Cyprus Current Affairs, GK & News
Israel Greece sign Defence Deal
Israel and Greece have signed their biggest ever defence procurement deal. The agreement amounted to 1.65 billion USD. It will strengthen economic and political ties between the countries. Also, the countries launched a joint exercise. What is the agreement? Under the agreement, a training centre for the operation of Hellenic Air Force (the Air Force ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Defence Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Air Force • Cyprus • israel • Israel-Greece • S-300 system • Turkey • UAE
India signs pact with Bulgaria for establishment of Hindi chair at Sofia University
India has recently signed five pacts with Bulgaria in the fields of Civil Nuclear cooperation, Investment, Tourism, Science & Technology (S&T) and establishment of Hindi chair at Sofia University, after delegation level talks between President Ram Nath Kovind and his counterpart Rumen Radev. Both the countries have agreed to substantially upgrade their economic partnership in ..
Topics: Bulgaria • Continents • Countries • Cyprus • Geography of Europe • Member states of the Council of Europe • Member states of the European Union • Member states of the Union for the Mediterranean • Member states of the United Nations • Nuclear Suppliers Group • Radev
India signs agreements with Cyprus on combating money laundering and environment
On September 3, India and Cyprus signed two agreements on combating money laundering and cooperation in the field of environment in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind and his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades in Nicosia. Both the countries also agreed for the revision in the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) made in 2016 to ..
Topics: Continents • Countries • Cyprus • Double taxation • Geography of Asia • Nicos Anastasiades
Talks on reuniting Cyprus fail to strike a deal: UN
United Nations has announced that the talks held in Switzerland on reuniting the divided island of Cyprus have failed to strike a deal. Negotiations were carried out by the Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, but both sides had differences over criteria for territorial adjustment. The negotiations were held for ..
Topics: Continents • Countries • Cypriot • Cyprus • Cyprus dispute • Cyprus peace process • Nicos Anastasiades • Politics by country • Turkish Cypriot State • Turkish Cypriots • Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Russia and Cyprus sign military deal on port access in Mediterranean Sea
Cyprus has signed an agreement with Russia to give Russian navy ships access to Cypriot ports in the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement in this regard was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Cyprus counterpart President Nicos Anastasiades in Moscow. Military deal between both nations comes at the time when the tensions between Russia ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • Cyprus • Military • Russia
OECD introduces ‘single global standard’ for automatic exchange of financial info
Taking a significant step towards combating the black money menace, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) unveiled ‘single global standard’ for automatic exchange of financial account information between jurisdictions. To enable automatic exchange of financial account information pertaining to tax issues, the new standard makes it mandatory for the financial institutions, including ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2014
Topics: Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • China • Current Affairs 2014 • Cyprus • European Union • Germany • Gibraltar • Greece • IBPS • India-International Relations • Isle of Man • Japan • Liechtenstein • Luxembourg • Singapore • UK • US