. WARNING lights flash whenever someone tells me they are planning to invest in property. It is a market we all think we know something about. But often our knowledge is based on nothing more than having bought a house for our own use or having rented a commercial property. In Cyprus, as in most
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Cyprus is intensifying preparations to safeguard against a possible disorderly Brexit, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Demetris Samuel told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). Samuel said that “even though we fully respect the sovereign decision of the House of Commons, we are disappointed by the result of last night’s (Tuesday) voting in London, as it is obvious
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The number of building permits issued in 2018 reached their highest level since 2011, official data showed Wednesday. Building permits authorized by local authorities last year reached 6,408 from 5,728 in 2017. The total value of these permits increased by 19.5% (to €2.1 bln from €1.7 bln) and the total area covered by 11.9% while
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Provisions agreed between Cyprus and Britain that allows development of properties located within British Bases territory will be implemented early autumn, following the conclusion of an environmental study, Nicosia said. Stakeholders were briefed about the implementation of an agreement that relaxes building restrictions on land within the British military bases, during a meeting at the
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Volunteers collected nearly 3 tonnes of recyclable waste left on the streets after the main carnival parade in Limassol was over, Friends of the Earth Cyprus said. The post-parade recycling operation, organised by the NGO with the participation of 23 volunteers, lasted 4 hours and covered a distance of around 2.5 kilometres. "Using an electronic
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Washington attaches political importance to the trilateral cooperation of Cyprus, Greece and Israel as a guarantee of stability in the region and wants to be a part of that East Med security umbrella, said Cypriot government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou. He told CNA, the US seeks to become part of the security partnership “being developed in
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Cyprus police are on the lookout for motorists who have not paid their road tax as the deadline for renewing it has passed. With the grace period given to motorists to pay their road tax, due at the end of December, expiring on Monday night, 92% of vehicles (638,000) have has their road tax paid
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Cyprus has the third lowest fertility rate in the EU with 1.32 births while the total fertility rate in the EU stood at 1.59 births per mother in 2017 from 1.60 the year before. The highest total fertility rate since the start of comparable time series was in 2010 when it reached 1.62, still below
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Differences between Nicosia and the Noble-Shell-Delek consortium over a revenue sharing agreement for the exploitation of the “Aphrodite” field in Cyprus EEZ are soon to be overcome. According to sources quoted by Politis newspaper, the two sides are closer to an agreement after a meeting held on 7 March, where the last remaining – mainly
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Three same letters of the English alphabet (www) have changed the world drastically in the past 30 years. March 12 marks the anniversary of the invention of the world wide web which now connects billions of people every day. The Cyprus News Agency (CNA) spoke to Dr Constantia Alexandrou, Director of the Computation-based Science and
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