As Turkey grows closer to Pakistan and the Mediterranean gains geopolitical weight, India has discovered an unlikely but useful partner in Cyprus. In diplomacy, small states frequently become the hinges upon which larger geopolitical doors swing. Cyprus, a divided island in the eastern Mediterranean with barely 1.3 million people, is increasingly acquiring such importance. India, whose foreign policy has traditionally looked east towards Asia or west towards the Gulf, now app

Mumbai: Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides described cinema as a powerful medium that transcends borders, connects cultures and introduces people to a country even before they visit it, here. Arriving in Mumbai on a 4-day State Visit to India, President Christodoulides unveiled the first-ever Indo-Cypriot joint film venture which will be shot in his country. “Film locations are deeply linked to identity, emotion and storytelling. Cyprus is an ‘open studio’ offering di