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SUITABILITY OF CYPRUS

  • Existence of perfect postal (Datapost/Intelpost) telephone, including GSM facilities, telefax (facsimile) and datel communications. 
  • Well organised professional services of any kind, such as lawyers, auditors, management firms etc.
  • Good industrial relations
  • Minimum of red tape
  • Law and other prevailence
  • Favourable legal system based on English law
  • Geographic position, excellent climate and pleasant living conditions
  • Good air connections (3 hours from Europe and 2 hours from the Arab Gulf)
  • Relatively low cost of living
  • High quality hotels, houses and offices
  • European standard of living
  • Availability of foreign schools
  • Excellent banking services, based on the English banking system
  • Freedom of movement of foreign currency
  • Existence of double taxation treaties with a number of countries (43)
  • Possibility of legalisation of documents through the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Possibility of Membership of the international business company in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • existence of all major courier services


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