Costas Kadis

Cyprus' Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Costas Kadis and Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios met with representatives of the World Bank on Thursday in order to formulate a tourism strategy for Cape Akamas.

Cyprus' Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment is about to register the red potato, the countrys second most important agricultural product, with the European Union for which an application for registration has been published in the republic's official gazette.

A protocol for the export of Cypriot dairy products to China was signed on Tuesday between Cyprus's Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Costas Kadis and Minister of the General Administration of Customs of China Ni Yuefeng.

President Nicos Anastasiades said Thursday during the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet that he made his selection on grounds of meritocracy.

Deputy Foreign Minister Terence Quick will participate in the 19th World Conference of the World Federation of Overseas Cypriots and the third trilateral meeting Greece-Cyprus-Israel.

He will also be received by Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kassoulides and Education Minister Costas Kadis.

Bulgarian and Cyprus on Friday signed a memorandum that will help them fight against the trafficking in artifacts and efforts to retrieve stolen items, the Culture Ministry has said.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Bulgarian Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov and Cyprus Transport Minister Marios Demetriades as the former was visiting the island.