DESPITE a slight decrease in road deaths in 2008 compared to the year before, the state is still a long way off from achieving EU goals to halve road fatalities by 2010.
The increase in fines and stepping up of police campaigns to reduce road accidents didn’t bring the desired results for 2008.
PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias’ verbal attack against coalition partner EDEK has left the socialist party reeling.
The party’s deputy president, Koullis Mavronicolas, said EDEK felt “degraded” by Christofias’ statements and was unaware the President felt this way.
THE NEWBORNS hospitalised in the Neonatal Unit of the Makarios Hospital where they are being treated for Legionnaires’ disease passed a “calm” night, according to their doctor
The Head of Makarios Hospital’s paediatric department, Dr Andreas Hadjidemetriou, yesterday said that “three of the infants remain on the respirator as they are suffering from a severe case of pneumonia”.
DUAL PRICING in euros and pounds has officially ended as a legal requirement from January 1, one year after the adoption of the single currency in Cyprus.
FORMER President Glafcos Clerides is due out of hospital on Monday after a stay of four weeks, his doctor said yesterday.
Clerides, who will be 90 in April, had an operation for a fractured left hip on December 9. Doctors say he has made a good recovery and is now ready to be discharged from the Evangelistria Clinic.
MORE rain is expected over the weekend and on Monday, while low temperatures will also continue over the next three days, according to the Meteorological Service. The relatively high atmospheric pressure is expected to subside, giving way to more rain and snow in the mountains.
LONDON Greek Radio (LGR) has launched a new and improved website in a bid to reach out to as many Greek speakers living abroad as possible.
Since its creation in 1983, LGR has become part of the daily life of London’s sizeable Greek speaking community, and the site’s launch is part of an effort to act as a communication tool between Cypriots and Greeks around the world.
WINTER sales are starting on January 7, approximately a month earlier than usually provided by law (first Monday of February).
On the last day of 2008, Commerce Minister, Antonis Paschalides, issued the decree that sets the date of winter discounts on January 7 ending February 21, 2009. The sales regard clothing, footwear, household equipment and furniture.
TEACHERS from both sides have pledged to work together for peace in Cyprus in 2009 as they toasted the New Year with cake and wine at the Ledra Street crossing yesterday.
THE Interior Minister is to conclude on a bill amending voting laws by the end of this month, allowing overseas voting for the first time.
Minister Neoklis Silikiotis is expected to submit his proposals to the Cabinet for approval, with the aim having Parliament pass the new legislation before the European Parliament elections take place in June.
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.
