Relationship dossier
Cyprus
Norway
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation through a tax treaty and Norway’s historical peacekeeping contribution in Cyprus
Cyprus toward Norway
+15Cyprus and Norway have a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation, creating a framework for tax cooperation between the two governments.
Norway toward Cyprus
+20Norway is party with Cyprus to a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation and has contributed personnel to the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes a durable tax-cooperation framework and Norway’s historical contribution to peacekeeping in Cyprus. These provide substantive, though limited, grounds for a cooperative characterization; the broader scope of bilateral engagement is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Cyprus and Norway have a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation, providing a concrete framework for economic cooperation. Norway has also contributed personnel to the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus. These ties indicate practical cooperation, though the scope of broader bilateral collaboration is unclear.
Key developments
Cyprus and Norway concluded a bilateral agreement to avoid double taxation.
Norway contributed personnel to the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of current cooperation beyond the tax treaty is unclear.
- The scale and timing of Norway’s historical contribution to the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus are unclear.