Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci is in hot water with Ankara after calling for dialogue and diplomacy to prevail in the wake of Turkey’s military operation in Syria. In a post on his social media account, Akinci said: “Even though we call 1974 a Peace Operation, it was a war and blood was shed. Even
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Cyprus is stepping up efforts in digitalising the public sector by allocating some EUR 250 mln for e-government projects in next year’s budget. The 2020 budget prepared by the Finance Ministry foresees that €246.9 mln will be spent on 20 e-government projects with one quarter (€47.9 mln) of the pool going to the implementation of
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Member States will see how far they are ready to go on imposing measures against Turkish military activities in Syria and illegal drillings in Cyprus, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini said in Luxembourg. The Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Luxembourg is discussing Turkey’s military operations in northeast Syria against the Kurds. “And obviously, as you
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Cypriot authorities on Monday urged vulnerable groups to stay indoors due to a high concentration of dust levels in the Cyprus atmosphere. The public, especially children, older people, and those with breathing difficulty are urged to avoid going outdoors, as the small size of respirable particles in dust may have negative effects on human health.
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A French frigate and special forces of the Cyprus navy conducted successful military exercises within the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone of blocks 6,7,10 and 11, the Defence Ministry said. France’s Total has an interest in the three of the blocks where the exercises took place while Turkey has a drillship to block 7 where the
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Property sales have dipped over the four months June to September bringing the boom to a temporary halt after almost 4 years of double-digit growth fuelled by the Cyprus passport scheme. The drop has fuelled concerned over the industry’s reliance on the investment scheme which has its limits, say experts. Since the passport criteria became
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The shipping world is bracing for a sea change, not just in maritime technology and business models, but also in building relationships between shipowners and seafarers and managing change. This is what captains of industry heard in Limassol this week, as the 16th Maritime Cyprus Conference ended. The conference, celebrating 30 years and co-hosted for
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. The week started off with our attention turning to a row in a Larnaca parking lot where three Cypriot women were involved in a racist altercation, then northeast Syria went up in smoke after Trump let the Turks in. A YouTube video went viral after it depicted a Russian woman at the centre of
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. By Makis Georghiou The Greek energy minister has been trying to justify his decision to turn against a Cypriot company that is building the Israel-Cyprus-Greece electricity cable, by delivering several excuses, which are baseless and probably dictated by the transmission system operator ADMIE, that wants part of the project. Last week’s initial
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. It is time (and has been for a long while now) to consider the creation of joint venture companies for real estate investments in Cyprus. The parameters for such investment are currently positive and we enumerate some of these factors: · Interest rates on deposits are practically zero both locally and abroad. · Foreclosures
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