Letters

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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’...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic more and more people have been buying what they need online. This requires a fit for purpose postal system. Packages from the UK (...