Cyprus Turkish Airline

The economy of the Turkish Cypriot-administered area is dominated by the services sector including the public sector, trade, tourism and education, with smaller agriculture and light manufacturing sectors. The economy operates on a free-market basis, although it continues to be handicapped by the political isolation of Turkish Cypriots, the lack of private and governmental investment, high freight costs, and shortages of skilled labor. Despite these constraints, the Turkish Cypriot economy turned in an impressive performance over the past two years, with growth rates of 9.6% in 2004 and 11.4% in 2003. Over the same period, per capita income almost doubled reaching $7,350 at the end of 2004, compared with $4,409 in 2002. This growth has been buoyed by the relative stability of the Turkish Lira, the employment of over 5,000 Turkish Cypriots in the Greek Cypriot economy where wages are significantly higher, and by a boom in the education and construction sectors. In 2003, the services sec ... [Read More]

V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G

Cyprus is a destination country for women trafficked from Eastern and Central Europe for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Traffickers who forced women into prostitution continued to fraudulently recruit victims for work as dancers in cabarets and nightclubs on short-term "artiste" visas, for work in pubs and bars on employment visas, or for illegal work on tourist or student visas. There was increasing evidence of Chinese women being trafficked for sexual exploitation in Cyprus. The Government of Cyprus does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Cyprus made some progress in its anti-trafficking efforts over the past year. The new police anti-trafficking unit produced successful results and showed vigilance in combating the problem. Government recognition of the problem improve ... [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

Current Turkish customs regulations state that diplomatic personnel may sell an automobile only after the vehicle has been in Turkey for 2 years. However, there is a 1-year limitation for persons whose assignments are curtailed and who are transferred permanently out of the country. Permission for the sale of diplomatic vehicles to individuals not entitled to tax exemption (mainly Turkish citizens) may not be obtained for vehicles more than 2 years old. The age of a vehicle (i.e., the date of manufacture) is determined by the ownership/registration document. Vehicles more than 2 years old may only be transferred to individuals in the same tax-exempt status or to members of other diplomatic missions. (Vehicles may also be re-exported or abandoned at Turkish customs.) After approval has been granted, formal permission must be requested and received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before a vehicle may be sold to a Turkish citizen. Diplomatic personnel assigned to Ankara for longer th ... [Read More]

Daily Press Briefing for October 21 -- Transcript

QUESTION: Can I go back to Iraq for a second? This has to do with the Travel Warning that came out yesterday, and specifically -- with specific reference to the safety of civilian airline flights in and out of Baghdad. It says in there that civilian airliners are not generally equipped with devices like military planes are to combat the threat from MANPADs, and then goes on to say that U.S. Government personnel in Iraq are only allowed to travel -- are only allowed to use Royal Jordanian Airlines to fly in and out of Baghdad commercially. ... [Read More]

Foreign Entry Requirements

MONTENEGRO - Passport required. Visa not required for stays of up to 90 days. For longer stays, contact the Embassy of Serbia and Montenegro, 2134 Kalorama Road, N.W., Washington, DC 20008 (202/332-0333 ext. 103) or the Consulate General of Serbia and Montenegro, 201 East Ohio St., Suite 200, Chicago, Illinois 60611 (312/670-6707 ext. 108). MONTSERRAT - (See West Indies, British) MOROCCO - *Passport required. Visa not required for st ... [Read More]

Europe and Central Asia

Corruption. Corruption has been the most significant problem within Georgia's law enforcement agencies. Georgia's anti- corruption efforts continue to be hampered by the widespread tolerance of corruption within Georgian society. During 2001 the Government of Georgia formed a commission to reform the law enforcement agencies (so-called "power ministries"). The commission developed a strategy for reorganization that was forwarded to the Georgian National Security Council; however, no significant changes were made. In any case, none of these proposed measures can truly ameliorate the situation given the low wages of officials and poor standard of behavior from those in charge that nourish wide-scale, low level corruption. The new hope of eradicating corruption within the system emerged with the appointment of a new Minister of Internal Affairs, who has publicly and repeatedly announced his commitment to combating corruption and the trafficking ... [Read More]

International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTMARCH 1995BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRSEUROPE 301 Albania 303 Austria 305 The Baltics 308 Estonia Latvia Lithuania Belarus 313Belgium 316 Bulgaria 319 Cyprus 323 Czech Republic 326 Denmark 329 Finland 331 France 334 Germany 337 Greece 340 Hungary ... [Read More]

Daily Press Briefing for December 2 - Transcript

QUESTION: Thank you. Israel airport officials made a divert airline for the Ethiopian Airlines to land on the air force base last Sunday because of concern of lack of security in the capital city of Ethiopia. And I know there's airlines flight from east African capital city of Ethiopia direct flight to United States. Do you have any same concern on it? ...

QUESTION: Special Coordinator for the Cyprus, Mr. Weston, last week, he met with the Cypriot Turkish leader, Mr. Denktash. Did you have anything what they discussed about that? ... [Read More]