The cream of Cyprus winemakers were among an enthusiastic audience at the Londa Boutique Hotel a week ago, to mark the occasion of our first Cyprus Wine Awards. Fifty awards were made, to 23 wineries.....

By DR. JIM LEONTIADES CIIM, The Cyprus Business School A government has three ways to reduce a deficit:     1. Reduce spending;     2. Increase revenue;  ....

BY MARINA THEODOTOU A Chinese proverb says that “women hold up half the sky”, but apparently that is not the case in Cyprus. With Women’s International Day being celebrated every....

Turkish Cypriot “isolation”: fact or fiction?

BY ANTIGONI PAPADOPOULOU, MEP Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy has frequently made reference of the necessity to “lift the isolation of....

Cyprus Editorial: Consumers, gov’t should spend more… and fast!

The government has finally announced a set of measures to protect state finances from spiraling into a higher deficit and to safeguard the economy from a potential meltdown. However, these measures wi....

Risk Watch: A Sense of Proportion, Please!

BY DR ALAN WARING I was once threatened with arrest by a local manager of a UK client who had failed to read communications from his national director that I would be visiting. They had had a lot ....

Cyprus editorial: Chasing the (tax evading) ghosts

Members of parliament and potential candidates have embarked on a which hunt, assisted by part of the media, to trace and root out the dreaded tax evaders who are depriving the state of millions in lo....

Cyprus Gourmet: Writing about it

The most convenient way to enjoy food and wine without suffering from indigestion, gout, obesity or hangovers, is to read about them. But not always is one successful. Often, when reading a biography,....

Cyprus Gourmet: A Spring (Issue) In Our Step!

We put our fifth issue of CYPRUS GOURMET MAGAZINE “to bed” this week and it is our most exciting issue yet. You, dear reader or subscriber of the Financial Mirror, will be the first to see....

Turkish Cypriot chamber goes to Brussels as Green Line trade falters

Is it time to add dairy products to the list? BY MARY CURRAN The Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce is in Brussels this week for discussions with European Commission officials about the Green....

Education – research – innovation : EU Commissioner sets priorities

Improvements in education, research and innovation are needed to help Europe compete globally, to equip the young for today's job market and to address the consequence of the economic crisis, EU ....

Cyprus editorial: The hypocrisy of the ‘foreign workers’ scare

Unemployment has risen to a record 24,000 and scaremongering union leaders have resorted to tactics that fall just shy of racist as they also choose to avoid the issue of overly paid and benefit-laden....

Cyprus Gourmet talks to the Travellin’ Man: Morgan Dalacloche

Morgan Dalacloche’s business card states he is Area Export Manager for the Burgundian wine houses of Bouchard Père et Fils and William Fevre, whose exceptional wines we have noted are now....

Cyprus Tourism: Einstein Was Wrong!

Cyprus Tourism: Einstein Was Wrong! “Our thinking does not need to change, the world does!” BY DR. THEODORE PANAYOTOU Albert Einstein cautioned us that “we can’t so....

Cyprus Editorial: Only ‘Kypriaka’? What about ‘Poiotika’?

The Cyprus airports operator Hermes should be commended for its marketing approach to promote Cyprus products at its own shops within Larnaca and Paphos airports. The idea is to fill all the shelves w....

Cyprus Gourmet: Wine Notes by Angela Muir M.W.

This range of six wines is designed to provide simple, fresh, everyday drinking. All of them come in screw capped bottles. As I write, we are changing vintages from the 2008 wines to the 2009s. Dry ....