IT MUST have been around ten years ago that I first wandered into the Arabahmet neighbourhood of Nicosia. Yalcin, a Turkish Cypriot writer and friend of mine, had recently opened a bar and restaurant in the Writer’s Association’s building in Tanzimat Street.
MARFIN Investment Group (MIG) Executive Vice-Chairman Andreas Vgenopoulos may be a lot of things – lawyer, banker, consummate politician, showman, brash Athenian – but he’s certainly no mug when it comes to making money.
New Web-service sheds light on MEPs’ Activity
A NEW European Parliament website has been set up ahead of next week’s Euro elections to allow voters to spy on their present Euro representatives and discover how hard-working they really are.
LIVE music in Paphos is being killed off by over zealous police officers who are handing out fines for loud noise levels, which performers say have no legal basis.
Davis East earns his living as a professional singer and performer and says that last year Paphos police entered his venues on a weekly basis, complaining about the noise.
BY RIGHTS potatoes should be declared a super-food.
Not only do they survive in arid lands, in the glacial north, at sea level, and run riot in the Amazonian rain forests, but each tuber also contains sufficient vitamins and minerals, proteins, calories and cellulose, for a healthy adult to survive indefinitely on a solid diet of potatoes alone.
There are traffic laws in Cyprus? This is the joke, surely.
I have driven for many years in many countries in the world but never have I seen such blatant disregard for traffic laws and regulations.
I am among those who are strongly critical of the very long-standing practices attached to the issues of Title Deeds and Immovable Property Tax, and I have applauded the various pressure groups in their endeavours to bring order out of chaos, confusion and – in some cases – downright dishonesty.
So, top public servants get €500,000 in bonuses to make their overall earnings “more in line with a modern, competitive economy” (Cyprus Mail, May 12, 2009). This, on top of the government largesse earlier this year, when generous handouts were made whether the recipients needed them or not.
I read with interest your recent article concerning Karmi village in north Cyprus.
Your choice of Karmi as, apparently, an archetypal Greek Cypriot village now owned by foreigners is simply incorrect.
I have been following the Orams case since the early stages of the court hearings.
Was it not Turkey who illegally invaded and still occupies 36 per cent of Cyprus? Are there not numerous UN resolutions condemning this occupation?
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.
