Greece has defended Cyprus’ right to exploit its natural resources while also acknowledging that Turkey also has rights in the East Mediterranean. Energy and Cyprus talks were on the agenda during a meeting of Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu with his Greek counterpart George Katrougalos, who said the two countries were focused on pushing forward
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Cyprus will participate in the "Let’s Do It! World " campaign for the reduction of global waste. The local campaign titled “Let`s Do It! Cyprus“ will take place from 2-7 April. "Let`s Do It! Cyprus" has been held on the island since 2012 and is the largest volunteer campaign. In April 2018, more than 46,000
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Relative to the size of its population Cyprus recorded the EU’s third highest rate of immigration in 2017, according to the latest European data. According to the size of the resident population, Malta recorded the highest rates of immigration in 2017 (46 immigrants per 1000 inhabitants), followed by Luxembourg (41 immigrants per 1000 inhabitants) and
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades attends European Council summit in Brussels where UK Prime Minister Theresa May will urge EU leaders to give her more time to get her Brexit deal through the door. Anastasiades is in Brussels to participate in the European Council summit to be held on 21 and 22 March. EU leaders will
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Faithful from across divided Cyprus travelled to Turkish-held Famagusta for a ceremony marking the completion of conservation works at the church of St. Anne and a neighbouring mosque. Efforts to restore the two monuments in the walled city of Famagusta started in September 2017 on behalf of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage and
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The leaders of Cyprus, Greece and Israel with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, underlined that all four countries are “great key partners for the security and prosperity” of the region. The commitment was made at the 6th trilateral summit in Jerusalem between Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and Cyprus President Nicos
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Education experts from Cyprus and the UK have discussed collaboration of the higher education and research sectors post-Brexit. This issue dominated the first Higher Education and Research Forum organised by the British Council in Nicosia. A delegation of nine Higher Education experts and representatives from the UK, including the Chief Executive of the British Council
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Cypriot firm EuroAsia Interconnector urges Greece to cooperate in an EU-funded project so the power grids of Cyprus-Crete and mainland Greece can be connected as scheduled by end 2020. A similar appeal was made by the EU’s Energy Directorate chief and Cyprus regulators on February 27 (joint announcement),as well as the Cyprus Ministry of Energy
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Cyprus registered the EU’s highest decline in consumer credit and mortgage lending in January, contracting 27.4% and 21.9%, respectively, DBRS said in its latest edition of the Macroeconomic Update for Europe. Consumer credit in Cyprus kept contracting in January while mortgage lending was also negative during the same month, Canadian rating agency DBRS said. In
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Energy Minister George Lakkotrypis said the fact that discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean and Cyprus were piling up with more explorations planned, was creating confidence, despite Turkey trying to create conditions of instability in the region. Lakkotrypis said that the Eastern Mediterranean as an alternative source of energy for Europe, was receiving a lot of
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