SIGNS POINT TO A CYPRUS PROBLEM SUMMER

Christodoulides and Erhurman - in recent months talk has been rife of a 'new initiative'

SIGNS POINT TO A CYPRUS PROBLEM SUMMER - Cy Mail 5/7 by Tom Cleaver



Nine years after the collapse of Crans-Montana negotiations there are indications that concrete talks can finally resume

After almost a decade of dormancy, the Cyprus problem may be beginning to stir.

Tuesday will mark the ninth anniversary of the collapse of negotiations in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, with that particular collapse ushering in an era of nothing much happening by way of talks between the island’s two sides, and confidence-building measures amounting to little more than window dressing.

TRAVELLERS WARNED AGAINST BRINGING PLANTS INTO CYPRUS

TRAVELLERS WARNED AGAINST BRINGING PLANTS INTO CYPRUS - Cy Mail 6/7 by Dina Husseini


Travellers should avoid bringing plants, seeds and plant products into Cyprus, as they could introduce harmful pests and diseases that threaten the island’s environment and agriculture, the agriculture department warned on Monday.

Even one plant or packet of seeds as a souvenir may carry insects, fungi, or bacteria not found in Cyprus, endangering crops, wildlife and the economy, it said.

FIFA SUSPENDS FOLARIN BALOGUN'S WORLD CUP BAN AFTER DONALD TRUMP INTERVENTION - BELGIANS FURIOUS - Update - BELGIANS GRANTED RIGHT TO APPEAL

FIFA President Gianni Infantino obliged to President Trump's request to suspend Balogun's red card

FIFA SUSPENDS FOLARIN BALOGUN'S WORLD CUP BAN AFTER DONALD TRUMP INTERVENTION - BELGIANS FURIOUS - Cy Mail 6/7 by Reuters News Service


The United States’ World Cup campaign took an extraordinary turn on Sunday when FIFA made the unprecedented decision to suspend Folarin Balogun’s automatic red-card ban, clearing the striker to face Belgium in Monday’s last-16 clash after U.S. President Donald Trump personally urged FIFA President Gianni Infantino to review the case.

The move thrust FIFA’s disciplinary process into the global spotlight, prompted an angry response from Belgium and ensured that one of this tournament’s biggest talking points would centre not on tactics or team selection, but on the relationship between football’s governing body and political power.

CYPRUS' SCHENGEN BID - ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL OF PARTITION AND ESCALATION

CYPRUS' SCHENGEN BID - ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL OF PARTITION AND ESCALATION  - Cy Mail 5/7 by Ioannis Tirkides

Our bid is a historic mistake. It will neither pressure Turkey nor protect the Republic

The narrative that presents Cyprus’ bid to join Schengen as merely ‘fulfilling EU obligations’ is a dangerous bureaucratic fantasy.

In international politics, Nicosia’s push to bring government-controlled areas into Europe’s top internal security framework is a calculated move to maximise administrative power, set a firm digital defensive line and reshape Cyprus’ structural balance. Only this strategy is untenable. It assumes, wrongly, that a deep, divisive conflict defined by occupation, can be bypassed simply by applying the EU acquis. Schengen requires strict and uniform security. Applying these standards only to government-controlled areas creates a major defect. It turns the UN-patrolled Green Line into a rigid, digitised EU border, likely inviting Ankara’s retaliation – something neither Cyprus nor the EU are fully ready for.

ALPHAMEGA OPENS EXPRESS STORE IN PEYIA

ALPHAMEGA OPENS EXPRESS STORE IN PEYIA - in-cyprus 6/7


Alphamega Hypermarkets has expanded its presence in the Paphos district by opening a new Alphamega Express store in Peyia, close to Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort, the company said in a press release.

The store is the company’s 22nd countrywide and is designed to meet the everyday needs of hotel guests and visitors to the area.

THEY RAISE THE ISSUE OF A CANTEEN AT PAPHOS HOSPITAL AGAIN

THEY RAISE THE ISSUE OF A CANTEEN AT PAPHOS HOSPITAL AGAIN - Filenews 6/7 by Dora Christodoulou


More than six years after its closure, the Paphos Hospital canteen still remains out of operation, despite repeated assurances that the issue will be resolved. The MP of Paphos of DIKO, Chrysanthos Savvidis, returns to the issue today, pointing out that this situation cannot continue, as it affects the employees, patients, attendants and visitors of the hospital on a daily basis, who justifiably express their indignation.

I expect OKYPY to immediately complete all the necessary procedures and proceed with the operation of the canteen without further delay, he emphasizes. He clarifies that if the canteen does not reopen by next September, there will be dynamic actions.

Paphos cannot wait any longer and its citizens deserve actions and not constant promises. Six years of waiting for such a simple and self-evident issue is already too much, concludes Mr. Savvidis.

IRAN HAS ANOTHER PATH TO THE NUCLEAR BOMB

IRAN HAS ANOTHER PATH TO THE NUCLEAR BOMB - Filenews 6/7

By Ilan Berman

Criticism of the way the Trump administration chose to end the conflict with Iran – through a fourteen-point Memorandum of Understanding that left the Iranian regime "standing", more hardline internally and strengthened in terms of its regional political position, continues. According to the White House, however, this process will be a strategic victory in the long run, because it paves the way for a lasting solution to Tehran's persistent nuclear ambitions.