THE HEALTH Ministry yesterday played down reports a 14-year-old Nicosia pupil had been diagnosed with and was receiving hospital treatment for tuberculosis.
The ministry said the youngster had been diagnosed on Wednesday and was being treated for the infectious lung disease at a sanitarium in the mountain village of Kyperounda.
CYPRUS’ compulsory voting law seems to be no hindrance for the 11 per cent of people who have no intention of heading to the ballot-box for next Saturday’s elections to the European Parliament.
VISITOR NUMBERS to Polis Chrysochous are already down by as much as 25 per cent, compared with the same period last year, according to local councillor, Kyriacos Cleanthous.
“It’s quieter than last year, and last year’s figures had already seen a substantial decrease.”
A FUGITIVE Italian art dealer who skipped bail over four years ago was finally re-arrested and brought before a Cypriot court yesterday.
THE UN Security Council approved a resolution, renewing the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for a further six months yesterday.
Resolution 1783 was passed with 14 votes in favour and one against, the objection coming from Turkey.
THE SPECIAL Adviser of the UN Secretary General on Cyprus, Alexander Downer, will be the host of a new initiative to highlight the wealth of artistic expression on the island and the fruits of creative cooperation across the Cyprus divide, UNFICYP said yesterday.
CENTRE-RIGHT DIKO wants to take legal action against left-wing coalition partner AKEL over the ruling party’s pre-election emblem and slogan but the row appears to symbolise a growing rift in the government partnership.
The spat between the two parties yesterday showed no signs of abating, just a week before the European Parliament elections.
THE FAMILY PLANNING Association yesterday presented the European Youth Charter of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), which aims to promote sexual well-being across Europe.
A 40-YEAR-OLD Briton saved a disabled teenager from drowning when he leapt to her rescue from his ground-floor Ayia Napa hotel apartment, hours before he was due to get married, reports said yesterday.
A GULF Air plane was stopped minutes before take off at Larnaca airport yesterday after an anonymous caller warned that hijackers were on board.
The call proved to be a hoax and three and a half hours later, the plane took off with all passengers on board.
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.
