in Cyprus Today – 3/3/2010

Who’s to blame:  scale of disaster dwarfed by nagging question of responsibility – President Talat blamed the flood disaster on the “greed” of those who built in ravines. 7 patients died of “natural causes” at Lefkoşa State Hospital which was without power because back-up generators in the basement were damaged through flooding. Editor: several other items refer to the £20m damage caused by the rain, £4m of which was for the Oscar hotel built in a ravine.

Oramses: we’re not giving up fight yet - The Orams have petitioned the Supreme Court in England and Wales on the basis that Judge Vassilios Skouris, President of the ECJ, was biased.

Euro will be the island’s official currency - if there is a settlement

Legal help on property issue – details here

Name change for Sunny Lane - it’s now called the British Academy of Northern Cyprus

Court throws book at case of ‘lost Gospel of St Barnabas’ – it took a year to discover that a book, which was part of a possession of a historical artifact case, was a crude forgery.

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