Day: October 20, 2022

European University Cyprus and the Cyprus Integrity Forum have organized an interactive debate on the 13th of October 2022 at the “Start-Up Center powered by Microsoft”.   The event marked the beginning of a series of interesting events that will be jointly organised between EUC and CIF in the future, under the Memorandum of Understanding […]

Presidential Commissioner, Photis Photiou, visited on Wednesday Turkish occupied Rizokarpaso, where he had the chance to talk to several inhabitants of the small town and thoroughly discuss with them the problems they have been facing.   According to a press release issued by the Presidency, Photiou underlined that the government supports every effort that reinforces […]

The promotion of regional cooperation with neighbouring states, both within and outside the European Union, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, which have a presence in the Eastern Mediterranean, is a strategic priority for Cyprus, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Thursday, adding that Turkey’s provocative actions in the exclusive economic zone […]

Cyprus absorbed 80% of its European funds in 2021, is a net recipient of €461 mln since accession, Lazarou says   Member of the European Court of Auditors, Lazaros Lazarou said Thursday that Cyprus has absorbed 80% of its European funds for the programming period 2014-2020, adding that between 2004 -when the country became a […]

The European Commission and the Goethe Institute inaugurated the new office of the EU Scholarship Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community, according to a press release.   The new building is located in the Turkish-occupied part of Nicosia, and will be open to the public.   “This inauguration fulfils our objective of bringing the Turkish […]

  Government spokesperson Marios Pelekanos said in a written statement that Cyprus is satisfied by the specific reference made to Turkey and Serbia and their obligation to align with EU sanctions against Russia in the joint statement issued by the leaders of the European People’s Party before the beginning of the European Council in Brussels. […]

Clocks should be set one hour back at 04:00 on Sunday morning, October 30, when the 2022 Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends.   According to an announcement by the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry, the Daylight Saving Time for 2022 ends on Sunday, October 30, at 04:00am. Clocks should be set one hour back, […]

The discussion during the first day of the summit of the European Council will focus on the energy crisis, while later at night there will be an opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s enlargement reports, President Anastasiades said in a tweet upon the beginning of the summit.   “First day #EUCO. In today’s discussions, […]

On September 15th, a large delegation from TenCate Protective Fabrics paid a visit to Saxion University’s Sustainable & Functional Textiles research group (Enschede, NL), led by Jan Mahy.   The TenCate Protective Fabrics group, led by Michael Laton, VP, Global Strategy & Innovation, traveled to Saxion from the textile manufacturer’s North American headquarters in Union […]