President Nicos Anastasiades called on his cabinet on Tuesday to push the reforms introduced by the government, as four new ministers were sworn in during a ceremony at the presidential palace.
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou, and Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos are expected to officially take office later Tuesday.
The president also appointed a new government spokesman, lawyer Kyriacos Kousios, and deputy...
Τρίτη 3 Δεκεμβρίου 2019
Israeli owner of ‘spy van’ says he is targeted because of ethnicity
The Israeli owner of a so-called spy van under investigation by the police suggested on Tuesday that certain circles in Cyprus were targeting him because of his ethnicity with the aim of destabilising relations between the two countries.
In a written statement, Tal Dillian, the CEO of WS Wispear Systems, denied once more that he had used the technology to carry out surveillance on the island and described the affair as a witch hunt.
Dillian said he was considering moving his business...
Cars damaged during football match
Eight cars were found damaged on Monday night at GSP Stadium in Nicosia after the football game between arch rivals Omonia and Apoel.
The cars were parked in the open parking lot in outside the stadium at 6.20pm.
After the game ended at around 9.30pm, the cars’ owners found damage on the side mirrors, the windows, and the windscreens.
The damage was estimated at around €570.
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Thieves steal a tonne of avocados
Avocados worth around €2,500 were stolen from a field in Kouklia, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday.
The 70-year-old owner of the land with 80 avocado trees told police that 1,000 kilos of the fruit went missing.
Police officers found that the perpetrators had entered from the north end of the field where the fence is low and access is easy.
The owner said he does not suspect anybody.
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ISOP hosts successful Winter Fair
On Saturday November 23 the International School of Paphos (ISOP) parents-teachers association organised a very successful International Winter Fair with more than 1,000 guests attending. The main yard of the school was filled with 100 different stalls from different countries expressing the multicultural mood of the event. There was a live link by Rock FM where the students of the school took park in presenting the entertainment programme which was filled with a lot of dance and singing...
Auction of Greek and Cypriot art
The 27th Psatharis Auction features 129 artworks by artists whose work has shaped and influenced Greek and Cypriot art. In addition, the collection includes rare books and maps as well as six volumes of The Illustrated London News. A preview of the collection will be held until Wednesday at the Landmark Nicosia Hotel.
“The auction is highlighted by the uniqueness and rarity of its collection stretching from the 19th century to date. Also, it has a focus on contemporary art as we wish...
Outrage over collapse of school being built in Kyrenia
Turkish Cypriots are demanding explanations for Saturday’s collapse of a school being built in Kyrenia which injured five workers, newspapers in the north said on Monday.
The five injured workers remain in hospital but their condition is not serious.
Afrika newspaper said there was widespread anger over the building’s collapse while Halkin Sesi said the people responsible for the incident must be identified.
The construction manager Dervis Tandogan told Yeniduzen on Monday that the workers...
Δευτέρα 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2019
Strange choices and timing seen in cabinet reshuffle
The mini government reshuffle to take hold on Tuesday has buttressed the notion that ministers are increasingly operating as managers rather than seasoned technocrats who know their subject matter, a political analyst has told the Cyprus Mail.
The reshuffle was announced by President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday and sees changes at the top of four ministries – finance, interior, education and transport– plus two government spokesmen and two commissioners, one for mountain development,...
Labour ministry to cut spending on child benefits and asylum seekers allowance
The ministry of labour, welfare and social insurance will be spending over 90 per cent of its 2020 budget on social benefits, minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Monday.
Of the €989m budgeted, 93 per cent is earmarked for social benefits, 5 per cent for salaries, and 2 per cent for operating costs.
The 2020 budget is €14.3m lower than that of 2019.
The slight reduction, Emilianidou told MPs, is due to the overall decrease in funding for unemployment and social exclusion programmes, as the...
Woman arrested for drink driving
Police arrested a 37-year-old woman for drink driving in Limassol early on Monday.
The 37-year old woman was stopped by traffic police in Makariou III avenue in Limassol at 10.40am.
The initial alcohol test showed a reading of 160μg alcohol in her blood while the final test showed 139μg instead of the maximum legal limit of 22μg.
The woman is being held in custody.
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‘Stylianos could still be with us,’ ombudswoman tells MPs
Ombudswoman Maria Lottides said on Monday that compiling the report into the suicide of 15-year-old Stylianos had been extremely painful, but she had no doubt that the social workers assigned to the boy’s case had shown gross negligence and gravely underestimated the risks.
She was addressing the House human rights committee on the report she released last week into the boy’s death and which has incensed the social welfare department. Workers have gone on strike in protest over her findings.
They...
European Commission wants answers over the 26 ‘high-risk’ citizenships
The European Commission has sent a letter to Cyprus seeking clarification of a government decision in November to revoke the Cypriot citizenship of 26 individuals who were granted it under the country’s investor scheme, according to Reuters.
The letter was sent on Friday.
In the letter, seen by Reuters, the commission’s director-general for justice Tiina Astola asked Nicosia whether it would investigate “possible misconduct” in these cases and how it intended to prevent people with high-risk...
Social workers start 24-hour strike
Social welfare workers started a 24-hour strike on Monday morning in protest over the results of an investigation into a teenager’s suicide which accused the social workers dealing with the case of criminal negligence.
Welfare offices all over Cyprus are participating in the strike.
Public servants’ union (Pasydy) leader Iosif Michail said that social welfare workers are protesting “as they are feeling their work is being overlooked, considering the countless problems, including staffing,...
Government presents merger plan, 17 new municipalities
Seventeen new municipalities were presented on Monday by Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides, the results of the government’s plan to merge local authorities resulting in the creation of four in Nicosia, four in Limassol, four in Larnaca, three in Paphos and two in Famagusta.
Thirty municipalities and 48 communities will be merged, which means 83 per cent of the population, 700,000 residents, will now be part of a municipality, compared to 71 per cent currently.
The four new municipalities...
Cyprus Paraplegic Organisation laments lack of concern with protest
The Cyprus Paraplegic Organisation staged a protest outside the House on Monday to mark tomorrow’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
The organisation said they are not invited to parliamentary discussions on important issues related to people with disabilities, such as accessibility to buildings and outdoor spaces.
“We are feeling ignored by the House, as they decided to scale back on accessibility for people with disabilities for as far as building and outdoor spaces are...
Karousos says appointment not linked to rows over municipal mergers
The appointment of Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos as transport minister is not linked to the issue of which municipality Ayia Napa will merge with, the outgoing mayor said on Monday.
will merge with or with Paralimni, the outgoing mayor said on Monday.
Karousos told media that the two issues are not related to each other and he was only informed about the decision on Sunday morning.
“I was informed yesterday morning basically, between 10 and 10.15… I had no information beforehand …...
Burglar arrested when fall stops him in his tracks
Police on Sunday evening arrested a man in connection with a burglary in Larnaca after he fell and fractured his ankle.
Around 8.20pm a resident, returning home, spotted two people leaving the first floor of the building by jumping onto a pergola and from there to the ground.
One of them was injured by the fall and remained on the ground while the other fled.
Police officers who rushed to the scene found the suspect, 35-year-old man. In his possession they found various valuables and...
Nature thrives in Cyprus’ ‘dead zone’
More than five decades after the barriers were erected, the Green Line has become an unofficial open-air sanctuary – safe from human activity – for hundreds of species of plants and animals.
This rewilding, albeit unplanned by conservationists, is now literally a green line, an area of biodiversity and rich ecosystems.
An article posted this week on the online nature website natureworldnews.com highlighted...
Nature thrives in Cyprus’ ‘dead zone’
More than five decades after the barriers were erected, the Green Line has become an unofficial open-air sanctuary – safe from human activity – for hundreds of species of plants and animals.
This rewilding, albeit unplanned by conservationists, is now literally a green line, an area of biodiversity and rich ecosystems.
An article posted this week on the online nature website natureworldnews.com highlighted...
Nature thrives in Cyprus’ ‘dead zone’
More than five decades after the barriers were erected, the Green Line has become an unofficial open-air sanctuary – safe from human activity – for hundreds of species of plants and animals.
This rewilding, albeit unplanned by conservationists, is now literally a green line, an area of biodiversity and rich ecosystems.
An article posted this week on the online nature website natureworldnews.com highlighted...
Κυριακή 1 Δεκεμβρίου 2019
The women who led the way
An ongoing project aims to rectify the role of women in Cyprus’ history
There are a lot of firsts surrounding the 19th century poet Polixeni Loizias. She was the first to create a women’s movement in Cyprus, the first female journalist, the first to push for physical education classes for schoolgirls and the first to found a female sports centre, Palladion.
She also understood only too well...
Yeroskipou makes dent in Paphos plan to plant 100,000 trees
Residents of Yeroskipou on Sunday morning planted 600 trees within municipal limits to help fight climate change.
The planting was held in co-operation with 100,000 trees in Paphos, the municipality and the research centre Akti.
The event started at the central Ayios Spyridonas church and included a tidy up of various areas within the town.
A different kind of planting ceremony will be held on Tuesday at Athienou primary school following an initiative by Cypriot singer Alexia Vasiliou...
Long history for plants used in festive traditions
By Patricia Jordan
Our Christmas decorations are steeped in tradition, some dating back to the times of the Druids. They believed that mistletoe, which is a parasitic plant growing on trees, especially oaks and apples, gave some protection against evil and symbolised the light of life during dark winter days and nights. Kissing under the mistletoe derived from a Nordic legend when visitors would...
Georgiades says privatisations a regret, president lauds efforts
President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday praised outgoing Finance Minister Harris Georgiades for his work in the position, which led the economy “from the depths of the crisis to growth”.
“Commenting on the very positive performance of the economy and the steady growth path, I take this opportunity to reiterate my warm thanks to outgoing Finance Minister Haris Georgiades, one of my closest associates, for the great work he has done,” he said in a written statement.
In his seven years as...
Perdikis says Green is the colour of hope
Whether they want to stick with parties that have ruled for decades with nepotism, scandals, mismanagement and policies that oppress people and the environment or whether they want to see more Greens in power is the key question the public must answer in elections in May 2021, Green leader George Perdikis said on Sunday.
Speaking at a party conference, he said the government is defined by nepotism, serving big business and the destruction of the natural environment.
He said the conference...
Soya or almond in your coffee, Ma’am?
Non-dairy milk is increasingly popular, but is it always a good choice?
Non-dairy milk alternatives are proving to be big business in Cyprus as almond, oat, soya and even quinoa milks take up ever more space on supermarket shelves and in coffee shops.
But we’re not quite in the same league as the US where the consumption of cow’s milk is down 40 per cent since 1975, according to a recent report in...
Hail and rain expected to hit Sunday afternoon
After a sunny start, the weather is expected to change on Sunday afternoon with isolated rain showers and storms affecting all areas of the island.
Temperatures are set to rise to 22C inland, 23C on the coasts and 10C in the mountains.
Further rain and storms are expected overnight although they should clear by morning.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be fine with some cloud.
However the temperature is set to see a small drop to around the average for the time of year.
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President announces cabinet reshuffle
President Nicos Anastasiades announced a reshuffle of his cabinet on Sunday.
This will see current Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides take on the role of finance minister.
He will be replaced by current Disy MP Nicos Nouris.
Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou will become education minister while Ayia Napa mayor Yiannis Karousos will become minister of communications and works, replacing Vassiliki Anastasiadou.
Lawyer Kyriakos Kousios will become government spokesman and the...
Police rule burning car and act of arson
Arson was behind a fire in Polis Chrysochous, the police announced on Sunday.
On Friday afternoon police were called to the scene of a burning car in Pomos.
Members of the police and the fire brigade went to the scene and extinguished the fire.
Further investigations showed that the car had been reported stolen from Peyia.
The scene was examined on Saturday by police experts who ruled that the fire had started as the result of a malicious act by people trying to destroy evidence.
The...
Drunk driver smashes car, attacks witness with bat
Paphos police have arrested a 40-year-old man for drunk driving, causing a traffic accident and inflicting actual bodily harm.
According to the police, while at the traffic lights on Apostolos Pavlou avenue the Romanian slammed his car into reverse and hit the car behind him, driven by a British woman.
Her brother was in the car behind her and when he got out and asked the first driver what he was doing he was doing the Romanian reportedly hit him with a wooden bat.
Police arrived and...
Cyprus Mail launches 75th anniversary celebrations with symposium on Syrian crisis
Cyprus Mail: reporting for three-quarters of a century
The Cyprus Mail has just entered its 75th year. When the very first issue of the island’s oldest newspaper was printed on November 2, 1945 the Second World War had just ended and a major concern for the fledgling publication was paper rationing.
Three quarters of a century later, the challenges remain, this time caused by the internet and the...
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