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Champagne is to cheap sparkling wine what halloumi is to bland, generic ‘white’ or ‘squeaky’ cheese. It is the desire to make such an ambitious...
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‘Political solutions’ being used to secure halloumi as Cyprus product
Agriculture minister Costas Kadis reassured stakeholders on Tuesday the government is doing all it can to safeguard halloumi as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)...
Government blunders threaten halloumi production, producers say
The steps the government has taken to protect Cyprus’ halloumi industry are impossible to follow say cheese producers European Commission approval of Cyprus’ application to...
Cyprus battling for halloumi on two fronts
CYPRUS is battling on two fronts to protect its much-coveted cheese, halloumi, in the UK, where it lost the trademark because of blunder by civil...
Airport authorities seize two shipments of non-specification halloumi
Larnaca airport authorities on Thursday seized two shipments of non-specification halloumi cheese due to be exported to Romania and Bahrain, reports said on Thursday. The...
Increased halloumi demand drives prices up in UK
Increased demand from China and elsewhere for halloumi cheese has reportedly driven prices up by 12 per cent in UK supermarkets, some of which have...
Halloumi PDO delay due to trade issues for Turkish Cypriots
The delay in the registration of halloumi as a PDO product is due to disagreements between the government and the European Commission with the latter...
President wants Brussels to expedite halloumi PDO
President Nicos Anastasiades has written to the European Commission president over the delays in registering halloumi cheese as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) more...
Island’s record in registering trademarks ‘dismal’
The island’s record in registering traditional Cypriot products has been a dismal one, while authorities here have yet to settle on a standardised definition of...
Government has reapplied to register halloumi in the UK, minister says
Commerce Minister, Giorgos Lakkotrypis said Thursday Cyprus has reapplied to register halloumi in the UK after losing it due to the ministry’s failure to respond...
Turkish Cypriot halloumi producers seek to boost exports
Halloumi exports from the north amounted to 7.5m kilos spread among ten different countries in 2017, reports from the north said on Monday. Since the...
Halloumi PDO delayed over issues with Green Line Regulation
Apart from objections raised by various third countries, registering halloumi cheese as a protected designation of origin (PDO) was being delayed by disagreements with the...
Halloumi PDO being ‘sabotaged from the inside’, minister says
A lot of Cypriots with vested interests are sabotaging the country’s bid to register halloumi cheese as a protected designation of origin (PDO), Agriculture Minister...
Setbacks dog halloumi/hellim PDO, minister acknowledges
Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis acknowledged there were disagreements with the European Commission with regard to the halloumi/hellim protected designation of origin (PDO) application but said...
Ceta deal will not impact halloumi PDO, Kouyialis says
The registration of halloumi as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and its inclusion in the European Union’s list is not affected by trade agreements...
€35m to boost halloumi production
Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis announced on Tuesday the government has secured €35m for the implementation of policies that will help increase the production of sheep...
Cheesemakers say as halloumi exports mushroom, government not doing enough to help
By Annette Chrysostomou The government is not doing enough to develop halloumi production despite a significant growth in exports and prospects for growth which include...
Cheesemakers expect incentives to help boost production of goat’s milk for halloumi
Cheesemakers on Monday met President Nicos Anastasiades to discuss a number of issues, not least Cyprus’ application to the EU to have halloumi registered as...
Not enough sheep and goat’s milk to match increasing exports of halloumi
While halloumi exports are increasing year after year to the tune of 15 to 20 per cent, bringing in a revenue of €103m in 2015,...
Cyprus in final stages of halloumi/hellim PDO
Agriculture minister Nicos Kouyialis said on Thursday Cyprus was in final negotiations with the registration of halloumi/hellim as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product,...
