Fitch Ratings recently upgraded Cyprus’ long-term foreign and local currency Issue Default Ratings by one notch to BB- from B+.

Leptos Group sponsored the 13th edition of the Cyprus International 4-Day Challenge by Arena Sports.

ANGELOS LOIZOU
CHAIRMAN, CYPRUS TOURISM ORGANISATION
Since tourism is the most crucial sector of Cyprus’ economy, Angelos Loizou, chairman, Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO), explains what has been achieved in the tourism sector during the last decade.

As part of its corporate social responsibility, the Cyprus Shipping Chamber, donated the amount of EUR10,500 to the Cyprus Association for Children with Cancer and Related Diseases, One Dream One Wish.

The fifth Trilateral Summit among Cyprus, Greece and Egypt took place on November 21 in Nicosia, with Nicos Anastasiades, president, Cyprus, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, president, Egypt, and Alexis Tsipras, prime minister, Greece, present.

The results of the four-day workshop of ideas and proposals for the design of two Amusement Parks in Ayia Napa were presented on November 19. The results were presented at the Municipal Museum of the Sea, with the contribution of the department of architecture of the University of Frederick, and the school of architecture of the National Technical University of Athens.

Elena Kountoura, minister, tourism, Cyprus; George Lakkotrypis, minister, energy, trade, industry and tourism, Cyprus; and Sameh Hassan Shoukry, foreign minister, Egypt, signed a protocol on cooperation between Greece and Cyprus for the enhancement of cruise tourism in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Flamingos and other migratory birds returned to Aliki Lakes in Larnaca and Lake Oroklini, and if visitors wish to admire the birds, they should be extra cautious not to create any serious discomfort.

Caffé Nero’s internationally acclaimed coffee master, David Cormack, was in Cyprus, at Limassol Marina's Caffé Nero store on November 07, where he shared his coffee expertise and talked about the multi-awarded coffee blend of the café chain.

Birmingham City University welcomed former students as part of its first official event in Cyprus at Sawa in Nicosia, on November 19.