Irene
My Valentine needs no special day
She within me will forever stay
Derek
A female seagull called H.D.M. had flown from the cold, Oslo fjord to the Middle Eastern isle of Cyprus and met with a local bird (partridge) called H.D.L. and instantly they became love mates since 27 years ago until today.
THE EFFECTS of the credit crunch could prove to be a boon for second-hand shops, with
consumers in Paphos already looking for alternative shopping options.
CYPRUS yesterday signed the European Road Safety Charter, which aims to halve fatal road accidents by 2010.
Nineteen companies, semi-government organisations, municipalities and other bodies signed the Charter, as part of the European Union’s plans to decrease road deaths across the EU by 25,000 each year.
THE United Nations’ top internal court has ordered the world body to pay at least part of the legal costs of a former UN official accused of corruption over the Iraq oil-for-food program.
VALENTINE’S DAY: a celebration of love that allegedly dates all the way back to the third century in Rome and honours the life of a romantic priest named St Valentine. But it certainly doesn’t hold the same meanings for everyone.
CUTTING health funding during the economic crisis would be wrong, EU Commissioner for Health, Androulla Vassiliou has said.
Vassiliou said that now was the best time for a discussion on the health sector but funding cuts were not the way to go, she said.
TO MARK International Congenital Heart Awareness Day today, the Association of Parents and Friends of Children with Heart Disease thanked everybody who has supported their cause over the 24 years since its establishment.
Cyprus to issue foreign bond in 2009)
THE government expects to go ahead with issuing a €1 billion bond in the international markets within the first half of 2009, Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis stated yesterday.
FEBRUARY sees the launch of the annual Spring Alive event by the partners of BirdLife International in Europe. Observers in Cyprus are already recording sightings of Swallows and Swifts on the island.
The local Cypriot partner BirdLife Cyprus will be co-ordinating Cyprus’ participation and invites everyone to get involved in this simple, fun survey.
THE ARMS cargo aboard Monchegorsk was transported yesterday to Cypriot Navy base Antistratigos Evaggelos Florakis at Mari, where it will be stored.
The transport operation started yesterday morning, under strict security conditions and a strong presence by police special forces and the National Guard.
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.
