Paphos based travel agency Anesis Travel & Tours Ltd has signed an agreement with the Chinese, Zhongjia Chenfei General Aviation company to accommodate direct flights from Shanghai to Paphos starting from March 2016. Tourism officials in Cyprus are hopeful that up to 400000 Chinese tourists will be visiting the island during the next summer holiday […]
Society
Move your clocks one hour back this Sunday
Its that time of the year again. Daylight Saving period is over and clocks will be switching back 1 hour on Sunday. At 04:00 of Sunday 25th the time should be changed to 03:00. This old tradition has absolutely no benefit in the modern world. Originally started as a way of saving fuel on artificial […]
Top 9 things Turkish Cypriots spend money on in Republic of Cyprus
Breakdown of where money was spent in Republic of Cyprus by Turkish Cypriots during September 2015.
Top 7 things Greek Cypriots spend money on in the occupied areas
Breakdown of where money was spent in northern Cyprus by Greek Cypriots during September 2015.
Cypriots spent €8.8mil in occupied areas & Turkey in 2015
The amount spent in the occupied North and Turkey by Cypriots continues to increase. According to data provided by JCC the total expenditure from the beginning of the year until end of September, was 8.8 million euro. Cypriots spent 281527 euros in airports and flights, 63967 euros in apparel and footwear, 117637 leisure/entertainment services, 258433 […]
Fines to be issued for parking in disabled spaces in shopping centers and malls
Following a multitude of complaints about illegal use of parking spaces allocated for the disabled in private commercial buildings such as department stores, malls and supermarkets, the police brought the issue to the Attorney General. Concerns were raised whether it is lawful to issue fines to vehicles parked in the privately held spaces to which […]
The 5 new measures agreed today towards the reunification of Cyprus
In today’s meeting between Republic of Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiadis and Turkish Cypriot Leader Mustafa Akinci the following confidence building measures were announced: Opening of new crossing points starting with Deryneia and Lefka villages. Connection of the electricity systems of the two sides. Unification of the mobile telephony networks (roaming between operators). Experts from the […]