SO THE COPS, allegedly caught on video giving a good kicking to a couple of youths in December 2005, were innocent according to our criminal court? The video was not valid evidence, decided the learned judges in their decision, acquitting the 10 cops who were charged with assaulting the two students.
RECENT state incentives to boost Cyprus’ flagging tourism, which included a cut in airport fees, is too little too late, low-cost carrier Ryanair has said.
I refer to the article by Antonis Loizou published in the Sunday Mail Property&Home section of March 15, 2009 (‘Putting golf on the right course’). I agree with you, golf courses and associated businesses (properties, hotels, etc.) make a lot of sense for a country like Cyprus that is aiming for quality tourism.
As a regular visitor of the Coffeeshop, I was gratified to read in last Sunday’s issue Patroclos’ totally justified concerns about the recent Supreme Court decision by which a man who had been at first instance sentenced to nine years imprisonment for sexually abusing his 11-year-old son was acquitted for reasons that do not take into account children’s rights.
Dear B. Jones of Paphos,
So you can’t wait to leave Cyprus? Don’t blame the island for the fact that you didn’t do your homework about living here before moving! Where did you think you were coming to?
Oh no – not another letter from a whingeing Brit!. I thought it was time to redress the balance a little. My husband and I have lived in Cyprus for six years, since retiring. Had we stayed in Britain, we would not have been able to afford to retire.
Are we to believe that the reasons highlighted in B. Jones’ bitter and somewhat spiteful letter which are allegedly causing them to leave Cyprus, are ones which have just developed? Are they instances which have only recently become part of the way of life on the island?
Dear B. Jones,
You, like thousands of others, obviously didn’t do your homework and research properly before you moved to Cyprus. Of course having a holiday somewhere will be totally different to living in the country. If you knew of the limited public transport system. why move to that country if you can’t drive and can’t get around and explore the wonders of the island?
I learnt recently that major supermarkets in other countries are installing check-out tills that will print on both sides of the receipt thus, in one stroke, cutting the amount of paper used in half and making a significant saving in felled trees, transport costs and – of course – money.
In his letter Robert Brew last week believes we will still be the Champion Rubbish Nation for years.
I thought we were turning for the better when recycling became the watchword. We started off with a pilot scheme, complete with sensible-sized skips and it seemed to bode well for the future.
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.
