RUSSIAN police have charged 52-year-old former State Duma Deputy Mikhail Glushchenko with masterminding the triple murders of three Russian nationals in Peyia in 2004. As the murders took place outside of Russia, Cyprus police said that an extradition request will be made so that the suspect can appear before a Cypriot court.
The letter, ‘Learning Greek is important if you plan to live in Cyprus’ (Cyprus Mail, June 17) was critical of foreign residents, mainly Brits, living in Cyprus who expect election information for MEPs and local councils to be published in English.
We are utterly amazed at the so called ‘rip offs’ which occur every day in Paphos.
My husband and I have been visiting Paphos for holidays for the past 20 years. However, this year we have decided not to take our holidays on your beautiful island.
With regard to Jill Campbell Mackay’s article of May 31 (‘Men’s Cancer: Dying of Embarrassment’ Sunday Mail), I would just like to say that the day that her article was printed, I was just recovering in hospital from a prostatectomy operation for the removal of my cancerous prostrate performed by Dr Costa Papadopoulos at the Evangelismos Hospital in Paphos.
THREE men were fined and a fourth man was jailed yesterday in yet another case involving illegal employment of foreign nationals and illegal entry into Cyprus.
The four defendants, who are from the Middle East and had to have the court proceedings translated through an Arabic-speaking interpreter, stood lined up in the dock and pleaded guilty to all charges.
BRITISH High Commissioner Peter Millett yesterday announced the establishment of a branch of the education charity, English Speaking Union (ESU), in Cyprus.
Millet said he was a “bit surprised” that the establishment of a Cyprus branch has taken so long, given the importance of the use of English language on the island.
POLICE officers allegedly abused their power and effectively held an uneducated Bulgarian teenager at their mercy so they could extract an incriminating statement from her.
The argument was put forward in court yesterday by the 19-year-old woman’s defence lawyer.
A 1960S-BUILT structure within the grounds of the Archbishop’s Palace in Nicosia was demolished yesterday, to facilitate the archaeological dig being carried out on the site of the Church’s planned cathedral.
THE ROW between DIKO’s Antigone Papadopoulou and Andreas Angelides yesterday showed no signs of abating, with the two engaging in a rather heated dispute live on radio.
A NICOSIA District Judge yesterday interrupted a hearing to scold a police officer who walked into his courtroom and shook hands with another man.
Judge Michalis Ambizas appeared unimpressed when the officer entered the court and immediately shook hands with someone sitting in the back. “Do you want a coffee,” the judge asked.
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.
