IN THE END, the apprentice fascists had their way. The play Our River, which promoted Greek-Turkish friendship, will not be staged by the secondary school of Rizokarpasso, as had been originally planned, announced the education minister Andreas Demetriou, last weekend.
MARGARET Clough isn’t the type to mope. Since losing her loving husband last year, she has avoided the fall into despondency. But there’s no denying the loneliness – especially on Sundays.
“That’s the day my husband and I got together with friends and we would drive into the countryside for a nice lunch,” she said. “I miss that Sunday gathering experience.”
Central Bank governor Athanasios Orphanides has never been scared to stick his head above the parapet. Now he’s daring to take on the European Central Bank )
Petros Souppouris, who witnessed the execution of nearly his whole family in 1974, has become a firm believer in reconciliation )
Today, the deceased members of the Liasis family, one of two families nearly annihilated in Palekythro village during the fiery August of 1974 will be finally laid to rest. The funeral of the other family will be held soon.
TURKISH Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat will not run for ‘president’ next year if there is no solution to the Cyprus problem by the end of 2009, he said in an interview published in Turkey yesterday.
In the interview with Sabah newspaper, Talat, who was on a visit to Istanbul, said he was unhappy with the pace of the Cyprus negotiations.
A BOMB exploded at a Limassol taverna during the early hours of yesterday morning in what police believe was a threatening message to the outlet’s owner.
Investigators also believe the explosion was linked to another bomb, placed in the target’s 24-year-old ex-wife’s car in Ypsonas 24 hours earlier.
ONE group of Nicosia women are taking the maxim ‘every little helps’ seriously to heart. Going by the name of Vagoni Agapis (‘Wagon of Love’) they have joined forces to come up with innovative ways to help families in need. But they are also calling for help from the general public.
POLICE CHIEF Iacovos Papacostas has given a statement to criminal investigators as part of the ongoing inquiry into the escape of convicted rapist and murderer Antonis Prokopiou Kitas from a private Nicosia hospital at the end of last year, reports said yesterday.
Papacostas’ statement was taken by Panayiotis Pelagia and Onisiforos Ioannou on Friday morning.
A UK company is preparing to provide legal funding to certain groups of property buyers to pursue legal action against Cypriot developers in Britain. The move is aimed at those who are desperate but cannot afford to take on developers or property agents.
A NEW SMS text service designed to monitor taxi journeys taken by British forces personnel has been launched, after an increasing number of reports about a well organised scam.
In the past year a growing number of British soldiers have complained that they have been targeted by organised crime when taking taxis home after a night on the town.
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.
