Christofias to Turkey: we back your EU bid, but you must own up to your obligations
ADDRESSING world leaders President Demetris Christofias yesterday said that despite Cyprus’ support for Turkey’s EU accession bid Ankara was not reciprocating.
The new Paphos airport is a considerable improvement over the previous facility and overall, gives a good first and lasting impression to arriving and departing visitors. One aspect however that is in need of immediate attention is accessibility of parking for the disabled.
This year’s Kypria ‘International’ festival has to be the most depressing event to date:
In what is supposed to be the country’s flagship cultural extravaganza, punters can ‘enjoy’:
– two concerts by our state orchestra (who perform throughout the year)
– five music/theatre events in Greek by Greek companies
FIVE PUPILS from Limassol’s Polemidia Lyceum checked into hospital with symptoms of food poisoning on Wednesday, after eating sandwiches they bought at the school canteen.
Food samples have been taken for analysis, the results of which are expected to be announced today, the mayonnaise in the sandwiches is believed to have caused the symptoms.
WHILE THE two leaders did their rounds in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, their aides met yesterday at the UN-controlled Nicosia airport to work on the ‘governance’ chapter as part of direct talks aimed at reunifying the island.
‘Cypriot landowners are not selling their land, whatever form the crisis takes’
ALTHOUGH property prices have dropped by 10 per cent in urban areas and by 30-40 per cent in coastal areas, the high cost of land means there is no further room for price-cuts, Cyprus Land & Building Developers Association (CLBDA) President Lakis Tofarides said yesterday.
UN special envoy Alexander Downer has stirred up not one but two controversies within the last 48 hours, though in both cases evidence regarding his purported guilt has been flimsy.
SIX PEOPLE have been arrested for smuggling illegally immigrants into Cyprus through the occupied areas, in what police believe to be a major bust in a human trafficking ring.
The people traffickers are mainly from Palestine and Iraq and all have refugee or asylum seeker status. One of the six is from Pakistan and married to a Cypriot.
ARSONISTS yesterday targeted the car of a Larnaca game warden in the second such incident this week.
The target this time was Andreas Tyrimou whose car had been doused with petrol and set on fire while it was parked outside his home in Droshia, Larnaca.
MAKARIOS hospital yesterday confirmed that a housemaid earning €340 a month could be sued if she does not pay the bill for her premature baby’s intensive care.
Milagrin Lopes holds a valid work permit and has paid taxes for nine years. She received a €5,583 bill from the hospital for two months of intensive care after she went into early labour.
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.
