Antonis Paschalides

Amongst others including the later President of the Republic of Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos he co-founded the political party “Enosi Kentrou” which was later absorbed by DIKO of which he stayed a member until 2000.

In 1988 he was appointed Member of the Air Transport Authority by the Council of Ministers (then under the Presidency of George Vassiliou) a position he held until February 1998.

He claims to have connections to the Middle East and ex Soviet countries and was a supporter of the Cyprus golden passport scheme which came to an abrupt end in 2020 after harsh criticism.

[6] He facilitated in the building of an oil and natural gas depot on the coast of Cyprus in the hope that it will one day serve as a regional trading hub.

[11] He was a strong supporter of abolishing or at least relaxing procedures for the issuance of visas for Russian citizens, a scheme that was later harshly criticised by the EU and other international players and forced the Cyprus government to end it abruptly.