PROPERTY buyers in Cyprus have reacted with shock after news broke last night that the government will not help to fix the title deeds saga.
Final confirmation for long-suffering buyers came after months of speculation that much hyped legislation to fix the deed shambles was non-existent.
The Baha’is of Cyprus are praying today for seven Baha’is who are still in prison in Iran, where they have now been for over a year. These Baha’i ‘leaders’ face charges which carry the death sentence, though their only crime is to be members of the Baha’i faith, the largest minority religion in Iran.
THE RESULTS of the Euro elections held over the weekend have been widely interpreted as signalling a shift to the right side of the political spectrum in the 736 seat EU Parliament.
NINE YOUTHS from Limassol, aged between 14 and 29, are on remand in connection with a violent clash between two rival gangs that took place at Yermasoyia tourist area on Sunday, police said.
On Monday morning police had tracked down and arrested six of the nine youths aged between 19 and 29 who were identified as being involved in the violence,
FOUR OUT of ten Cypriots did not bother to visit a polling station last Saturday, preferring instead to pass their day at the beach or poolside.
THE GOVERNMENT’S plans for ensuring continuous water supply independent of weather conditions has been dealt a blow after the Tenders Review Authority (TRA) cancelled the contract to build a desalination plant in Limassol.
CYPRUS returned victorious from the recent Atlantic Bowls Championships held in Johannesburg, South Africa, securing a place in the world championships to be held in Adelaide in Australia in 2012.
The ladies team played their first pair’s match against two well-known names representing England and beat them 22:12.
FOR ONCE, parties did not have to defy the laws of mathematics when claiming some measure of success in elections.
Despite the low turnout, the outcome proved a strong endorsement of partisan politics, as communist AKEL and rightwing DISY both saw their numbers go up.
STATE-OWNED airline Eurocypria appears to have passed the first of two crucial survival tests, by retaining its operating license at a meeting of the Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) yesterday.
CONSTRUCTION works on Limassol marina are expected to start at the beginning of September, Commerce Minister Antonis Paschalides said yesterday.
According to the minister, who yesterday briefed the House Commerce Committee on the matter, the government is determined to complete the Limassol, Paphos and Agia Napa marinas as soon as possible.
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.
