Expat Brits wanting to join Brexit drama advised to arrange proxy votes
By Bejay Browne With no end in sight to the Brexit drama and an early general election looking ever more likely, British expats in...
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Cyprus knocked back in expat living survey
CYPRUS has come 45th out of 64 destinations in the Expat Insider 2019 survey published on Thursday, falling 15 places since last year’s survey when...
Vote on Brexit bill covering UK expats in Cyprus postponed until next week
Friday’s vote at the plenum on a proposed bill seeking to establish the free movement in the Republic of Cyprus of UK nationals and of...
Expats’ healthcare cover in Cyprus to continue temporarily in a no-deal Brexit
Cyprus and Britain have agreed that British nationals on the island would continue to access the same healthcare cover they currently enjoy for several months...
Brexit – Open Letter to British Citizens in Cyprus
Over the last few months my team and I at the British High Commission have had the pleasure to meet many of the British citizens...
Cyprus ranks low on work-life balance index for expats
Cyprus has come 51st out of 65 countries in terms of a bad work-life balance in a survey expats who are considering working overseas. Denmark,...
High Commission looks to reassure British expats ahead of Brexit talks
THE British High Commissioner and consular staff hosted a well-attended open meeting for expatriate residents in Emba, Paphos on Friday, with the aim of...
Expat vote a decider in Peyia
THE expat vote in the upcoming elections could be decisive in choosing a mayor for Peyia in Paphos, home to a large number of foreign...
Anastasiades briefs UK Cypriots, celebrates birthday with ‘Cyprus’ cake
President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday night briefed Cypriot expats in London on the course of Cyprus talks. The president attended a dinner in north London on...
Two-tier pricing at cemeteries is ‘perverse’ Ombudswoman says
LOCAL authorities may not refuse to bury foreign permanent residents in their local cemeteries, provided they have available graves, nor can they charge foreigners more...
Expats ticking off the days until the vote
WITH the British referendum on remaining in the EU just days away, many British expats in Cyprus have already done their bit by sending in...
Majority of British expats in EU want to stay
The majority of British expats in Cyprus said they will vote to stay in the EU, according to survey by expat network Angloinfo, reflecting the...
A Brexit likely to upset Cyprus’s tourism and real estate, financial stability, experts say
By Stelios Orphanides A decision in the June 23 referendum in favour of ditching the UK’s European Union membership could have wide range of possible...
Dishonest scaremongering over possible Brexit
In your Comments page Alper Ali Riza Q C (Sunday Mail, May 8) made a number of statements against Brexit most of which were inaccurate....
Crematorium possible in two years
THE FIRST crematorium in Cyprus could be fully functional in two years’ time, according to an established funeral directors in Paphos. A long-awaited bill legalising...
‘End the stigma’ of Alzheimer’s
THE disappearance earlier in the week of an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s sufferer in Paphos has prompted a new call both for state help, and an end...
End to two-tier burial plots in Peyia
PROGRESS has been made over the discriminatory pricing policy for expats wanting to buy burial plots in Peyia. Foreign residents are now being offered a...
Arenas of power
WE EXPATS are forever complaining about Cypriot banks, conniving estate agents, the land registry, lawyers, politicians, the wilful slaughter of migrating birds, inhumane mistreatment of...
Who is really in the pink?
By Jill Campbell-Mackay Charitable giving, is one thing expats living here and Cypriots have in common, a genuine generous attitude towards anyone with a begging...
Barclays sends out new PIN units for accounts about to be closed
IN what has been branded as a “ridiculous” move, Barclays has sent out new PIN ‘sentry units’ to client Clive Flisher so he can access his online...
