Daily Archives: November 9, 2008

NOT only is the MoD’s exit visa requirement a blatant violation of EU legislation on free movement (see article), it is to a great extent a pointless exercise for both state and the men involved.

HOW BAD is bad? How evil is the Devil? Can God cry for the Devil? Questions not many of us ask because we already know the answers. At least, we think we do.

Some indisputable facts: Osama bin Laden is a crazy Islamic fundamentalist. The Chinese want to take over the world. And building a well in an impoverished Indian village is a good thing.

MY MEMORIES of coffee cup reading go back to my teens when my aunty Tezel, sitting on her front porch under a blazing August sunset, read the dregs of my first ever cup of Turkish coffee. I was nervous, and I clearly remember rubbing my sweaty palms on the smart trousers my parents had cajoled me into wearing for the interminable visits to our Nicosia relatives.

LIZ Theodorou is convinced the Ministry of Defence is violating her son’s EU-enshrined right to freedom of movement.

And the European Commission and a leading local legal expert seemingly agree with her.

But expats lose a sense of place by ignoring local TV

BACK in the 1980s and 90s the steady trickle of expats would receive their daily fix of news and entertainment exclusively on local TV.

It was all a far cry from today with most new arrivals connected to the same channels they watched back home and have little or no time for Cyprus broadcasting.

THE NEW Paphos international airport was inaugurated amid much pomp yesterday, ahead of its opening for passengers on November 17.

President Demetris Christofias hailed the imminent launch of the terminal as “of special significance to tourism and the economy, not only of Paphos but of the entire country.”