Letter: Wheelchair users at huge disadvantage
After an accident in 2020 I became a wheelchair rider and have been more than annoyed by the fact how many road obstacles we face besides our limitations.
The letter from ...
Letter: The gifts you have to pay for
VAT is a stealth tax introduced in Cyprus in 1992 at 5 per cent and steadily increased to the current 20 per cent. There is a new tax, not properly named or explained ...
Letter: I will miss commentator’s ‘unwoke’ wisdom
Richard Dickenson’s farewell article in the Sunday Mail (January 23) is a VERY sad day for the paper.
I have enjoyed his down-to-earth, common-sense articles for many years. I have ...
Letter: Shocking example of discrimination against the disabled
Bejay Browne wrote at length about the discrimination experienced by guide and assistance dog users in the Sunday Mail (January 30). While this is shocking, it is just one example of ...
Can the met office be trusted?
The Editor,
You reported that the rainfall in Cyprus in December reached 113 per cent of the annual average according to the Cyprus met office. Is that really true?
The average ...
Banks are moving backwards
Dear sir,
Why would anyone keep savings money in a Cyprus bank?
Far better returns are found around the world, no charges for having an account, no charges for having ...
Thank you Cyprus Mail for balanced, unbiased Covid-19 reporting
Praise indeed for the balanced, unbiased and factual reporting as exampled in Friday’s (Cyprus Mail, November 5) edition of the Covid pages. Long may you continue this sort of freedom ...
Don’t forget public health in bus debate
The Sunday Mail’s coverage on October 24 of measures to alleviate heavy traffic in Limassol and Nicosia was welcome. However, the public health angle was hidden. Encouraging people to walk, ...
Crematorium is long overdue
The article by Bejay Browne in the Sunday Mail of October 24 gives a slightly more hopeful sign of Cyprus having a crematorium. How wonderful it would be for many thousands ...
Practical advice for improving bus system
Following the editorial in the Sunday Mail (The Herculean task of unclogging our roads, October 24), may I make the following comments?
As a permanent resident of Nicosia for the last ...
Finding medical staff to treat Covid shouldn’t be difficult
I’ve been having this conversation with friends, and we never seem to get anywhere. Maybe your readers can help.
Everyone agrees that the main reason for Covid-19 restrictions isn’...
No proof of Iran link
With reference to the report published in the Cyprus Mail newspaper on page 3, Friday October 1, 2021, the Iran embassy in Nicosia says the following:
In the first paragraph of the report ...
The loss of humanity in Cypriot society
Growing up in Cyprus, I remember how the institution of the family was always strong. I remember how we supported one another, neighbour standing by his/her neighbour whether it ...
We are all at the mercy of hunters bent on promoting their selfish, often illegal, agendas
Dear Editor,
How difficult it was to restrain tears on reading in the Greek press (Philelefteros, August 20) the article detailing the distress wreaked upon the hunting brotherhood due to the ...
Conduct of TC leadership a very real reason to withdraw passports
I read Alper Ali Riza’s article in the Sunday Mail of August 29 and would like to make the following comments.
I do not think that it is easy for ...
The government’s actions towards the unvaccinated reek of desperation
“If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but ...
I agree with archbishop’s plea to get the Covid vaccine
Having ties to Cyprus, I read The Cyprus Mail, and I fully agree with the advice given in the article: “Archbishop again appeals to young to get jabbed” (July 18). I ...
Government should look at where transmission is actually occurring
According to a New York Times articles dated July 18, 2021, Cyprus ranks 5th in a table of countries with the most Covid-19 cases in the world per 100,000 residents in the last ...
Two per cent positive means 98 per cent negative
My weekly heart and soul uplift thanks to Patroclos in the Cyprus Mail’s Coffeeshop every Sunday was special today (July 18) as it mirrored many of my comments.
The big ...
Latest Covid measures are unlawful, disproportionate and discriminatory
We are all witnessing a global unprecedented development as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Fear has spread around the globe due to the great number of people who tested ...
Fire showed state’s tragic lack of coordination
Letter to the president
Dear Mr President of the Republic,
I am writing to offer you some of my experiences of the fire on Saturday, July 3. I’m sure you ...
Obfuscation, Souperism, and the unvaccinated
Whether it was a genuine oversight or part of their game of playing silly buggers with the public or not, the health ministry is allowing a lot of confusion to ...
SafePass should be mandatory to enter shops and bars
As a kid on school holidays to the Orient and all through my professional life I was required by international laws to have a booklet which showed I was up-to-date ...
Article on insurance was unequivocally wrong
This letter is written in response to the question posed by the unfortunate headline ‘Is insurance just a scam?’ (Sunday Mail, May 30). The headline is over an article by Antonis ...