While Cyprus tourism is heading for a rough ride as connectivity takes a hit, the major towns are stepping up efforts to offer holidaymakers a more enjoyable experience by becoming smarter, environmentally friendlier and more accessible. With financing from several European Union projects, Cyprus towns are moving forward with projects to enhance their tourism product
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. When John Denver wrote ‘Leaving on a jet plane’ back in 1966, he was singing about his journey of soul searching and seeking a permanent place he would call home. Nothing to do with Donald Trump ditching Air Force One to cut back on public spending (though he increased it in other areas),
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Warm applause after a gruelling three-hour grilling was the surest sign possible that Cypriot Stella Kyriakides had passed her audition at the European Parliament with flying colours to become the EU’s next Health Commissioner. It wasn’t until the next morning that news leaked in Brussels the Environment Committee’s three main parties had given the Cypriot
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Cyprus seems to have technology at the bottom of its priority list after ranking 54 from 63 economies for digital competitiveness just one spot above the Philippines, while behind India, Turkey and Romania. The United States held on to the number one spot in the IMD World Digital Competitiveness ranking (WDCR) in 2019, with
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As the elections for the new Turkish Cypriot leader in April 2020 draws closer, parties in the occupied north of the island are preparing their campaign strategy. The main opposition party, left-wing Turkish Republican Party (CTP) is holding its ordinary general congress on Sunday which is expected to elect the party’s new assembly which will
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A majority of Cyprus hotels and hundreds of catering establishments operated without the necessary licenses in 2018, according to auditor general Odysseas Michaelides. Some 76% of Cyprus hotels and 38% of leisure enterprises were operating without a license, which poses risks to the safety and health of customers and employees, said the Auditor General in
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EU member Cyprus on Friday accused Turkey of defying the 28-member bloc by illegally conducting drilling operations inside the island’s continental shelf which it described as a “severe escalation”. “Cyprus strongly condemns Turkey’s new attempt to illegally conduct drilling operations in the south-west of the island,” said a government statement. “The new planned drilling, this
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Paphos-based Papantoniou Supermarkets is preparing to set up shop in the capital’s tough competitive market, aiming to take a piece of the pie from established giants. Sources told the Financial Mirror, construction work on the supermarket’s latest addition is picking up speed as it enters its final stages. The family-run supermarket chain is planning to
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. By Demetra Kalogerou The dynamic development of capital markets in Europe, resulting from companies’ increased need for alternative funding sources, as well as the technological advancements that consistently produce new financial products and services, have created an environment that offers opportunities for the investors and supervising authorities, but at the same time present risks.
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. By Stefan Nolte Liechtenstein, the world’s sixth smallest country, squeezed into the Alp-Rhine-Valley, is the only Principality in the world where a Constitutional Monarchy truly rules, based on a democratic foundation, meaning that the legislature cannot unilaterally change the laws of the country. The Princely House can however not change the laws
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