ?he number of dwelling units to be built under the permits recorded a decrease of 6.3 per cent.
GONE are the days when files full of signatures were wheeled to the front door of government buildings, major industries and media organisations.
In the spirit of a more technological age, a brand new independent Cyprus-based website invites visitors to create online petitions on any subject and for others to add their support at the click of a mouse.
SORE-eyed, disheveled and cranky, MPs yesterday approved the 2009 budget after a marathon session of the plenum that dragged long into the night.
A NUMBER of arrests have been made in connection with the brutal murder of prominent Cypriot businessman Sir George Constantinou, who lived in Papua New Guinea.
Constantinou was Cyprus’ Honorary Consul at Papua New Guinea. He had moved to PNG from Cyprus in the 1950s and established one of the most successful business and construction empires in the country.
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.
