EVERY week we witness the same masquerade in which unqualified journalists and their distinguished guests disguised as modern Messiahs mete out justice by commenting on football games and referees’ decisions. Referees are usually dismissed as inadequate and deliberately biased.
THE STATE yesterday handed out another €90 million, this time in benefits for pensioners in the form of a one-off Easter bonus across the board and pension increases for those below the poverty line.
DOMESTIC water cuts will be reduced by 15 per cent, while farmers and animal grazers will be given 20 million cubic metres, the cabinet decided yesterday.
The 15 per cent reduction represents a 15 per cent increase in the amount of water which the Water Development Board sends to local authorities and district water councils.
POLICE yesterday issued a desperate plea to parents and teens to put an end to the out-of-control bonfire phenomenon following 17 fires in 24 hours.
In one of the incidents two 16-year-old boys suffered severe burns when a gasoline container exploded near the fire they lit in the early hours of yesterday
SECONDARY school teachers have renewed threats to boycott the upcoming Pancyprian exams unless the government shelves plans allowing students with international examinations to be admitted to state universities.
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday dismissed the notion that plans to relax and speed up visa procedures for Russian nationals would put Cyprus in hot water with the European Union’s border controls policy.
“This has nothing to do with the Schengen Treaty…we shall continue to conform to all EU travel regulations regardless,” government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou told the Mail.
A COMPROMISE solution regarding the fate of Poseidonos Avenue in Paphos was taken late on Monday.
Paphos councillor Polis Polydorou confirmed that the newly upgraded seafront road would be open to traffic throughout the year, with specified restrictions in place between the months of June to September.
THREE men from Romania are in hospital after being attacked by seven Indian men in a street near the St Lazarus Church in Larnaca.
The incident took place at 9.30pm on Monday when the three Romanians walking along Adonidos Street were attacked by the gang.
CABINET Secretary, Andreas Moleskis, was yesterday appointed head of the task force which will oversee the country’s preparations for taking over the EU Presidency in the second half of 2012.
Government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou announced the decision yesterday, noting that Moleskis would resign from the civil service to take over the EU Presidency 2012 team.
REPRESENTATIVES of Young Friends of the Earth Cyprus yesterday visited the embassies of China, Australia and the USA in Nicosia to present letters urging these countries to take positive action on climate change.
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.
