Sir Stelios Honors Cypriot Bi-Communal Entrepreneurs

The easyjet founder's bi-communal business awards were attended by premier Cypriot delegates, including President Nicos Anastasiades. Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot company members were granted their awards on massive checks from the philanthropic foundation, which were offered to further advance their entrepreneurial businesses.

Sir Stelios explained, "This is the sixth year we have run this competition and I never cease to be amazed by the determination of our entrepreneurs to use business as a medium to break down the barriers that separate our two communities. Long may this continue," as stated on the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation website.

Below are this year's winners.

1. Niyazi Kizilyurek & Michalis Theodorou


Publishing house - books in 3 languages

2. Constantinos Constantinou & Hakki Emir


Restoring cemeteries

3. Ozgu Ozun & Ioannis Droussiotis


Pilot Training, flight school

4. Kyriacos Savvides & Tolay Celebi


Beach Safes to keeping valuables on the beach

5. Pieris Hadjipieris & Yakup Engin

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Restoration of Apostolos Andreas monastery in Karpassia

6. George Kepolas & Neshe Yashin


Book published, "Nicosia"

7. Gozde Pehlivan & Melanie Pappas-Lemona


Kids training - pre-teens

8. Nikos Pissourios & Erim Ulug


Kite surfing, moving to a different beach depending which way the wind blows!

9. Ioannis Papadikos & Tosun Altinel


Fishing and trading in fish

10. Kostakis Konstantinou & Kufi Tulga


Fishing - trading in fish

(Photo: http://www.stelios.com/)