Letters

I was very pleased to see that cemeteries will be restored. I was born in Engomi, Famagusta but emigrated to the UK with my parents (whole family) but sadly we ...

March 11, 2025, will forever be a day I’ll remember as the worst of my 3.5-year-old German shepherd’s life, and a deeply traumatic experience for both myself and my friend. ...

My early impressions of Cypriots were formed by friends introduced to me by my late husband, Andreas, a very good man, therefore the friends he chose were good people and ...

Swimming pools use relatively little water as they simply circulate the water that’s already there, but putting a cover on pools to stop evaporation in mid-summer would help. Irrigation ...

Recently travelled from Larnaca airport. The new regulations on water bottles are 60 cents for a 500ml bottle. When we got there all bottles were now 750ml for €1.90 and hiding at ...

I saw the ‘diplomats’ all descending on Geneva, including the past president – who really didn’t want a solution when he was president. All having a good time at taxpayers’ ...

The Famagusta district office has informed grieving families who applied for the issuance of the death certificate for their loved one that they had to wait until July to be ...

The Sunday Mail’s March 9 review of the movie Nightcrawler your reviewer writes: “A journalist with no morals, you say? Is there any other kind?” Yes, there is. I found ...

In 2016 – nine years ago – I was part of a campaign with experts and dedicated volunteers from Cyprus and abroad urging the authorities to implement specific measures to prevent tragedies like ...

What exciting news about the longed-for crematorium. As has been reported on many occasions there are thousands of us of all nationalities and faiths wanting this to happen. Cost, pollution ...

The Cyprus Orthodox Church’s stance that it will not perform funeral rites for individuals who choose cremation is ridiculous and unchristian and is based on an interpretation on religious ...

I found them on the hills of Pentalia. Two bodies, stiff, discarded as if they had never lived, as if their devotion had meant nothing. Hunting dogs, once valued for ...

The government is encouraging everyone to go and buy electric cars for the sake of the environment but: Firstly, is there enough electricity available to charge these vehicles. At present ...

I am writing to you today to complain about the practices of mukhtari regarding the fees charged for official stamps. I am concerned about the lack of transparency and consistency ...

I refer to an article published in the Cyprus Mail on January 10 on the views of the former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and would like to point out, that ...

The hunters who, every Sunday morning, gather on a well-known municipal family walk i.e. Aphrodite’s Dog Beach Walk have absolutely no thought or respect for the adults, children ...

Bravo Larnaca for reducing the fireworks to a level possibly bearable for many of us. I say this as a former war correspondent in Vietnam and Southern Lebanon/Unifil, also ...

I would like to praise garbage man George Rotos for the job he is doing (‘People are queueing up to do this job’ Cyprus Mail, December 21 by Theo Panayides) and ...

I live in Melbourne, Australia, and while watching Channel 9 news about a week ago, the finance segment showed the 10 best countries for Australian tourists to visit because of the strong $...

EAC currently requires people pay a monthly subscription to use their public car charging network (€6 per month). It’s the only charging network I’ve found in Europe that has ...

There is a major problem with the Road Transport Department and the provision of driving test appointments. This issue has existed since July and is only getting worse. There are ...

I helped my mother, a 19-year permanent resident of Cyprus, attend the Larnaca court this morning to meet up with her lawyer and submit some legal paperwork. It was interesting ...

Clearly the current visible, passive policing approach isn’t working. The recent spate of road deaths confirms this. Merely driving around with blue lights flashing creates a “law abiding” environment ...

I was very concerned to read the recent article on the airbag recall and the idea that cars may be forced off the road because of it. I have a ...