Sweeping changes are in progress in the Ministry of Defence and the National Guard to ensure its efficiency and to combat phenomena such as draft avoidance and nepotism, according to Defence Minister
Cyprus wants the extraordinary Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting to discuss measures on how to deal with Russia’s ban on EU food products, to take place sooner than on September 5. Agriculture
. Following the implementation of an economic adjustment programme in a number of EU member states, different countries have adopted different strategies for dealing with non-performing loans. Although originally penned in April,
The dependence of the bailed-in Bank of Cyprus (BOCY) on the Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) recorded a further decrease to 8.68 bln euros in July from 8.78 bln the previous month, continuing
The fiscal deficit was reduced by €198 mln in the second quarter of the year compared with the same period of 2013, mainly as a result of a significant decrease in civil
Cyprus ranks among the three countries in Europe that saw the rate of self-employed people rise by at least 12% between the first quarters of 2013 and 2014. According to a report
More than 20,000 applications have been received so far for the guaranteed minimum income (GMI) benefit to needy and low-income families, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou told the Cyprus News Agency, adding that
Israel’s Delek Group announced that its gas subsidiaries have accepted a request from the Cyprus state gas distributor DEFA to postpone the period of validity of the proposal and acceptance in its
Demand for electricity supply this July was approximately at the same levels as last year, the Director of the Transmission System Operator (TSO) Dr. Christos Christodoulides told the Cyprus News Agency, adding
. By Oren Laurent President, Banc De Binary On Sunday, Turkey was tasked for the first time with electing its President. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, barred from standing as Prime Minister for a
