A 150 delegates gathered in Nicosia on Friday to raise awareness on the Council of Europe’s Convention on offences relating to cultural property in a two-day conference entitled: ‘Act for Heritage’. Known as the Nicosia Convention, the treaty was adopted on May 19, 2017, and is the first international legal instrument dealing with the criminalisation
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Cyprus and Israel reached an agreement to promote joint travel packages for tourists in the US, Russia and Germany from 2020, focusing on golf, gastronomy and wellness holidays. A Deputy Ministry for Tourism statement said that a delegation headed by Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios and an Israeli team headed by Israel’s Tourism Ministry Director-General Amir
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Cyprus agents that manage properties for short-term rent on online platforms such as Airbnb are banding together to form an association which will promote the burgeoning sector. Talking to the Financial Mirror, Simon Aynedjian a short-term rental property manager, said that agents are organising to promote short term rentals and in the coming months there
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UN official Elizabeth Spehar stressed the need for Cypriot leaders to “redouble their efforts” to conclude the terms of reference and return to the negotiations aimed at reunifying Cyprus. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, and Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci, attended a UN Day reception in Nicosia buffer zone, hosted by the head of the UN
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Cyprus building permits issued in July and for the first seven months of the year recorded a significant increase while their value also shot-up. According to official data, the number of building permits issued by local authorities in July reached 743 compared to 589 in July 2018 and 573 in June this year. The total
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With 84% of all cars running on petrol, Cyprus had the EU’s largest share, ahead of Finland (74%) and Denmark (69%), according to Eurostat. Over half of the cars in 13 out of 24 EU Member States for which data are available ran on petrol in 2017. Diesel-driven cars exceeded the 50% threshold in France
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Every Cyprus resident with an income of any size is soon to be obliged by law to submit an annual income tax statement, said Finance Minister Harris Georgiades. Speaking to reporters, the Minister said that a bill has been approved by the cabinet which foresees that everyone is obliged to submit an income tax statement
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Extreme weather conditions are prevailing in Cyprus triggering power cuts and flash floods across the island. Authorities say Limassol is the worst hit region with roads flooded and fallen trees during the stormy conditions. The fire service on Thursday announced that it had mobilised all units to deal with flooding, moving fallen trees and other
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Cyprus is organising a two-day international conference on 25-26 October to raise awareness and promote shared efforts at fighting crimes against cultural property. It comes within the framework of the Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property (aka the “Nicosia Convention”). The event will be opened by Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides
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Mustafa Akinci is leading in opinion polls in the north by a whopping 15%, ahead of April's 2020 elections for the new Turkish Cypriot leader. According to a survey conducted by the Centre for Migration, Identity and Rights Study, the current Turkish Cypriot leader, despite a slight drop of 1.2 percentage points, leads a list
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