The property market in North Cyprus is undergoing serious changes at the moment, with the currently low property prices rising – and looking set to continue rising – at an unprecedented rate In addition, a new type of property development is beginning to appear in the north side of the island – namely, upmarket and luxury apartments – that are clearly designed for people wanting to buy investment properties in this emerging market

The next round of direct diplomatic negotiations between Mehmet Ali Talat, the Turkish Cypriot leader, and his Greek Cypriot counterpart, Demetris Christofias, begins today The first meeting, which occurred on the third of this month, was met with optimism by commentators and journalists, and the leaders themselves seemed in high spirits immediately following the meeting

All the way back in January 2004 Sir David A King, the Government’s then chief scientific adviser, described global warming, and the climate change that it drives, as a greater threat to the world than international terrorism

With the UK economy and property market struggling, and investing in the Euro appearing less and less appealing by the day, many people are scratching their heads and wondering: just where is the best place to buy investment property Tips on buying investment properties abroad often tend toward the well trodden path, but Sterling’s current relationship to the Euro means that the appeal of, for example, Spanish or French property is not what it was

Anybody contemplating purchasing a second, or replacement home abroad at the moment should be watching the current political manoeuvrings and goings on in Cyprus Cyprus has been divided into a Turkish Cypriot North, which accounts for one third of the island, and a Greek Cypriot south since 1974, when the installed Greek nationalist leader Nikos Sampson became de facto president of the island

Car manufacturers are not yet meeting European Union targets on fuel efficiency and lower carbon dioxide emission on the majority of their new models, according to environmental campaigners A pan-European lobby group, Transport and Environment (T and E), has called the industry out for fighting against current EU legislation and, even more worryingly, proposed future limits

Football is one of those things that is far more important that the immediate sum of its parts – the twenty-two men, ninety minutes and two goals This is especially true in times of crises, where the sporting conflict serves as metonym for the wider political or humanitarian reality

A row broke out in Cyprus this week between church and state President Christiofias, who has led the Greek Cypriots since February of this year, was publicly criticised by the Bishop of Paphos Georgios, who was speaking on behalf of Archbishop Chrystostomos, over his progressive attitude to the Cyprus Problem and his well known desire for reunification between the two sides