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Yianis Group is a London-based property development and investment company, wholly owned by the Cyprus-born British billionaire, John Christodoulou. Yianis Group owns the London hotels Marriott Canary Wharf and Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel at Canary Wharf. [1] In Manchester, Yianis Group owns the Hilton Manchester Deansgate. After a seven-year ...
Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID (8 April 1919 – 20 November 2007) was a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia until October 1964 and now known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to 1979.
The following is a list of Cypriot billionaires, based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets published by Forbes every April. [2] The vast majority of Cypriot billionaires are not native Cypriots, but are foreign billionaires who acquired Cypriot citizenship (either through the now-defunct Cyprus Investment Program or otherwise) to take advantage of the country's tax laws.
Northern Cyprus, [a] officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), [b] is a de facto state [5] [6] that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. It is recognised only by Turkey , and its territory is considered by all other states to be part of the Republic of Cyprus .
The Gwenoro Dam is located inside Gwenoro Farm, an estate formerly owned by Ian Douglas Smith (1919-2007), a former Prime Minister of Rhodesia.The farm was seized in stages by the Government of Zimbabwe from Ian Smith and his family between 2002 and December 2012.
Imperio Properties [1] is a property development and management firm, based in Cyprus, since 2003. Imperio completed fifty projects, and its biggest project is The Icon tower, which has been completed in 2021.
The economy grew by 4.9% in 2014 and 2.8% in 2013, meaning that Northern Cyprus is growing faster than the Republic of Cyprus. [9] [10] Northern Cyprus has seen economic growth and declining unemployment throughout the 2010s; the unemployment rate in 2015 was at 7.4%, [11] down from 8.3% in 2014. [12] The inflation rate in June 2015 was at 3.18%.
Apostolides v Orams is a landmark legal case decided in the European Court of Justice on 28 April 2009. [1] It concerned the right for Greek Cypriot refugees to reclaim land in northern Cyprus, displaced after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.