Cyprus Business Now: weekly wrap-up
Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting June 12:
Cyprus-based investor Alexey Gubarev has recently become the owner of the land where Sodap’s wine factory ...
How a surprise EU agreement on asylum overhaul will impact Cyprus
‘An imperfect system that works will be better than a bad one that doesn’t’
Migration has become the albatross around the EU’s neck, but a recent agreement aims ...
Mixed marriages group protests outside parliament
A group calling itself the Uncredentialeds, which demands equal citizenship rights for children of mixed marriages, marched from the north to parliament on Saturday afternoon to highlight the problems they ...
Gas to power gives Cyprus-Israel gas plan momentum
There is grounds for an underwater natural gas pipeline from Israel to Cyprus to produce electricity both for domestic needs and to channel through the EuroAsia Interconnector, the Cyprus News ...
Cypriot assailants sentenced in Greece
Three men who beat up three Cypriots holidaying in Thessaloniki more than five years ago have been sentenced to 36 months in jail, suspended for three years, Greek media reported on ...
Military exercise shows readiness of National Guard says chief (video)
The large-scale tactical National Guard exercise Nikitis-Dimitra 2023 which took place in the land, sea, and air space of Cyprus showed the preparation and effectiveness of the units, leading officers said ...
Local authorities to get support to provide better services
Local authorities should play a leading role in the development of their communities and the government will support this effort, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday.
He was speaking at ...
Cyprus ‘ready’ to address search and rescue incident at sea
Cyprus is ready to address in time any Search and Rescue (SAR) incident of any scale at sea and to activate supporting means and the rescue process for any shipwreck, ...
President to address his first 100 days
President Nikos Christodoulides will hold a press conference on Tuesday on the first 100 days of his administration, following underwhelming comments about his term so far by experts and the public.
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President seeks Cyprus problem meeting with Tatar, UNSG
President Nikos Christodoulides is seeking a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, he said on Saturday.
The president was commenting two days after ...
Economic growth projection for Cyprus upped
International rating agency Fitch has affirmed Cyprus’ Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at BBB, assigning a Stable Outlook, assuming that fiscal surpluses will continue despite economic slowdown, whereas the ...
‘State should cover waste management costs, not the public’
The state should bear the cost of waste management rather than the public, deputies from the House environment and audit committees concluded on Friday, after a joint visit at the ...
Nicosia expects London to play its part on the Cyprus issue
Nicosia is expecting London to exert pressures that can pave the way for a resumption of talks on the Cyprus problem, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday after a ...
EU Parliament calls on Cyprus to curb spyware licenses
In a resolution adopted Thursday, the European Parliament called on Cyprus to repeal all spyware export licenses as well as to declassify a report on the Israeli ‘spy van’.
The ...
Government to create new deputy ministry of migration
Plans were announced by the government on Thursday for the creation of a new deputy ministry of migration and asylum.
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou explained that the new deputy ministry ...
Did president address an empty European parliament?
The president’s much hyped trip to Strasbourg drew ridicule from certain quarters on social media as he addressed a near empty parliament.
President Nikos Christodoulides opened his speech by ...
North’s animal pox spreads to Nicosia district
The north’s sheep and goat pox issue appears to have spread to close to the capital, with six farm animals in the northern Nicosia suburb of Mandres culled on ...
Cyprus swears in new judges in revamped court system
Despite the public’s general disdain for public institutions, Cypriot justice is trusted, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday at a swearing in ceremony for the new judges at the ...
Yeroskipou to fight church hotel on ancient site
Yeroskipou municipality was on Wednesday fully geared to appeal a town planning decision greenlighting the construction of a hotel by the archbishopric, in an area brimming with antiquities.
The municipality ...
Objections raised over police body cams
Discussions on the use of police body cams and in cars continued at the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday, with the deputy head of the committee saying they are ...
European parliament vote on spyware expected to impact Cyprus
Spyware has been abused in certain EU member states, posing a threat to democracy and the rule of law, Jeroen Lenaers, president of the Pega committee, said on Wednesday.
Speaking ...
Full marks for Cyprus on World Blood Donor Day
Cyprus holds the highest proportion of blood donations in terms of population, the Thalassemia International Federation (TIF) said on Wednesday.
In an announcement to mark World Blood Donor Day, the ...
Proposed law to clamp down on poachers
A new bill aimed at clamping down on poaching and preserving the country’s biodiversity has been put forward for public consultation by the interior ministry.
The bill sets out ...
Ex-Disy leader says president’s focus on EU role in talks is wrong
Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou questioned President Nikos Christodoulides handling of the Cyprus problem on Wednesday by focusing all his efforts on securing the so called more active involvement of ...