Ayia Napa Marina is soon to complete a trial period for its berthing facilities and related services before officially opening sometime in the summer. The consortium behind the marina project told the Financial Mirror that all facilities, including customs, and police headquarters are in place and the marina services will soon be open to the
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By Richard Philips The Belt and Road Initiative, China’s ambitious plan to build an infrastructure highway spanning from Beijing to Brussels, is commonly perceived as a transport artery involving land and sea routes that allow a seamless global supply of Chinese goods and influence in and out of Europe. What is often overlooked is the
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A team from a university in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus say they have produced the first electric car on the island with manufacturers aiming to start mass production in 2021. According to reports, a team from the Near East University in Nicosia have put together the electric car called Gunsel after a decade of
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Industrialists are calling on Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and other authorities in the occupied north of the island to take legal action after the Republic of Cyprus reclaimed the Halloumi trademark in the UK. The Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Industry issued an announcement condemning the actions taken by the Greek Cypriots authorities to reclaim
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Chief Scientist Kyriacos Kokkinos is Cyprus’ first Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy which will begin life on 1 March. “The establishment of the Deputy Ministry is yet another major reform that will lead our country into the new digital era,” said a government statement. “The much-needed Deputy Ministry, to act as a
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Cypriot and foreign students attending Cyprus higher education institutions is constantly rising with 51,000 studying last year, a 59% rise on 2013. Addressing a graduation ceremony of postgraduate students, at the University of Cyprus, the President Anastasiades said that from a total of 32,000 students in higher education during the academic year 2012-2013 the figure
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President Nicos Anastasiades said it was a mistake to accept a free flight on a Saudi businessman’s jet for his family’s vacation in the Seychelles but argues the private trip didn’t break any laws or ethical guidelines. Anastasiades said in a written statement that his family’s use of the jet “could’ve been avoided” to prevent
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Cyprus has reached an agreement with Israeli investors for the long-awaited €1.2 bln redevelopment of the Larnaca port and marina. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos announced on Thursday that the government has agreed with the consortium which is to take on the project after protracted negotiations. Tender negotiations between the two sides have been ongoing since
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Hollywood director Dimitri Logothetis is set to start shooting his second film “Man of War” in Cyprus from April with another five films lined up, his production company said on Thursday. Logothetis was behind the production of Jiu Jitsu, a Kung Fu film shot entirely on the island last year – under the government incentive
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The remains of Georgios Katsanis, a Greek commander who was killed in Cyprus during the 1974 Turkish invasion, were handed over to his relatives on Thursday following a religious ceremony in Nicosia. His remains were located in 2017 by the Committee of Missing Persons (CMP), along with seven other officers, in a mass grave in
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