Essays on Cyprus

National University

What is “Cyprus problem”? When and why did it appear? “Cyprus problem” is the ethnic conflict between the two main ethnic communities on the island – Greek majority and Turkish minority. Stevens (2014) underlines that British Empire faced with it in 1925 when Cyprus became Crown Colony. Both communities think that Cyprus is their motherland but don’t want to live in peace together. Since 1974, they divided the island between them and separated from each other. Cyprus problem is a great question of nationalism. People are so biased that they forget about humanism and equality. Such problems are ...

The journey towards the European Union (EU) integration has experienced several turnings. This section of the essay will detail some of the core turning points in the EU integration. Establishment of a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was a major turning point in EU integration. The Treaty of Rome defined the specific objectives of the CAP. The CAP was introduced in 1962 (Folmern.p). The establishment of the CAP was enshrined to the state of food shortages after World War II. The aim of the CAP was to build a common European Community market and to cut off tariffs on agricultural ...

McDonalds has come to create a network in both Italy and Russia. Italy seems to have better balance of payment and government balance indices, interest rate, trade policy instruments and not needing to lose over currency rates while dealing with Eurozone importers, and even unemployment and GDP growth rates. However, unemployment and the lack of growth indicating poor economic performance and social welfare situation may advantage the brand in Russia through better low-cost labor availability and consumer reorientation on less expensive restaurant offerings. Overall, neither of the country is the ideal market for the brand, yet both have their ...

A European Union law, known as Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, guarantees the free movement of citizens across the national borders of member states. A special provision of this law is made for workers. A citizen of any county in the European Union may seek employment in any other member state without having to obtain a work permit. European migrant workers also have the right to live in their host country at least until their work contract is finished. This means that landlords are prohibited from discriminating against foreign workers. An examination ...

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The European Integration has undergone several changes to be what it is now. Several incidents and treaties marked the turning points for the EU in its infancy years to create a more stable and unified European cooperation. The Marshall Plan formed in 1948 consolidated democracy in Europe after the German defeat in the WW2 (Dinan 1122). The United States proposed the plan to speed up economic development in the transatlantic region. The plan saw the creation of the OEEC (Organization for European Economic Cooperation) liberalize trade and the Coal and Steel Community to oversee the extraction of coal in ...

During the last eight years the European financial crisis that started in 2008 has presumably proved to be the biggest challenge the European community faced for decades. Economic turmoil that hit the most such countries as Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Cyprus was even more accentuated by the fact that most European countries have common currency – euro. Therefore, in the light of this last circumstance, debt crisis would have been not so strong if it touched only one or two countries. However, shared currency and, therefore, closely intertwined financial systems add up to the domino effect happening in the European ...

In the historical time, women had few roles within the community, diminishing their effect towards the practices, laws, and structure of the society. Historical information characterizes women as housewives, whose main work was to take care of the family and its needs such as food, clothes and water among other things. However, there were women who made great progress in changing the stereotypes set by the community by exerting their knowledge towards the current affairs and way of life. Some of the men felt intrigued by their presence while others saw them as equals. Hence, it was a struggle ...

The financial crisis in the Republic of Cyprus was a debt, financial, fiscal and economic crisis in 2012-2013, which led to the paralysis of the banking system and put the country’s economy at pre-default state. The crisis also involved downgrading the Cypriot government’s bond credit rating to negative status by international credit rating agencies. Noticeable was the reluctance to restructure the problematic financial sector of Cyprus by the government of the republic (Dixon 2). There were a number of reasons for the severe banking crisis. Firstly, the economy of Cyprus was centered around the offshore sector. Secondly, ...

Setting is a vital part of any story; it helps establish context for the character’s actions, showcases the period in which the story is set, and allows a mood to be set. What’s more, a setting can reveal the passions or the conflicts the characters possess, becoming symbols themselves for the characters. The protagonists of many important literary works are inexorably tied to their surroundings, and the following three works are no exception. In this paper, the settings of Shakespeare’s Othello¸ Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby will all be examined in terms of their ...

The primary characters of Shakespeare’s plays typically have an element of tragedy to them: some unfortunate outcome for them that occurs either despite their circumstances or because of them. In the case of Othello, the titular character is a tragic figure whose race leads many, including Iago, to scheme against him and lead to his downfall. In this essay, the character of Othello will be examined in terms of his race and behavior, through the lens of G.K. Hunter's "Othello and Color Prejudice." Here, Othello is presented as a black man who is a heroic figure, constantly fighting against the perceptions ...