CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel hailed the courage of easterners who helped bring down the Berlin Wall as the city celebrated the 20th anniversary of the events that marked the end of the Cold War and the beginning of a reunited Germany.
Cries have different ‘melodies’ depending on mother tongue
THE wail of a newborn may sound the same to the ears of sleep-deprived parents the world over, but according to scientists, that’s not the case: Babies cry in the language their parents speak from the first days of life.
POLICE HAVE been flooded with new complaints against the 38-year-old man remanded in custody last Thursday in connection with charges of trafficking and exploiting 110 Romanians found living in squalid conditions in Tseri.
THE PAPHOS village of Peyia has finally been given approval to be connected to the main sewerage system.
The Paphos Sewerage Board (SABBA) gave the go-ahead to the municipality at a meeting in Paphos on Monday.
THE president and political parties yesterday criticised the presence of British High Commissioner Peter Millet at the unveiling of a memorial in the Turkish-occupied north dedicated to British soldiers killed during the anti-colonial struggle.
AUTHORITIES are toying with the idea of leg-cuffing drunk drivers who become violent, the traffic police chief said yesterday.
“Many drivers react. They don’t accept the (breathalyser) test, they don’t accept being booked and they create problems,” Demetris Demetriou said.
PRESIDENT yesterday defended his positions on the property issue in talks with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, saying he was “genuinely saddened” by the continuous criticism against him.
“I regret to observe that some have contractually undertaken to continuously criticise…but it is sad because they undermine our efforts,” said President Demetris Christofias.
FOUR BICOMMUNAL workshops focusing on the implications of climate change for Cyprus are being organised in light of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on December 7.
RAVAGED BY time, earthquakes and shoddy alterations, the 13th century Latin church of St Nicolas stood empty and crumbling in the heart of old Nicosia for almost fifty years.
Now the Bedestan, as the Ottomans called it, has regained much of its former glory and its place among the most important elements of architectural heritage of Nicosia.
A GROUP of local cancer charities has joined forces with a professional team to create a Hollywood-inspired 2010 calendar, using recovering patients as models. The aim of the endeavour is to promote a positive image of people with cancer.
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.
