Cyprus

Ampersand
The Cyprus EuroLynx agency has been based in Nicosia since 2004 and deals primarily in information and communication. It offers an integrated range of services from research and early intelligence to issues monitoring; from strategic communication to editorial and media office facilities. Ampersand gathers, scrutinizes, affects, generates, communicates and positions information.

The agency operates in the background to enhance the respectability and recognition of clients, to generate positive coverage and, where necessary, to mitigate communication crises. Ampersand assists public service departments, corporations, academic institutions, NGOs and individuals by offering early intelligence and insight and helps them develop, refine and communicate their message using their own or new communications tools to reach policy makers, institutions, opinion formers and their public. Backed by its subsidiary, newswatch, it conducts print and audio visual media monitoring and provides analysis on placement and content.

Some references of the agency: the European Commission, the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, TNS Opinion, the Cyprus Centre for European and International Affairs, Jardinia Co, 3Lithon Developers, CLR Financial Services, the Hellenic Bank, the Municipality of Nicosia, Osborne Pike (UK), Performa Consultants, Nicolaou Printing Works, the Union of Cyprus Municipalities, Cybarco Ltd, Vasilikos Cement Works Public Co and the Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus.

Nicholas Karides served as Head of the Press and Information Section and Spokesman of the Delegation of the European Commission in Nicosia. He assisted in elaborating and implementing the Commission’s Enlargement Communication Strategy for Cyprus and in political reporting on trends. He was also London correspondent of the Cyprus Weekly newspaper and of the Cyprus News Agency, having first worked as production editor at Thomson International’s IFR magazines in London. Between 2000 and 2004 he lectured on European affairs at the Cyprus Academy of Public Administration. He remains a frequent contributor to a range of Greek and English language newspapers.