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Meneou residents plagued by swarms of mosquitoes
Author: Poly Pantelides RESIDENTS living in the Dromolaxia-Meneou municipality are being assaulted by “swarms of mosquitoes” and are concerned their health may be at risk due to the lack of a sewage...
View ArticleThe 'inbetweeners' concede defeat
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE BUZZ around the efforts of the minority opposition parties to field a common candidate in next year’s presidential elections finally fizzled out yesterday after the...
View ArticleEnthusiasts gather to see Venus transit
At around 7am in Nicosia yesterday a handful of people on a rooftop were looking at a dot in the sun slowly moving as the planet Venus was passing directly between the sun and the earth. Their...
View ArticleJobless total heading for 35,000 as May stats issued
THE number of registered jobless persons rose 31.1 per cent year-on-year in May, reaching 34,162, the statistical services said yesterday.Compared with May 2011, there was an increase of 8,112 people,...
View ArticleConsultants say CY rescue plan ‘flimsy’
Author: George Psyllides THE Cyprus Airways (CY) restructuring plan does not even meet the basic criteria and is “light and flimsy,” an aviation consultant hired by the airline’s pilots has said.“The...
View ArticleEU bailout conditions may not be acceptable
Author: Michele Kambas CYPRUS is worried its EU partners could impose prohibitive conditions on any offer of aid, Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly said yesterday.Speculation is growing that Cyprus,...
View ArticleKitas: I'm carrying a truckload of sins
Author: Natalie Hami CONVICTED murderer and rapist Antonis Prokopiou Kitas told Paphos Criminal Court yesterday how the 29-year-old hairdresser accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend and her...
View ArticleOPAP agents sustain spate of arson attacks
Author: George Psyllides LIMASSOL police are investigating a series of arson attacks against agents of gaming company OPAP, which could be linked with a bill regulating gambling currently being...
View ArticleOur View: Turkish Cypriots paying the price for decades of dependency
IN AN INTERVIEW published in the last edition of the Sunday Mail, Dervis Eroglu’s advisor Kudret Ozersay expressed the view that the Turkish Cypriots had “turned into less than a community.” This was...
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Costly meds due to pharmacy overkill
Author: Poly Pantelides CONSUMERS are paying through the nose for the second most expensive medicines in the EU partly in order to support the plethora of private pharmacies on the island, Health...
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Future of abandoned theatre unclear
Author: Poly Pantelides ALMOST four years to the day since the roof of the Nicosia Municipal theatre collapsed, and two years after the municipality first sued for negligence, the building is still...
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‘Mr Energy’ sees his dream come true
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE WORLD is in constant flux. Adaptability is key to survival. For years, Cyprus fed off the golden goose of tourism until its coasts resembled harsh outlines of a...
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A family pilgrimage to an ancient mine
Author: Natalie Hami An American in search of his grandparents’ mining roots in 1920s Cyprus“They used to be here on this very spot,” William Everett told me, as he stood just outside the tiny...
View ArticleChurch to mark EU Presidency with various events
THE CHURCH of Cyprus believes that the assumption of the Presidency of the Council of the EU by Cyprus in July is an opportunity for the country to present itself to its European partners and make them...
View ArticleMTN offers smart lessons for techno dummies
MTN, as part of its corporate social responsibility programme is launching Y'ello Lessons, a series of training courses to help consumers familiarise themselves with digital technology and utilise it...
View ArticleRussian Patriarch visits Constantia-Famagusta Metropolis
PATRIARCH of Moscow and all Russia Kirill yesterday visited the Constantia- Famagusta Metropolis.Patriarch Kirill visited the Cultural Centre in Dherynia, where he looked over the fenced-off ghost town...
View ArticleMissing persons issue moving again after long dispute
A TOTAL of 321 identifications of missing persons in Cyprus have been completed since 2007, out of which 66 were Turkish Cypriots, the Greek Cypriot member of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP)...
View ArticleTales from the Coffeeshop: All aboard the Cyprob gravy train
Author: Patroclos WHEN the comrade presidente announced, a few weeks ago, he would not be seeking re-election because of the lack of progress in the Cytalks, and his fellow mukhtar in the north...
View ArticleOur View: Protect the suppliers and to hell with the consumers
EVER SINCE its establishment, the Cyprus Republic offered protection to suppliers of goods. It was easy to slip into this practice as the economy’s main output was agricultural products and...
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Searching for Mubarak’s millions in Cyprus
Author: Stefanos Evripidou AN EGYPTIAN delegation is in Cyprus as part of a worldwide effort to find and recover millions of euros worth of assets siphoned from the state under the 30-year regime of...
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