{"id":13521,"date":"2010-11-03T10:57:10","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T08:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=13521"},"modified":"2010-11-03T10:57:10","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T08:57:10","slug":"welcome-to-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/03\/welcome-to-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve said it a few times that one of the good things about Cyprus is that there are so many people from so many different cultures living in peace here. \u00a0 But I rarely actually researched how many foreigners are here and from which parts of the world they come. \u00a0I just judged by my own experiences. \u00a0Cyprus Mail<\/a> runs the article which is interesting in this regard.<\/p>\n

ALMOST ONE third of Cyprus\u2019 population is made up of foreigners<\/strong>, including other EU citizens, nationals of third countries and illegals, according to statistics for 2009.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve said it a few times that one of the good things about Cyprus is that there are so many people from so many different cultures living in peace here. \u00a0 But I rarely actually researched how many foreigners are here and from which parts of the world they come. \u00a0I just judged by my … Continue reading Welcome to Cyprus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[1259,1041],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-13521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-cyprus","tag-immigration","tag-statistics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11974,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/01\/statistics-and-perceptions\/","url_meta":{"origin":13521,"position":0},"title":"Statistics and perceptions","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"While catching up with recent Cyprus Mail articles, I came across the one about involvement of foreigners in serious crimes in Cyprus. \u00a0Quote: FOREIGNERS are involved in 40 per cent of all serious crimes, and 30 per cent of road deaths in Cyprus, the House Human Rights Committee head yesterday.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14781,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/21\/no-more-cyprus-id-cards-for-foreigners-whats-the-problem\/","url_meta":{"origin":13521,"position":1},"title":"No more Cyprus ID cards for foreigners. 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