Posts tagged with "Cyprus"

US energy official to tour East Med Cyprus

US energy official to tour East Med

November 10th, 2018 US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Francis Fannon will travel to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Nicosia, and Cairo starting Monday, November 11 to 20, the State Department announced on Friday. During his trip, Fannon will be meeting with government officials and private sector representatives to discuss energy security and...
What does Remembrance Day mean in Cyprus? Cyprus

What does Remembrance Day mean in Cyprus?

November 6th, 2018 In exactly a week, we honour the fallen: the men and women who gave their today for our tomorrows. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month – a time and date which commemorate the formal cessation of hostilities in 1918 – we recall all those who died not just in The First World War, but in conflicts great and small around...
Snake George discovers new Cyprus snake Cyprus

Snake George discovers new Cyprus snake

November 5th, 2018 It’s very thin and just 11 centimetres long, but long-time snake enthusiast hopes it might be a new species By Bejay Browne A Paphos-based Austrian snake and reptile expert has found a rare type of dwarf snake that could even be a totally new species. Hans-Jorg Wiedl, ‘Snake George’, 75, is well known in the field of...
‘Gardeners in Cyprus never cease to amaze’ Life & Style

‘Gardeners in Cyprus never cease to amaze’

November 4th, 2018 By Patricia Jordan GARDENERS in Cyprus never cease to amaze me with what they are able to grow in their gardens here. On a recent garden visit, I discovered dragon fruit plants (pitahaya) growing in an open garden, something I had not seen before. These amazing fruits (above) from such wonderful short-lived, evening-scented flowers...
The phone lines stay dead across the divide Cyprus

The phone lines stay dead across the divide

November 4th, 2018 Fresh hopes that a 2015 agreement to connect the mobile phone services on both sides might finally be realised  By Esra Aygin You can call home and check on your family from almost any corner in the world – unless you are a Cypriot stuck on the wrong side of your own island. The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot mobile phone...
Our View: Health scheme increasingly over budget, and it hasn’t started yet Opinion

Our View: Health scheme increasingly over budget, and it hasn’t started yet

November 4th, 2018 FOLLOWING the last week’s developments in the national health scheme (Gesy) saga, it is rather difficult to be optimistic about the prospects of its implementation. If anything, it is shaping into a major fiasco, with private doctors threatening not to join, drug importers questioning the budgeting, private hospitals claiming proposed...
People prefer loose to decentralised federation Opinion

People prefer loose to decentralised federation

November 4th, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza The truth is a conversation about the nature of federal government and its suitability for a small island divided by ethnic conflict has been a long time coming. Most people have a vague idea about the nature of federal government but have not been encouraged to think of being under a federal umbrella. According...
Gas a golden opportunity to work together Opinion

Gas a golden opportunity to work together

November 4th, 2018 By George Koumoullis THE president of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades recently advised the Turkish Cypriots to wean themselves off Turkey in order to facilitate the solution of the Cyprus problem. This admonishment would have been understandable and imperative if Greek Cypriot society had likewise cut itself loose from Greece. But has...
Turkish ship to drill for oil and gas in Mediterranean -minister Cyprus

Turkish ship to drill for oil and gas in Mediterranean -minister

October 30th, 2018 A Turkish ship will start drilling for oil and gas in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said, a move that could create tensions with neighbouring Cyprus and Greece over jurisdiction. Attempts to tap gas and oil in the eastern Mediterranean, along with a dispute over Greece's maritime borders, have...
Cyprus, Israel hold joint military exercise Cyprus

Cyprus, Israel hold joint military exercise

October 29th, 2018 Air and land military exercises with the involvement of the Israeli air force will be taking place in Cyprus from Monday to Thursday, the defence ministry announced. The exercises are part of a military cooperation agreement between the two countries. They will be taking place in the Cypriot FIR and a large section of the...
Israeli police officers in Cyprus as part of exchange programme Cyprus

Israeli police officers in Cyprus as part of exchange programme

October 24th, 2018 An Israeli police delegation is in Cyprus as part of an exchange programme between the two countries’ forces. A police Statement said the Israeli delegation is being informed on the way the island’s crime-fighting departments operated. The 10-member team is led by Major General Alon Levavi, head of the policing directorate in...
Calls for greater oversight of pig farm operations Cyprus

Calls for greater oversight of pig farm operations

October 21st, 2018   Claims that pig farms are operating illegally Recent complaints against pig farming have highlighted once again the sluggish enforcement of laws. Concerned Orounda residents on Monday demanded an investigation into what they claim is the operation of two illegal pig farms in the area whose managers, they say, keep breaking...
Guterres report: a shocking volte face Cyprus

Guterres report: a shocking volte face

October 21st, 2018 The changed direction of the secretary-general’s new report raises fears of 50 more years of talks By Esra Aygin As revelations suggesting that the Greek Cypriot leadership and Turkey are binning the bicommunal, bizonal federation model, which has been on the table for decades continue, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio...
A mission to save the bees and thus ourselves  Cyprus

A mission to save the bees and thus ourselves 

October 21st, 2018 The island’s beekeepers are launching a year-long awareness campaign on the importance of pollinators for the survival of mankind and on their protection. The campaign – organised by the beekeepers’ and professional beekeepers’ associations - is to be launched next week at the Limassol agriculture training centre. The campaign...
J&P's Joannou family calls on partners to return €29m they owe Cyprus

J&P's Joannou family calls on partners to return €29m they owe

October 20th, 2018 Two days after the appointment of administrators who will oversee the winding up of construction company Joannou & Paraskevaides Overseas Limited, the Joannou family urged its partners to “immediately return” €29m they owed. Following many turbulent months, J&P Overseas eventually went into administration last week after...
Fitch upgrades Cyprus to investment grade Cyprus

Fitch upgrades Cyprus to investment grade

October 20th, 2018 Fitch Ratings has upgraded Cyprus' sovereign rating to investment grade, 'BBB-' from 'BB+', with a stable outlook as the island expects a 2.7 per cent fiscal surplus this year and continuous growth that will boost receipts. The upgrade followed similar action by Standard and Poor’s last month. Finance Minister Harris Georgiades...
Leaders to discuss how to resume negotiations Cyprus

Leaders to discuss how to resume negotiations

October 19th, 2018 The two leaders will be submitting proposals on how to proceed with the reunification negotiations during their meeting next week, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday. The UN announced on Thursday that President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci will be meeting on Friday, October...
Man caught doing twice the motorway speed limit Cyprus

Man caught doing twice the motorway speed limit

October 19th, 2018 A 36-year-old man was caught on Thursday night on the Limassol to Nicosia motorway driving at almost 200 kilometres per hour. Officers signalled the driver to stop near Skarinou but he apparently ignored them. He was doing 196km/h, almost 100km over the speed limit. He was eventually stopped near the Alambra industrial...
Grants for SMEs Cyprus

Grants for SMEs

October 19th, 2018 A new initiative launched by the ministry of energy, commerce, industry and tourism (MECIT) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) aims to facilitate access to advisory services by providing grants to 30 small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) registered and operating in the Republic of Cyprus. The initiative...
Authorities issue dust warning Cyprus

Authorities issue dust warning

October 19th, 2018 Authorities on Friday warned the public and especially vulnerable groups to take precautions due to the high concentration of dust in the atmosphere for the second day running. Because of the small size of the dust particles and the potential effects on human health, especially on children, the elderly, and people with a compromised...
Police arrest undocumented migrant Cyprus

Police arrest undocumented migrant

October 19th, 2018 A 28-year-old foreign national was caught on Thursday driving in Paphos in a car that had been stricken off, without insurance and driver’s licence, and having as a passenger a compatriot who was found to be residing in the country without a permit. The undocumented man was arrested, while the driver was charged with a number of...
Cobalt grounding a certainty after failure to secure funds Cyprus

Cobalt grounding a certainty after failure to secure funds

October 18th, 2018 Transport Minister Vasiliki Anastasiadou said Thursday grounded Cobalt Air had been called repeatedly before the licensing authority in recent days to provide information regarding its financial situation after it had been determined that it was having trouble. Speaking after a crisis meeting at the ministry, Anastasiadou said the...
Ryanair announces Cobalt rescue fares Cyprus

Ryanair announces Cobalt rescue fares

October 18th, 2018 Low-cost airline Ryanair announced on Thursday it has launched rescue fares on a number of its Paphos routes to accommodate stranded Cobalt customers. Cypriot customers and visitors can fly from Paphos to/from Chania, London Stansted, Tel Aviv, and Thessaloniki at fares starting from just €14.99 for travel from November 2018 to...
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