Under Secretary for Political Affairs of the US State Department, Victoria Nuland, and Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides, on Wednesday expressed the wish that the Cyprus Center for Land, Open-seas, and Port Security (CYCLOPS) which, they said, was a…
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Interior Minister pays official visit to Bulgaria
Interior Minister Nikos Nouris held separate meetings on Wednesday with the President and the Minister of Interior of Bulgaria, in the context of his official visit to the country.Among the issues they discussed was the war in Ukraine and the immigrati…
Ukraine fights for the freedom and rights of the entire democratic world, says US official paying visit to Cyprus
Ukraine fights for the freedom and rights of the entire democratic world, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, said on Wednesday in Cyprus, during a visit she paid at the Monument of Town Twinning between the city of Larn…
Nuland’s visit indicates US interest in the Cyprus problem, says Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides noted the US interest in the Cyprus problem, on the occasion of the visit of the US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland to Cyprus and her contacts on the island.Kasoulides was responding to a journalist`s questi…
President meets Montenegro Prime Minister, wraps up visit
President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades met on Wednesday with Montenegro Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic, in the framework of his state visit to the country, the first-ever paid by a Cypriot President.A Presidency press release said that during the me…
Jobless in March 2022 drop by 58% driven by hirings in Tourism and Trade
The number of registered unemployed persons in Cyprus dropped by an annual 58% in March 2022, driven mainly by reductions in the tourist sector and retail and wholesale trade, the Statistical Service of Cyprus (Cystat) has said.According to Cystat, the…
CSE and Law Consortium sign agreement as part of privatization bid
The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) announced on Wednesday it signed an agreement with Harneys Loizou Armila Shearman Consortium, as the consultants assigned with the tasks to prepare a business plan for the Cyprus Stock Exchange, as well as to undertake t…
Revenue from tourism just over €28 million in January 2022
Revenue from tourism in Cyprus were just over €28 million in the first month of 2022, with the reduction rate compared with January 2020 (pre-Covid) remaining below the corresponding reduction rate of arrivals.According to the Passenger Survey conducte…
Passenger traffic in Cyprus to be over 7 million in 2022, says Transport Minister
Passenger traffic in Cyprus in 2022 is expected to exceed 7 million, Minister of Transport, Communications and Works Yiannis Karousos has said, adding that the arrival of passengers has increased by 50% compared to 2021.Addressing a conference on “Stat…
Investment funds, established as one of the fastest growing sectors in the Cypriot economy, CIFA says
The growth in the investment funds sector in the recent years, despite of the conditions of the pandemic and high uncertainty, has now established the Investment Fund sector as one of the fastest growing sectors in the Cypriot economy, the Cyprus Inves…