SINCE the 1974 Turkish invasion over 60,000 antique artifacts have been looted and smuggled out of northern Cyprus, says the government. But one man believes those stolen relics of our island’s heritage may not be as far away as those quoting such high, and some-would-say arbitrary, figures think.
EIGHT years ago last week, Oxana Rantseva plunged to her death from a fifth-storey apartment in Limassol. The circumstances surrounding her death have never been fully elucidated.
The 20-year-old Russian was an artiste working for a well-known cabaret in the coastal town. Her body was found only an hour after police had released her into the custody of her employer.
VERY FEW people care about what happens on an average wet and misty day in Brussels. And that’s just the media, reflecting to a large extent the general public’s attitude to the EU.
Those that do care – government, parliament and political parties – make very little effort to accurately inform the public of what goes on at the heart of the EU. On occasion, they even mislead.
“Title Deed plans are nothing more than hot air”
HOME buyers have accused the state of misleading the British government by giving assurances of new legislation to tackle the title deeds issue when no such plans exist.
Following your article (‘Uni gets F in bookkeeping’, Cyprus Mail, March 11), I wish to clarify that any issues regarding material purchases discussed during the recent House of Representatives Education Committee meeting do not relate to the University’s bookkeeping, a term that is wrongly used in the title.
In England, if a Cypriot bought a house without deeds,
They’d be rightly outraged and they’d lobby MPs
So imagine my sense of injustice, living here,
In Cyprus what I’ve paid for is costing me dear.
Aged 72, I must appeal to the court,
just to get deeds of the house that I bought.
Expats heed this tale before embarkation.
“I wonder whether they have a driving test in Cyprus,” my friend in the passenger seat mused, as another car doing 160kph or thereabouts pulled out to overtake us in the teeth of oncoming vehicles.
I found myself wondering what the driving test would be like, if there were one.
Tester: Before we start, Mr Kaoz, may I be sure that you have taken care of your mirrors?
Much as I agree, with Ms Debbie Cameron from Manchester, UK, that Cyprus pricing is not what it used to be – just like everything else in life – I think it’s a mistake to assume that everything is a rip-off here.
Do British expats think they are the only poor souls who have to tighten their belts and economise a bit? The whole world is having to do the same thing!
Do they not read the English papers? Can they not see what some city centres, schools, hospitals, the streets at night, even some whole communities, and the general economy have come to?
AN IRISH couple living in Limassol will soon be traveling to Gaza, where they will volunteer with the Free Gaza Movement (FMG) for three to six months.
Derek and Jenny Graham, who have been active with the FMG for over a year, will be describing their Gaza experiences at an online blog.
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.
