BOC declares 7c interim dividend

The Board of Directors of Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd decided to declare an interim dividend for the year 2006 of 7 cent (approximately 12 cent euro per share at a

BOC 9M profit up 158%

Bank of Cyprus Group profit after tax for the 9 months ended 30 September 2006 (9M06) recorded an increase of 158% compared to the corresponding prior year period beating analyst projections. The

Cyprus protests air space violations by Turkey

Cyprus‘ Permanent Representative at the UN Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis protested in a letter to the UN Secretary General, dated 25 October, new violations of Cyprus‘ national air space and the Nicosia FIR

Turkey must accept acquis to join EU

British Minister of State for Europe Geoff Hoon has said that he made clear to Turkey that, in order to join the EU, it must accept the legal acquis, the legal basis

New legislation on aviation security

The new European Regulation on aviation security will come into force on Monday, November 6, 2006. This Regulation, which was adopted on 4 October 2006, is designed to protect civil aviation against

Dollar jumps on lower US jobless rate

The dollar climbed sharply against all the major currencies Friday after a report revealed that the US unemployment fell to a new five-year low of 4.4%, while the previous month nonfarm payroll