CYPRIOTS ARE far more concerned about the quantity of water available in their country than other EU citizens, according to the latest Eurobarometer on water issues.
Virtually all Cypriots (97 per cent) see water quantity to be, at least, a fairly serious problem, compared to 63 per cent of Europeans on average. Least concerned are the Finns with 23 per cent.
NINE YOUNG people have been remanded over their involvement in violence that broke out outside Tsirion stadium after the AEL-APOEL football match on Sunday.
The hooligans threw stones and Molotov cocktails at police officers, wounding four officers and three fans and causing damage to two cars.
THE GOVERNMENT needs to listen to what the tourism industry is saying and then take co-ordinated action urgently, a conference of tourism specialists said yesterday.
CABINET YESTERDAY approved the new national drugs strategy for 2009-2012, Health Minister Christos Patsalides said yesterday.
The minister said the new strategy was shaped by well-prepared studies from academics at the Sorbonne and Hamburg, who evaluated the shortcomings of the previous strategy.
AROUND 5,000 elementary school teachers took part in a two-hour strike yesterday morning, calling for measures to tackle a recent rise in school violence.
Primary school and nursery teachers were striking from 7.30 to 9.05am over the lack of safety for pupils and teachers on school grounds and over delinquency in public Primary Education.
THERE ARE no criminal responsibilities for the collapse of the Nicosia municipal theatre roof last June, Attorney-general Petros Clerides informed Cabinet yesterday.
Central bank governor issues warning to detractors
THIS IS not the time to be questioning my authority to supervise the banking system, warned Central Bank (CB) Governor Athanasios Orphanides yesterday.
THE TEN police members acquitted of beating two students by the criminal court will not return to work until disciplinary proceedings against them are completed, said a police statement yesterday.
THE FOOTBALL Association yesterday brushed aside the notion that visiting fans should be banned from high-risk football games, in the wake of the latest bout of hooliganism at two matches on Sunday.
A ‘FLEXIBLE’ approach will be taken to supplying water to Paphos homes during the summer months, Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas pledged yesterday.
Speaking to a local radio station, Vergas said rainfall over the weekend had added more volume to dams and he reiterated recent comments that, “a more relaxed approach to water supply” would be taken.
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.
