The final results of the European elections in Cyprus will be given by the Chief Returning Officer at midnight on 26 May. According to the Head of the Election Service Demetris Demetriou, the results will be given simultaneously along with all the other 27 Member States of the bloc. There will not be a continuous
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Britain’s newest fighter jets are in Cyprus for training and systems tests in the aircrafts first overseas deployment at RAF Akrotiri. Six F35-B Lightning warplanes from 617 Squadron have touched down at RAF Akrotiri for six-week deployment as part of Exercise Lightning Dawn. RAF Akrotiri Station Commander Christopher Snaith said the exercise will let pilots
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. THE uncertainty over Brexit has persuaded many Britons to move to an EU country, such as Cyprus, where they hope for a secure future. But there has also been a steady trickle moving in the other direction who are concerned, in particular, about how much tax they may pay if their home country is
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Cyprus registered Europe’s highest increase in annual electricity prices in the second half of 2018, official data shows. Across the EU, the biggest spike in household electricity prices in national currency between from the last six months of 2017 and the second half of 2018 was registered in Cyprus (+19.6%), followed by Spain (+13.8%), the
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The two Turkish Cypriot parties of the right, the National Unity Party (UBP) and the People’s Party (HP) have agreed to form a new ruling coalition in the north of occupied Cyprus. The agreement came after talks seemed to be going south as the two parties were reportedly arguing over the distribution of key administration
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Former Cyprus president Demetris Christofias, 72, is said to be in a critical but stable condition at Nicosia General Hospital after being admitted to the intensive care with a serious respiratory problem. After a team of doctors examined Christofias on Tuesday, a request was sent for a specialist. lymphologist from Israel to come and determine
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Cyprus will continue with its energy exploration plans despite threats from Turkey with eight drills scheduled within the island’s EEZ by 2021. Energy Minister George Lakkotrypis told reporters on Tuesday that six exploratory drills and two confirmation drills will take place offshore Cyprus over the next two years. "Activities in the Cyprus EEZ continue. Eight
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. Leaving behind the political turmoil and economic pessimism seen during 2010 – 2015, the message from real estate professionals is now clear: there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic for 2019 and 2020. Real estate fundamentals remain strong, and global asset allocations to real estate are expected to continue. While political confrontations, the
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Stakeholders in the Cyprus real estate sector are critical of the government’s new affordable housing policy as they find it to be shoddy and short of the mark. The government’s action plan, officially announced on Friday, includes granting developers an increase on the building coefficient in exchange for apartments with affordable rents or prices. It
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Britain has called on Turkey not to commence drilling off Cyprus but still maintains that the island’s exclusive economic zone is “disputed waters”. Pro-Cyprus, north London Conservative MP Theresa Villiers asked the Foreign Secretary “if he will make representations to his Turkish counterpart on the incursion into the Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone in the Eastern
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