Day: September 9, 2021

The Larnaca Port and Marina project, amounting to 1.2 billion is the island’s largest infrastructure project of its kind, announced Transport, Communications and Works Minister Yiannis Karousos.

The Minister made the remarks during his visit to Larnaca Port where he was informed on the Master Plan and the progress in the joint port and marina development.

It is a project that the President of the Republic announced and is a priority, the Minister said, noting that it will benefit not only the town and Larnaca district but also the whole of Cyprus.

The Cypriot-Israeli consortium company Kition Ocean Holdings was the winner of the government’s international public tender procurement process and are currently tasked with completing the redevelopment project.

Minister Karousos said he was informed on the progress of the Master Plan

Source: cyprus News Agency

Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, said on Thursday that he was ready to have a meeting with the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, later this month in New York, where he will be flying to participate in the UN General Assembly.

Invited to comment on statements by Tatar that the reason that the UNSG`s Special Envoy, Jane Holl Lute, did not come to Cyprus was not the refusal of the Turkish Cypriot side to meet her, but Lute did not visit the island for her own reasons, the President said that “Lute is in contact by phone with the negotiator, conveys to him her positions and such an issue was never raised.”

Anastasiades said that “what was initially planned was for her to probably visit Cyprus with her husband for vacations, and also hold meetings during her presence here.

Source: cyprus News Agency

The European Commission announced on Thursday morning the disbursement of 157 million euros to Cyprus in pre-financing, as part of the funds and loans to be provided under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

The Commission notes that the pre-financing is equivalent to 13% of the funds allocated to Cyprus. This pre-financing will help to kick-start the implementation of the crucial investment and reform measures outlined in Cyprus’ recovery and resilience plan.

Source: cyprus News Agency

Cyprus` Interior Minister Nicos Nouris told MPs on Thursday that progress has been achieved in preventing illegal immigrants from arriving to Cyprus.

Nouris, who was briefing the parliamentary committee of interior, said that Cyprus ranks first in the EU in migrant inflows but that it has managed to stop illegal immigrants from coming to Cyprus under the guise of studying and from performing fraudulent marriages. Through these schemes 2,000 to 2,500 immigrants would arrive on the island every year, he added.

Source: cyprus News Agency