Cyprus

Turkish Cypriots push private sector despite embargo

With its pristine floor tiles and colorful storefronts, Famagusta's new City Mall symbolizes efforts by the northern part of divided Cyprus to encourage investment despite a decades-long trade embargo.

Like many projects in the Mediterranean island's north, the mall's backers received tax breaks from a government keen to boost the economy and become less dependent on Turkey.

Ankara aims to bring peace to Cyprus, says Turkish FM

Turkey's vision for Cyprus is to turn the island into a bastion of peace and stability, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said in an opinion piece in the Washington Times published on March 21.

The eastern Mediterranean island has been divided since 1974, after Turkish troops intervened in response to a coup by Greek Cypriot militants seeking union with Greece. 

A difficult game

It wasn't Rauf Denktaş or any other Turkish Cypriot who first used it. It was the former Greek Cypriot leader Glafkos Clerides who said "a non-solution is also a solution in Cyprus." Still, the phrase became synonymous with Denktaş, together with his "Mr. No" title.

Alltours – Thomas Cook: The massive increase in reservations for Greece will exceed the losses to Turkey

 

The German Alltours tour operator has a 50% increase in reservations for Greece following the trend of the other German tour operators. A similar increase can be seen in reservations for Bulgaria and Spain, while Turkey’s reservations have plunged almost 50% .

 

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