Greek Press

POLITIS: “Date set with two conditions” Politis newspaper comments on the European Commission report that is ready for Turkey. The report includes, according to sources, two conditions that put at ease some of the worries within the European community. The first is the power to halt accession talks if there is a political turnaround in Turkey and the second is the chapters will only close when the EU is convinced the relative regulations are correctly implemented.

PHILELEFTHEROS: “Meeting on the brink of collapse” Phileleftheros says the EU has given a ‘no’ to Turkey regarding the naming of the Turkish Cypriots. The presidency of the EU played down any action regarding the meeting of the Islamic conference, which is scheduled to take place in Istanbul, following Turkey’s insistence on including the Turkish Cypriot under the title of ‘Turkish Cypriot State’.

ALITHIA: “Huge Blunders” Alithia newspaper is claiming that it has exclusive sources, which expose serious faults within the board of directors of the Cyprus State Fair. Alithia says that the board of directors of the Cyprus State Fair have now got themselves into a bigger blunder following a previous mishap in the past.

SIMERINI: “Reprisals following the sackings at Cyprus Airways” Simerini newspaper focuses on the reactions of various unions and political parties following the latest layoffs at Cyprus Airways. The newspaper quotes that warnings of reprisals are being made by unions towards the board of directors at Cyprus Airways particularly after the sacking of 12 managerial personnel of the company and the expected wave of more sackings.

HARAVGHI: ‘Bishops stand in for elections’ The paper reports on the election race which is to begin at the Holy Synod following a request from Bishop Nikiforos of Kykkos. The paper also highlights the only disapproval of the election by Bishop Chrysostomos of Kiti.

MACHI: “Kykkos requests honorable release for the Archbishop” Machi newspaper focuses on the unanimous decision of the holy synod of the church of Cyprus to proceed towards elections for a new archbishop after the request by the Bishop of Kykkos for an honorable release for Archbishop Chrysostomos.

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.