Urgent action is needed to speed up progress to ensure more women are represented in parliament as Cyprus has a huge gender imbalance in political life, said Cypriot MP Annita Demetriou. "Women parliamentarians can become the power behind questioning and abolishing stereotypes and social prejudices based on gender, as well as promoting positive women role
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The armed forces of Cyprus and Israel concluded successfully on Wednesday their joint military exercise ‘Onisilos-Gedeon 2019’, the Defence Ministry said. The exercise was held in the framework of the annual military cooperation programme between the two countries. The three-day exercise took place within Nicosia FIR and in a large area of the national airspace
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WiSpear, the Israeli company that owns the alleged ‘spy van’ refutes that it has carried out any surveillance operations in Cyprus or broken any laws. The firm said it was compelled to go public due to “a rumours turmoil mixing facts with inaccurate data and theories that confuse instead of elaborating on the case”. “Throughout
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High-profile Erdogan critic, Turkish fashion designer Barbaros Sansal has been targeted once again by Turkey’s President, as Turkish authorities have filed another case against him for insulting the country’s leader. Two years ago, he was sentenced to six months in prison for publicly insulting the Turkish nation, prosecutors are now demanding that Sansal be handed
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By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM Asian stocks are a sea of red, as investors grow sceptical that the US and China can exhibit enough will to sign a limited trade deal by next month. Most Asian currencies are now also weaker against the US Dollar, while safe havens such as Gold and the
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Limassol has presented its candidacy to become the European City of Sport 2020 with officials saying it has a good chance of being selected. Spokesman for ACES Europe, Romano Antonopoulos said Limassol is a “very strong candidate” adding that the municipality’s file has been carefully studied. "What is left now is to tour some of
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An online e-auction platform was launched by a subsidiary of the Cyprus Banks Association in an attempt to boost the sale of foreclosed properties that have mounted up. The first auction on the e-platform will be conducted on 18 December, enabling Cypriot citizens or Cyprus registered companies to participate in home sales, thus eliminating the
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Cyprus Central Bank governor Constantinos Herodotou has warned Cypriot banks not to utilise their excessive liquidity by rushing to grant loans without properly scrutinising the borrower’s repayment capacity. Herodotou said banks need to remain cautious even though they are sitting on “piles of liquidity.” “There is no liquidity issue with any bank in Cyprus, but
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Almost 2500 people signed an online petition objecting to the new Paphos-Polis Chrysochous motorway being built, said conservationist group Birdlife Cyprus. The petition was handed to the Deputy Minister to the President, Vasilis Palmas, at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday. In September, Birdlife Cyprus launched an online petition in a move to protect Ezousa Valley,
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Cyprus tourist arrivals in October increased 0.7% to 436,509, from 433,617 last year, making it the highest volume of visitors ever recorded for that month. Tourist arrivals for the first 10 months January-October rose by an annual 0.6% also marking a new all-time record for that period. Arrivals for January to October increased 0.6% reaching
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