Sunday is newspaper day. Access to lots of newspapers on line, which was not always the case. But the Republic of Cyprus has a daily newspaper in English as well as those in Greek. It’s not a particularly good paper, and overpriced at €1.95 for 32 pages but does give a Cypriot slant on life - and on Sundays three puzzles instead of one. Happily J doesn’t wish to do one, so we’re spared the need to buy two copies of the Cyprus Mail as Sam and Andy used to do daily in order to do the puzzle competitively.
Unsurprisingly, island affairs take priority, and a story about a woman wanted for stealing money from donation boxes in bakeries in Paphos makes page three. There’s often a rather negative preoccupation with the affairs of the TRNC, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. So the headline today is Stark Increase in North’s Population. Stark? Page 10 before the conflict in not so distant Israel and Palestine makes an appearance as there’s no specifically Cypriot angle. Though to be fair similar priorities prevail in more impressive newspapers in bigger and more sophisticated countries.
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