We will not be returning

Four years ago our holiday hire car was written off by a driver coming the wrong way down a one-way street in Polis – the driver was employed and insured in the RoC.

I had two fractured ribs and my wife and I needed hospital treatment for bruises, cuts and abrasions. Needless to say, this destroyed our holiday and I am still suffering the effects.

I was appalled to hear that following a court judgement in our favour, the RoC could not afford to pay us damages as they were ‘very hard up’.

As far as the RoC is concerned it appears that tourists are fair game. Needless to say after 25 years as visitors, we will not be returning to Cyprus.

Michael & Rosemary Leedham, UK

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.