THEY THOUGHT we’d simply lost it, but Cyprus’ own piece of the moon, the Apollo Goodwill Moon Rock, was never given to the government in 1974 and instead ended up for sale on the black market in 2003, a retired NASA agent revealed yesterday.
STUDENTS enrolling in private colleges or universities will soon be informed on the full cost of their studies from the day they start until the day they graduate, according to a new bill being prepared.
CHILDREN will abstain from classes at Kalo Chorio primary school until the demands of the parents association are met, it was announced yesterday.
The parents and children are fervently opposed to the removal of a teacher from the school and the merging of the third and fourth grades in a single classroom.
AN EARTHQUAKE shook the island yesterday, rattling buildings and even sending office workers out on the streets of Nicosia, a witness said.
According to the Geological Survey Department’s Kyriacos Solomis, the earthquake occurred at 5.09pm, located 10km south of Amathounta at sea.
CYPRIOT drivers speed more their European counterparts, according to a report released yesterday by The European Road Traffic Network (TISPOL).
The report shows findings from a pan-European campaign to catch speeding European drivers in August.
CONFUSION reigned yesterday, with authorities struggling to trace the source of an oil slick which appeared off the coast of Xylophagou.
While the EAC’s Dhekelia power station admitted responsibility for Tuesday night’s spillage, the source of the slick in the nearby village remains unclear.
CYPRIOTS need to be told the truth about the National Health Scheme (NHS): it will not be up and running in the foreseeable future, nor will it resolve the public health sector’s many problems.
THE THIRD consecutive meeting of the National Council ended yesterday with leaked documents still the buzzword on most party leaders’ lips.
Speaking before the meeting, AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou said he was saddened by the fact that some had tried to leak the documents submitted by AKEL at Tuesday’s meeting, and in a distorted manner, he added.
THE THIRD annual Limassol International Children’s Festival will take place on September 27 at the Limassol Municipal Garden. The festival, aiming to promote a culture of tolerance and understanding among Limassol’s youth will see approximately 500 children of various nationalities and backgrounds take to the stage.
A 42-YEAR-OLD man from Paralamni was arrested yesterday on a European arrest warrant in connection with charges of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, car theft and damage to property.
The arrest warrant was issued by Interpol in London on August 28, 2009, leading to the man’s arrest yesterday morning by Famagusta CID.
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.
