Cyprus will offer Syrian families money to help them resettle back in their homeland and allow the main income earners to remain on the island nation for up to three years to work as part of a voluntary repatriation program, a Cypriot minister said Thursday.
Turkish companies see big opportunities in neighboring Syria as a lifting of US sanctions clears the way for investment in post-war reconstruction, but they remain wary of challenges, from lingering insecurity to banking and tax headaches.
Maritime Affairs Minister Vassilis Kikilias defended Greece’s fishing rights during talks with the EU’s maritime affairs commissioner Thursday, emphasizing territorial waters protections under international law.
An Egyptian court ruling Wednesday, threatening ownership of the historic Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, has alarmed Athens, despite previous high-level Egyptian assurances that property disputes were resolved.
Greek authorities are hunting three Turkish nationals who opened fire this week on intelligence agents, with one suspect previously arrested in a February police sweep.
The casus belli resolution in the Turkish National Assembly in 1995 against Greece constitutes a permanent threat against not only a NATO ally, but also a member of the EU to which Ankara looks for funding and cooperation with its defense industry.
For your next trip, have you considered townsizing? What about choosing a detour destination? And instead of forest-bathing, maybe it’s time to give land snorkeling a try.
Cyprus’ General Accounting Office has wrapped up the second phase of the government’s Oikia scheme.