Yet another concern about smart meters
I read with interest, “Our View: Host of concerns about smart meters” (Cyprus Mail, April 2). While raising some important issues, there is at least one glaring omission: health and safety.
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Shame on Cyprus Post and customs
On March 8 a package was dispatched from a specialist confectionery shop, Dolly’s, in Surrey, UK to a young Cypriot recipient in Anavargos, Cyprus as a gift to celebrate western ...
Health risks associated with time change
The time to abolish “Daylight Saving” is long overdue!
It makes no sense to deprive people of an hour’s sleep.
The number of heart attacks and other health issues ...
Crazy parking spots near primary school
The provision and painting of designated, new parking spaces on “side roads” in the Strovolos municipality is turning these roads into one-way lanes.
This is particularly the case on Athinodorou ...
A reflection on anti-racism day
Thursday March 21 was International Day Against Racism and Discrimination.
Racism which is a form of prejudice that includes negative emotional reactions to members of a group, and racial discrimination against ...
Hunting leaves countryside littered with shotgun shells
As the curtain fell on another hunting season, our concern deepens for the hills of Lythrodontas. Sundays, once a sanctuary for peaceful picnics around Ayios Demetrios church, now reveals a ...
Kyrenia revamp a disgrace
I came across your item about the building work being carried out in Kyrenia harbour while doing research before booking a holiday – I live in the UK. I am shocked ...
The shocking slow death of poisoned feral cats
I am sure all who live in Cyprus are (sadly) aware of the deliberate act of feral cats “poisoning”. The slow death is horrific. Recently I personally witnessed and experienced, ...
To all intents and purposes, northern Cyprus is Turkish
Last Tuesday, February 20, the Greek Minister of Shipping, Christos Stylianides, who is of Cypriot extraction, told the Greek parliament that the time has come to seek the liberation and reunification ...
Christodoulides has a chance to solve Cyprob. Will he take it?
While Senora Holguin is “off island”, may I put into the written word a moment of reflection that may impact her future conduct.
The previous president who pulled out of ...
An open letter to UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin
Dear Ms Holguin
Welcome to Cyprus!
While I appreciate that as a foreigner in Cyprus I should hold my counsel on all things Cypriot, my many years of residence in ...
UK citizens re-enfranchised at last
Following a recent change, UK citizens living outside of the UK can now register to vote in UK elections and, perhaps more importantly, in UK referendums.
Up until this time ...
Not another Covid outbreak
We learn from your columns of a fresh Covid outbreak.
Well, I had a bad but typical cold in the middle of December that was followed by unusual occasional bouts ...
Open Letter for Environmental Protection of the Buffer Zone
To the People of Cyprus, though our land may be divided between the north and the south,
As we prepare for Christmas this year, I want you to take a ...
Why did I pay duty on photo of a donkey?
So, was struggling on what to get the wife for Christmas this year. Well, what do you get the women who already has everything? Then, a lightbulb movement, a donkey ...
My personal journey through Paphos’ cafe scene
In the heart of hospitality lies an unspoken language – cleanliness. It’s a silent promise, a gesture that says, “You matter, and we care.” In the alluring city of Paphos, ...
Persuading MPs to accept new public sector jobs
A few days ago I saw the article ‘Government gets its way on 397 new public sector jobs’ in your paper and thought to myself – all the government needs to do ...
Higher taxes and Kouklia won’t even sweep the roads
Thank you for your front page exposure on December 10 about the extremely unfair discrepancy in taxes between Aphrodite Hills, Ha Potami and Kouklia.
I have personally written to community leader ...
Piles of rubbish coat Cyprus
An article in the Cyprus Mail (EU threatens legal action against Cyprus for environmental failures, November 17) makes clear that Cyprus really deserve some serious legal actions from EU and no ...
Noise pollution in Yermasoyia
I am a resident of Yermasoyia and I am writing to share a persistent issue that has been affecting the quality of life for myself and many others in the ...
Municipalities refuse to tackle unbearable noise pollution
The whole of Cyprus suffers from noise pollution from entertainment venues. To eradicate this the House of Representatives passed a revised law on the control of noise from entertainment venues ...
Akel need to wake up and change
I’ve nothing more to add to your editorial ‘It’s time Akel ditched Marxism to the dustbin of history’ (Cyprus Mail, October 26). You said it all!
I voted for ...
Reaction to Hamas attack one-sided
Why all this one-sided fuss over the Hamas attack. They were only copying what the Jewish terrorist groups Irgun and Lehi did at Deir Yassin and elsewhere before and after ...
The Greatest Fraud ever perpetrated
On September 23 you reported that Britain recorded 4,500 heat related deaths in 2022. Why did you not report that Britain had 28,000 cold related deaths last winter? We both know why, don’t ...