Excavation work on a huge ancient man-made mound unmatched on the island has been undertaken by the University of Cyprus. The UCY annual field campaign on the tumulus of Laona at Palaepaphos which took place in June and September lasted four weeks. The Laona tumulus is monumental in size (100m x 60m x 10m) and
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British Sovereign Base Area Police arrested six people for illegal bird trapping in the Xylophagou area after a coordinated joint operation with the Cyprus Police and Game Fund in the early hours of Tuesday. The arrests were made after lengthy intelligence was gathered with the help of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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Cyprus Airways has added Thessaloniki to its flight network for winter 2018/19 from Larnaca Airport. Flights to Thessaloniki are available to book from 23 October. The company also announced increased flight frequency on its Larnaca-Athens route, from 4 weekly flights to daily flights for winter. Furthermore, Cyprus Airways in its efforts to meet the current
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CITR, Romania’s insolvency market leader is hoping to improve the local framework following the establishment of their new Cyprus office. CITR’s new Nicosia office aims to maximise the value of the debtors’ assets, and therefore, increase the recovery rate of receivables to the creditors’ benefit, using innovative mechanisms and tailor-made solutions. CITR is supported by
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Two 14-year-old Cypriot pupils won first prize in a global competition run by NASA in the SpaceApps Challenge. The competition in Nicosia took place in the presence of NASA Chief scientist Dr James Green, who mentored the teams. This year NASA offered an exclusive prize only for Cyprus that no other country had. The special
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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will present a more detailed proposal concerning his ideas about a decentralised federation in post-settlement Cyprus, at Tuesday’s meeting of the National Council. The move towards a looser federation in a post-solution Cyprus has been criticised by some opposition parties as veering away from the core principles of the Cyprus problem
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New hotels are sustaining a construction industry boom as hoteliers also go ahead with renovations and expansions, despite challenges posed by private self-service accommodation units. According to data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service, hotels are at the heart of the progress the building sector is witnessing. New hotels, refurbishments and expansion projects have multiplied
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns that Cyprus East Med energy exploration will end in failure. “We are saddened by their (Greek Cypriot) unilateral hydrocarbon explorations in the Eastern Mediterranean that are doomed to fail,” Erdogan was reported as saying in the Turkish media. He said that Turkey would continue to respond firmly to “impositions”
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Eurostat confirmed on Monday that Cyprus had a budget surplus of +1.8% of GDP in 2017 putting it only second behind Malta. According to Eurostat, the GDP of Cyprus stood at €19.571 bln, with a government surplus of €344 mln, or 1.8% of GDP. Cyprus expects a higher surplus of 3% for its 2019 budget.
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Cypriot Defence Minister Savvas Angelides is expected to brief his French counterpart, Florence Parly, over Turkish threats to Cyprus’ energy search within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). During their meeting on Monday, the two Ministers will also discuss ways to further deepen bilateral relations, particularly with regard to Cypriot facilities provided to French military vessels
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