ANOTHER legal victory – a ‘vindication’ of the People’s Republic as the comrade presidente described it – has given a much-needed boost to the false hopes of the European solution peddled by the bash-patriotic Cyprob warriors.
IN land abandoned almost 35 years ago thrives a whole ecosystem where nature is king. Winding across the island, slicing through hills of the Paphos forest, and dividing the capital, the UN buffer zone has become home to flourishing wildlife untouched since the invasion.
When Cyprus joined the European union in May 2004, the main reason in most people’s minds locally was to pursue the so-called “European solution” to the national problem, whereby Cyprus would use its EU membership to extract concessions from Turkey while Turkey continued with its own EU candidacy.
ARETI Christodoulou has broken through a 130 year-long male dominated tradition, by becoming the first-ever female forestry official on the island.
She has recently taken up her post at the Forestry Department premises within Nicosia’s Athalassa Park as a Conservator of Forests.
THE MALL of Cyprus at weekends is the closest Nicosia gets to shopping pandemonium.
Not only are the 2500 parking spaces always full, but the roads surrounding the shopping centre are also absolutely jam-packed as crowds bustle into Nicosia’s biggest retail space which opened in September 2007.
WHEN Christoforos Papadopoulos took over as muktar of Akrounda village in 1994 the population was 200 and shrinking. Fifteen years later the population has more than doubled to 500.
For a man who has village politics and administration in his genes, his contribution to reversing the population decline is among his proudest achievements.
THE Tiffany shopping mall, which opens on May 30 in Zakaki, Limassol, represents Cyprus’ largest-ever commercial investment with a total cost of approximately €100 million. It will be the biggest mall on the island with 150 retail outlets, 17 cafés and restaurants and an ice skating ring.
ANGELOS Tsangarides is a zymurgist. His father and grandfather before him were also zymurgists. In fact the entire family, including his sister Loukia, are all deeply committed and passionate members of this exclusive sect.
Until recently I was very sympathetic to demands to cut VAT for restaurants. Even if it means that there’s nothing in it for consumers (“Deputies defend VAT cut for restaurants”, Cyprus Mail, April 14).
Concerning the use of lasers, which can cause accidents to airlines and damage eyesight, surely the simplest thing to do would be to make it illegal to possess or to sell them.
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.
