Economics
Cyprus Draws Investor Interest as Reuniting Optimism Peaks
- Reunification advocates now lead both parts of the island
- Cyprus, the region may get economic boost from renunification
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The prospect of a reunified Cyprus has never been better, and that has business leaders on both sides of the Mediterranean island eyeing investment opportunities.
Cyprus has been divided along ethnic lines since 1974 after Turkey invaded the island to prevent its unification with Greece. Turkey keeps about 35,000 troops in northern Cyprus and is the only country to recognize a Turkish Cypriot state. With the two parts of the island now led by strong reunification advocates -- Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades in the Greek-speaking south and Mustafa Akinci in the Turkish-speaking north -- reunification talk is filling the air waves.