Cyprus moves forward with casino legislation

Cyprus Mail – Casino licenses should be expected by Spring 2015, the government said on Thursday, as legislation on the matter was scheduled to be ready at the end of the month. “We have completed the policy document and legislation is being prepared at this moment to be submitted to parliament by the end of May,” Tourism Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said. He added that the government expected to issue the licences eight months after the law was passed, through open tender procedures. Chairman of the House Trade Committee, ruling DISY MP, Lefteris Christoforou voiced his satisfaction over the development, which…