I'm also in Cyprus, have a look on ebay.uk, they have the test kit on there, the only problem will be shipping reagents when required.
The strips in my opinion are very hard to read, they're handy when thats all you have though.
i bought a photometer from Panoramic pools in Protaras 120 euros, it seems to be pretty accurate (my tests against the test they did instore). you get a about 10 test strips for each test, apart from cya reagent which is 12E a bottle, the other strips are 12E for 100, (thats each bottle).
Liquid bleach/chlorine at high % levels is a problem here, i have a friend whose wife works for the dairy dept in the government, she has sourced me some 12 - 14% liquid, i just need to contact the guy and find out how much the minimum order is and of course cost! Will try and let you know through the forum?
Mick, Oroklini