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[nasershaka]

I have been living in Cyprus for two years after leaving Dubai due to financial troubles. I was director of two import businesses, after extreme financial difficulties I decided to try a new life in Cyprus.

When I first arrived I was full of hope, however since then I have seen Cyprus for what it really is. I tried to setup new business partnerships however I quickly found out that Cypriots are more interested in profiting from foreigners than they are in financial co-operation. I was sidelined at every turn, eventually forced to work as an english typist with no hope whatsoever of ascending the corporate ladder.

Cyprus is an aweful place for a foreign entrepreneur. The only thing that a foreigner can do in Cyprus is get drunk cheap and chase after easy girls. A lot of local businesses are discriminatory selling overpriced goods to people who have no clue for value.

I hope to head to Austria soon where I have a better chance of success. I wanted to write this letter to hopefully warn others who have false hopes of success by moving to this island.

Naser Al Shaka
8 Sophocleous Str
Nicosia, Cyprus
Phone. 99024718

[GorillaGal]

I have been living in Cyprus for two years after leaving Dubai due to financial troubles. I was director of two import businesses, after extreme financial difficulties I decided to try a new life in Cyprus.

When I first arrived I was full of hope, however since then I have seen Cyprus for what it really is. I tried to setup new business partnerships however I quickly found out that Cypriots are more interested in profiting from foreigners than they are in financial co-operation. I was sidelined at every turn, eventually forced to work as an english typist with no hope whatsoever of ascending the corporate ladder.

Cyprus is an aweful place for a foreign entrepreneur. The only thing that a foreigner can do in Cyprus is get drunk cheap and chase after easy girls. A lot of local businesses are discriminatory selling overpriced goods to people who have no clue for value.

I hope to head to Austria soon where I have a better chance of success. I wanted to write this letter to hopefully warn others who have false hopes of success by moving to this island.

Naser Al Shaka
8 Sophocleous Str
Nicosia, Cyprus
Phone. 99024718

there are easy girls in cyprus?

[pantheman]

I was director of two import businesses, after extreme financial difficulties I decided to try a new life in Cyprus.

Does that mean you done a runner when things didn't work out? Did you pay your creditors, or are they still after you?

When I first arrived I was full of hope, however since then I have seen Cyprus for what it really is. I tried to setup new business partnerships however I quickly found out that Cypriots are more interested in profiting from foreigners than they are in financial co-operation.

Theats probably because they saw you for what you really were. You failed miserably in Dubai and now you come to Cyprus thinking easy pickings.

Cyprus is an aweful place for a foreign entrepreneur.

And thats because it wasn't as easy as you thought to take the Cypriots for a ride. How much did you owe before you took off in Dubai?

The only thing that a foreigner can do in Cyprus is get drunk cheap and chase after easy girls. A lot of local businesses are discriminatory selling overpriced goods to people who have no clue for value.

Sounds just like sour grapes to me.

I hope to head to Austria soon where I have a better chance of success.

Good bye and good riddens. Stay there and try you luck cheating them.

Naser Al Shaka
8 Sophocleous Str
Nicosia, Cyprus
Phone. 99024718

And why then hell are you quoting your name address and tel. no. Are you expecting a hand out or something, or does it just make your cock and bull story believable??

[Oracle]

..... after leaving Dubai due to financial troubles.

First person I have heard of fail miserably in Dubai ...

Sounds like you need a little introspection before you go through life being a constant loser ....

But Good Luck in Austria ... third time lucky .....

[purdey]

Cyprus is a tough nut to crack for any foreigner. Cypriots are shrewd business men and women. Earning trust and assuring good returns doesen't happen overnight.
I'm afraid you have to put in years of work to earn some respect.
You also have to have the Cypriot shrug off to a fine art..

Good luck in Austria.

[Get Real!]

..... after leaving Dubai due to financial troubles.

First person I have heard of fail miserably in Dubai ...

Did you assume that everyone in Dubai has crude oil in their back yard?

[karma]

I have been living in Cyprus for two years after leaving Dubai due to financial troubles. I was director of two import businesses, after extreme financial difficulties I decided to try a new life in Cyprus.

When I first arrived I was full of hope, however since then I have seen Cyprus for what it really is. I tried to setup new business partnerships however I quickly found out that Cypriots are more interested in profiting from foreigners than they are in financial co-operation. I was sidelined at every turn, eventually forced to work as an english typist with no hope whatsoever of ascending the corporate ladder.

Cyprus is an aweful place for a foreign entrepreneur. The only thing that a foreigner can do in Cyprus is get drunk cheap and chase after easy girls. A lot of local businesses are discriminatory selling overpriced goods to people who have no clue for value.

I hope to head to Austria soon where I have a better chance of success. I wanted to write this letter to hopefully warn others who have false hopes of success by moving to this island.

Naser Al Shaka
8 Sophocleous Str
Nicosia, Cyprus
Phone. 99024718

Sad story, but why dont u fight against it instead of moving to another country, I am afraid Austria will disapoint you even more, especially if u r not blond there r many NGOs , U can report ur complains, Amnesty International is one of them..
good luck

[Oracle]

..... after leaving Dubai due to financial troubles.

First person I have heard of fail miserably in Dubai ...

Did you assume that everyone in Dubai has crude oil in their back yard?

Get out of the '80's GR! ...

......... engineering, finance, commercial you name it, they want it! ... in fact what are you doing in Nicosia?

[Sega]

I have been living in Cyprus for two years after leaving Dubai due to financial troubles. I was director of two import businesses, after extreme financial difficulties I decided to try a new life in Cyprus.

When I first arrived I was full of hope, however since then I have seen Cyprus for what it really is. I tried to setup new business partnerships however I quickly found out that Cypriots are more interested in profiting from foreigners than they are in financial co-operation. I was sidelined at every turn, eventually forced to work as an english typist with no hope whatsoever of ascending the corporate ladder.

Cyprus is an aweful place for a foreign entrepreneur. The only thing that a foreigner can do in Cyprus is get drunk cheap and chase after easy girls. A lot of local businesses are discriminatory selling overpriced goods to people who have no clue for value.

I hope to head to Austria soon where I have a better chance of success. I wanted to write this letter to hopefully warn others who have false hopes of success by moving to this island.

Naser Al Shaka
8 Sophocleous Str
Nicosia, Cyprus
Phone. 99024718

Dear Sir/Madam,

Cyprus is like that. Unfortunatly some business are a bit tight, particularly developers, and anybody with major money.

Rich people in Cyprus tend not to be good people, this is the different you have to understand. In the UK the worse people are the unemployed parasites of the community, and all the decent people are fairly well off. Generally speaking, the more money you have, the better of a person you are in terms of characters and morals. In Cyprus this is the opposite.

Hopefully you will understand this. Another point to note. The richest Cypriots do not do business in Cyprus.

Very few people in Cyprus make major money the honest way, but the ones that do.... BRAVO.

PS: you kind of need money to set up business. You cannot be bankrupted and expect to make money just because you're in Cyprus. Cyprus is not differerent to another place in those terms.

[Tim Drayton]

I don't think you can generalise too much from one person's experiences. I have been self-employed in Cyprus virtually since the island's accession to the EU, and everything has gone well for me. I am British, and as an EU citizen enjoy almost the same rights as Cypriots. People from outside the EU probably face more restrictions.
Cyprus has a lot of advantages for small businesses, such as low rates of taxation and a straightforward and non-intrusive bureaucracy.
As the American's say, DYODD (do your own due diligence). Cyprus is probably the right place for certain lines of business, but not for others.