News reports of fifty Nigerian men arrested in a three bedroom apartment in Lefkoşa (Nicosia). The apartment was leased to three Nigerian women, and there are allegations of drug trafficking and prostitution. Hard not to think that fifty men in a small apartment would probably only fit vertically, but then that probably is the most common position for drug dealing. Sad state of affairs all round and presumably not unrelated to the tightening of visa restrictions everywhere. On the other hand it is also true that African students are frequently persuaded to come here as students and allowed to assume, unrealistically, that they will be able to find work to meet their expenses and may at some point be able to move to the EU. Having said which, pimps and traffickers are pleased to make the same unscrupulous profits here as elsewhere.
Meanwhile the Cyprus Mail (South) sees fit to note that « North’s Electricity Demand from Republic [South] Doubles ». It is true, of course, that the South does sell electricity to the North, and that the amount needed has increased over the last three years. It’s just that the term demand has connotations of Mafia style extortion rather than a commercial agreement. And have the same reaction when journalists refer to union « demands » rather than bargaining positions.
Sigh.
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