SCORES of people took to the streets yesterday to protest against a controversial Criminal Court decision to acquit ten police officers said to be the same officers caught on video violently beating two students in 2005.
THE CYPRIOT public yesterday said they had lost their faith for the justice system, and feel that they are no longer safe, nor can they trust the police any more.
PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias yesterday called for stricter monitoring measures to tackle the consequences of the global financial crisis.
Speaking from Brussels after a European Council meeting, the president said that European leaders did not wish to adopt additional measures to tackle the crisis, putting faith in the initial measures already announced.
CONFIDENCE in the police seems to have fallen to an all-time low, following Thursday’s court verdict, and the recent saga of escaped convict Antonis Prokopiou Kitas.
A GREEK traffic specialist, Spyros Vouyas, presented his study of the newly upgraded seafront area at the town hall on Thursday night. A decision to open the road to traffic was implemented last year after the mayor of Paphos, Savvas Vergas, was outvoted by members of the council, in favour of opening the multi-million-euro upgrade to traffic.
GUESTS at a high profile dinner in Paphos were stunned when they saw ambulance staff moving an unconscious man on a hotel luggage trolley.
The incident took place at the Coral Beach Hotel in Peyia in Paphos last Saturday. The man collapsed after the event, and a friend called the emergency services and an ambulance was despatched from Paphos general hospital.
A FORTY-YEAR-old man from Larnaca was yesterday arrested and remanded in custody for eight days in connection with car-jacking a man and making off with vehicle and a briefcase with around €70,000 on Tuesday night in Frenaros
THE RED Cross Children’s Hospice operating at Polemidia in Limassol since 1981 is in danger of closing down due to the inability of the charity organisation to cover rising expenses.
With annual expenditures reaching €600,000 the hospice’s administration is now reaching out to the state for additional support, in order to continue its work.
CYPRUS is on track to acquire a modern Scientific Centre for the study of haematological malignancies.
THE ACQUITTAL of the ten police officers accused of abusing two students three years ago was the front page headline of all the Cypriot press yesterday. All six main dailies condemned the decision and all questioned whether any member of the public could ever feel safe again from those who are meant to “protect and serve”.
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.
