Though autumn season was poor The total number of tourist arrivals in Cyprus reached 2.47 mln in 2005, the highest number since 2001, and marked an increase of 5.2% on the previous year, in line with government forecasts. This is the first year of decent growth since the peak of 2.7 mln arrivals in 2000.
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The state-owned Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) began supplying the Turkish occupied areas with electricity, responding to a request by the regime in the north after a power blackout, it was reported Thursday. The EAC’s Deputy Manager for Customer Service, Costas Gavrielides, told CNA that the Authority had been working through the night to satisfy
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The British government has warned its citizens of the risks in purchasing property in the Turkish occupied areas due to the non-recognition of the regime in the north. The position was declared in a written answer of the Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Douglas Alexander, to a question posed by Conservative
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Ireland aims to further strengthen its relations with Cyprus and has expressed its sympathy towards the people on the Cyprus issue, Rory Kiely, the Chairman of the Seanad Eireann Irish senate, said in statements after a meeting with House President Demetris Christofias. “We have briefed the Irish delegation on the Cyprus problem and they expressed
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Government sets out euro strategy A decision about the secondary market in bonds will be taken at the beginning of 2006, according to the Finance Minister Michalis Sarris in an interview with the Financial Mirror, as the ad hoc committee which studied the issue has now finished its work. Curently the secondary market in bonds
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As the Cypriot government gears up for implementing the EU-wide Lisbon strategy, it was an appropriate moment for Portugal’s Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, José Mariano Gago, to give a lecture at the Central Bank on Friday of what the Lisbon Strategy or Lisbon Agenda, is trying to achieve. A synopsis of the
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The first of the prestigious centres under the umbrella of the Cyprus Research and Educational Foundation/ Cyprus Institute could be founded as soon as the summer. The Cyprus Research Centre for Energy, the Environment and Water is expected to be located in the Limassol area and has already signed a co-operation agreement with the University
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