The 1st meeting of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot entrepreneurs held yesterday at Nicosia in view of the ceremony of the Stelios Award for Business Co-operation in Cyprus, which will take place on the 11th of November 2011.

During the networking event, entrepreneurs, who showed interest in participating to the competition which rewards for the 3rd year the bi-communal co-operation, exchanged their views for common business activities in Cyprus.

The Executive Director of the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, Marie-Louise Bang informed the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots about the goals of the award and the new deadline for applications, 4th of November 2011.

Last year’s winners talked about their experiences and expressed their gratitude to Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou as the award contributes to the bi-communal business cooperation throughout the island.

At the Award ceremony, the five winning teams will be awarded by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou himself with the amount of 50,000 Euros each.