UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt bidding to succeed Theresa May at the helm of the Conservative Party and as prime minister has described the relationship between Britain and Cyprus as “incredibly important”. He wrote to the ‘Conservative Friends of Cyprus’, just as the ruling party’s 160,000 members were starting to submit their postal votes for
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ΕU finance ministers (ECOFIN), convening in Brussels, in a recommendation package for Cyprus said it must reform the public sector, reduce toxic loans, focus on sustainable growth and improve efficiency of the justice system. More specifically Cyprus is called on to take the following actions in 2019 and 2020 in order to: · Adopt key
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Cypriot Deputy Minister of Shipping, Natasa Pilides told parliament on Tuesday that a passenger ferry between Cyprus and Greece could begin in the summer of 2020 ending two decades without such a link. The issue was discussed before a parliamentary committee on Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism in the presence of Pilides and Deputy Minister
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BBC, ITV, FOX and Fremantle networks have sent warning letters to Cyprus state broadcaster, demanding that CyBC comply with its obligations and pay for the rights of TV series it has acquired. According to corporation’s chairman Andreas Frangos, CyBC has found itself in a tight spot after parliament’s decision last year stopped it airing commercials,
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Concerned over the high number of women killed by their partners and domestic violence cases, Cyprus MPs have launched a discussion over the need to stop this worrying trend. Prompted by the murders of 5 foreign women and two of their children at the hands of a convicted serial killer, AKEL MPs Skevi Koukouma, Evanthia
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Bar some technical issues Greek and Turkish Cypriots are very close to having their first interoperable mobile phone network to enhance contact as a key Confidence Building Measure (CBM), informed sources told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). The mobile telephony CBM is expected to be discussed during separate meetings the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative
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Moscow is following the developments in Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone with concern after a second Turkish vessel entered it, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. "In connection with incoming reports on the visit of yet another Turkish ship to conduct geological prospecting in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus, we are watching with concern the developments in
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EU High Representative Federica Mogherini said Turkey's new drilling operation northeast of the island was unacceptable and an unnecessary escalation of the energy dispute. “Turkey’s declared intention to illegally conduct a new drilling operation northeast of Cyprus is of grave concern,” Mogherini said in a statement. “This second planned drilling operation, two months after the
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. For a radical transformation of Cyprus's energy infrastructure, it requires energy objectives for environmental, social and production reform based on the following principles: • The development of an energy adaptation plan within the highly competitive environment of the EU Energy Union to ensure interconnected cross-border benefits by connecting to European networks, enhancing the
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Vehicle registrations dropped by 10% in the first six months of 2019, compared with the same period of 2018, Cyprus Statistical Service data shows. In the six-month period of January – June 2019 total vehicle registrations declined to 23,449 compared to 26,059 in the same period last year. New cars recorded the highest decrease
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