Portuguese-Cypriot relations

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Portuguese-Cypriot relations
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The Portuguese-Cypriot relations include intergovernmental relations between Portugal and Cyprus . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1975.

Relations are shaped by joint membership in the EU and the euro zone , the OSCE , the Council of Europe and other multilateral organizations.

In 2016, 28 citizens of Cyprus were registered in Portugal; in 2010, 182 citizens were registered in the Portuguese consulates in Cyprus.

history

Cyprus’s Nikos Anastasiadis (left) and Portugal’s Pedro Passos Coelho (right) at the EPP summit, May 2014 in Brussels.

Today's Portugal was founded in 206 BC. Part of the Roman Empire , to which 58 BC. BC Cyprus also came. They both remained under Roman rule until Cyprus became part of the newly formed Eastern Roman Empire from 395 AD and the Iberian Peninsula was conquered by Germanic tribes from 409 AD. Presumably there was also a mutual exchange of goods and people in these 450 years of shared Roman history, but no significant trade flows or people migrations between the two regions are known.

The paths of the Kingdom of Portugal, founded in 1139 and mostly Atlantic orientated in the course of its history , and Cyprus, which alternated under Genoese , Venetian , Ottoman and British rule, rarely crossed until the 20th century. It is worth mentioning the presence of Portuguese crusaders : after the fall of the Acre fortress in 1291 and the subsequent retreat of the crusaders from the Holy Land , the Order of Malta moved its headquarters to Limassol for a few years . Portuguese knights played an important role in the earlier Order of St. John.

Cyprus gained independence in 1960. Only after the Carnation Revolution in 1974 and the subsequent end of the colonial Estado Novo regime in Portugal did the two states establish diplomatic relations on March 5, 1975. On January 16, 1976 , Virgílio Armando Martins , Portugal's ambassador in Rome , was the first Portuguese ambassador to be accredited to Cyprus .

The Cypriot Embassy on Avenida da Liberdade

In 1986 Portugal became a member of the EU, in 2004 Cyprus joined the community. As a result, the countries grew closer and opened direct embassies to one another. In 2005 Portugal opened its first embassy in Nicosia.

In connection with the 2006 Lebanon War, the Portuguese Air Force evacuated Portuguese citizens from Lebanon via Cyprus, where they were able to flee.

diplomacy

Portugal maintains an embassy in the Cypriot capital Nicosia , in the Severis Building at number 9 on Arch. Makarios Avenue . There are also Portuguese consulates in Larnaka and Limassol .

The Cypriot embassy in Portugal resides on the central Lisbon boulevard Avenida da Liberdade , house number 229. A Cypriot honorary consulate has also been set up in Porto , northern Portugal .

economy

Refinery in Leça da Palmeira : After medicines and paper, fuels are Portugal's most important export to Cyprus, from where the most important single goods are cotton threads, spirits and building materials.

Portugal was one of the first countries to introduce the euro as a means of payment in 1999 , and Cyprus joined the euro area in 2008.

The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP has a contact office at the Portuguese Embassy in Nicosia.

In 2016, Portugal exported goods worth 37.3 million euros to Cyprus ( 2015 : 36.8 million; 2014 : 26.7 million; 2013 : 30.4 million; 2012 : 24.9 million) , thereof 35.6% fuels, 10.3% chemical-pharmaceutical products, 7.5% agricultural products, 6.0% machines and devices, 5.3% plastics and rubber and 5.2% paper and cellulose.

During the same period, Cyprus delivered goods worth 4.9 million euros to Portugal ( 2015 : 6.2 million; 2014 : 4.0 million; 2013 : 5.9 million; 2012 : 2.7 million) , thereof 21.3% vehicles and vehicle parts, 16.6% machines and devices, 14.0% chemical-pharmaceutical products, 9.8% textiles and 9.2% food.

In terms of Portuguese foreign trade, Cyprus was in 58th place as a buyer and 113th as a supplier, in Cypriot foreign trade, Portugal was in 79th place as a buyer and in 43rd place as a supplier.

Sports

Cyprus international Dossa Júnior was born in Lisbon in 1986.

Soccer

Men

The Portuguese national soccer team and the Cypriot national team have played against each other eleven times, with ten Portuguese wins and one draw (as of November 2017). They met for the first time on March 29, 1972 in Lisbon , Portugal won the game in qualifying for the 1974 World Cup 4-0. In qualifying for the Euro 2012 , Cyprus wrested the Portuguese 4: 4 on September 3, 2010 in Guimarães .

Cyprus was not represented at the 2004 European Championships in Portugal .

The U-18 European Football Championship in Cyprus in 1998 finished Portugal in third place, the hosts were eliminated after the group stage.

The Cypriot international Dossa Júnior comes from Portugal.

Women

The Portuguese and Cypriot women's national teams have not yet met (as of 2017).

Cyprus has never been to the annual Algarve Cup , nor has Portugal been represented at the Cyprus Cup (as of November 2017).

badminton

Portuguese athletes were represented several times at the most important Cypriot badminton tournament, Cyprus International . They were particularly successful at Cyprus International 2004 : Filipa Lamy won the singles for women and, together with Vânia Leça, also the doubles, Telma Santos won the mixed doubles with Nuno Santos . In the men's singles, Marco Vasconcelos also came third.

At the Helvetia Cup 2005 in Cyprus, Portugal came third, the hosts finished 15th. In 1995 , Portugal was ninth, hosts Cyprus came in 13th.

The Helvetia Cup 2003 took place in Portugal, where the hosts finished fourth, Cyprus finished 14th.

At the most important Portuguese badminton tournament, Portugal International , there have not yet been any winners from Cyprus (as of 2017).

Web links

Commons : Portuguese-Cypriot Relations  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Overview of diplomatic relations with Cyprus at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on May 7, 2019
  2. ↑ Official Portuguese Aliens Statistics by District , Portuguese Aliens and Borders Authority SEF, accessed on December 26, 2017
  3. ↑ Website on Portuguese-Cypriot migration (Table A.3) at the Portuguese Scientific Observatório da Emigração , accessed on December 26, 2017
  4. ↑ Fernando Cristóvão (Ed.): Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia. Texto Editores, Lisbon / Luanda / Praia / Maputo 2006, p. 786 ( ISBN 972-47-2935-4 )
  5. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Cyprus ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed December 26, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / idi.mne.pt
  6. ↑ Embaixador de Portugal no Chipre prepara viagem de refugiados - "Portuguese ambassador in Cyprus prepares the refugees' journey" , article from July 26, 2006 on the website of the RTP television station , accessed on December 26, 2017
  7. ↑ Overview of the Portuguese consulates on www.embaixadas.net, accessed on December 26, 2017
  8. ↑ Entry of the Cypriot consulate in Porto on www.embaixadas.net, accessed on December 26, 2017
  9. ↑ Contact details of AICEP in Cyprus , website of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on December 26, 2017
  10. ↑ a b c Bilateral economic relations between Portugal and Cyprus , Excel file retrieval from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on December 26, 2017