Ankara does not have plans to build a naval base in the Turkish-held north of Cyprus, but the armed forces will increase its deployment of troops on the island, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “No, we are not going to withdraw troops! I am sorry, we are not going to decrease the number of
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. By Floros Voniatis, CEO Chair of the Council, UCLan Cyprus According to recent research, Higher Education in Cyprus is proving to be a very promising business sector which provides a substantial and ever-increasing contribution to the country’s GDP. Despite efforts to attract high calibre and economically sound students, so that Cyprus may be considered
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Hopes of seeing the once proud resort revived to its former glory are diminished as real estate analysts believe the property will be difficult to sell at auction. The auctioneer declared the big-ticket sale a no-go despite some interest shown, no bidder was willing to match BoC starting price of €2.36 mln. It seems the
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. Cyprus likes to get involved in all kinds of schemes that enables it to believe it is making a meaningful contribution to the planet. As a smallish island, Cyprus tries to make itself look bigger by virtue of its geographical location as a bridgehead between Europe and the Middle East. Nicosia likes to envisage
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A belated effort by the government to meet its green obligations with the European Union has brought solar energy back on the table after virtually no action was taken by the state to promote Renewable Energy. For almost a decade since undertaking a set of EU obligations, the state had been idle say Renewable Energy
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. We note that from time to time delays are caused to development projects due to Red Tape. Red tape is not a tangible case as such and it is caused because those in charge, especially civil servants, are just not up to it to respond in a timely fashion and with good reason on
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Nicosia said its economic policies were vindicated after Standard & Poor's raised Cyprus' credit grade by a notch to BBB-, lifting the country back into investment grade after near-bankruptcy five years ago. “Returning to investment grade after 6.5 years is the strongest confirmation of prudent management we have followed and are following, “tweeted President Nicos
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. With the mid-2019 date for the Greek elections getting closer, stakeholders are clinging on to power for as long as they can until a new administration takes over or the Syriza-Anel coalition remains in office. This means Cyprus will continue to be dragged into this political tug-of-war, either as a scapegoat for others’ incompetence
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Cyprus is soon to see an Animal Police department aiming to protect animals from falling victims of cruelty and torture. After several cases of animal cruelty made headlines over the past few months, the Justice Ministry is promoting the creation of an Animal Police department. The Animal Police will have the responsibility to look into
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The overwhelming majority of employees in Cyprus manage to tackle their work and family life without changing their working conditions, official data indicates. Some 63.5% of employees make no use of professional childcare services, while 24% use professional childcare services for all the children of the family and 12.5% use such services only for some
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