RESIDENTS of Yeroskipou, who fear they may be getting cancer because of numerous problems in the area, are calling on the local council to contract a scientific expert to carry out conclusive research.
IF THERE was one wish that remained constant among World War II veterans who yesterday marked the 64th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, it was that the two sides in Cyprus should try to follow by example the unity that encapsulated people regardless of nationality, race or religion in the fight for a better future.
TOO MUCH discussion and comments surrounding possible foreign investment in Cyprus could provoke potential investors into withdrawing their interest, the government warned yesterday.
MEP Marios Matsakis yesterday blasted the private company in charge of security at Larnaca Airport for employing what he called untrained cheap labour, who were unable to communicate and were rude to the public.
NICOSIA MAYOR Eleni Mavrou yesterday signed a five-year contract for an ambitious programme to build pavements and road-drainage in 100 of the capital’s streets, promising to stamp out illegal parking as much as possible.
Beach clean-ups yield tonnes of rubbish
IN A BID to take action against the widespread littering and garbage dumping problems at Chlorakas beach, residents yesterday organised a beach cleaning campaign to raise awareness and collected 40 bags of rubbish in the process.
BIRD ACTIVISTS from Germany, Italy and the UK removed and destroyed 2,136 illegal lime sticks and more than 30 mist nets used for bird trapping on Cyprus over the past two weeks, they said yesterday.
A 36-YEAR-OLD woman, her three children and their housemaid barely escaped with their lives in the early hours of yesterday after an arson attack on the Latsia flat in which they were sleeping.
It was the third time the woman had been the victim of an arson attack, once on her person in 2007 and last year on her car/
THE AGRICULTURE Ministry is taking immediate measures to address the annual devastation caused by forest fires in the summer through the reinforcement of manpower and fire fighting equipment.
THE VISIT to the north by Turkey’s newly-appointed foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu provoked the obligatory knee-jerk reaction from our politicians, broadcasters and columnists.
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.
