In the aftermath of the Lampedusa tragedy, in which hundreds of African migrants lost their lives, the EU's 28 home affairs ministers met in Brussels on Thursday (5 December) to come up with a set of measures to tackle massive migration, but seemed more focused on border security rather than refugees' protection. At the Brussels
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MONEYVAL has not yet set a date for publicising its report on Cyprus, according to the Council of Europe media office. The media office contacted CNA to say that the report on Cyprus would be published but that a date had not yet been set and it was not likely that this would happen next
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A delegation from Eurocontrol will be in Cyprus in the next few days to begin a series of contacts with workers and the Ministry of Communications and Works, in the framework of a decision by the government to carry out a comprehensive study on the restructuring and autonomy of the Civil Aviation Department, and the
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The gaffe by the island’s unpopular centralbanker about the alleged ‘risky’ accounts at the Bank of Cyprus UK came to end after a week-long uproar that saw an opposition MP duped into the argument, suggesting the account holders could have been money launderers, claims that were rejected by the bank. Central Bank Governor Panicos Demetriades
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The European parliament’s page on the 2014 Euro elections is now online at www.elections2014.eu with all the information one needs regarding the lection of MEPs, the political groupings and the process that will take place throughout the EU28 on May 22-25. Cyprus, which elects six MEPs, will go to the polls on May 25, while a
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As tributes poured from EU and world leaders, Nelson Mandela was hailed on Thursday evening (5 December) as a hero, a 'great light'. The man who led the triumphant fight against apartheid in South Africa and became that country's first black president. "A great light has gone out in the world," British Prime Minister David
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Cyprus, under a financial adjustment programme revealed Thursday a privatization plan aiming at securing €1.4 billion by the end of 2018, stipulated in a €10 billion financial assistance package it signed with its international lenders. The detailed programme provides for the privatization of Cyprus Telecommunications Agency (Cyta) and the Cyprus Port Authority by the end
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Cyprus slipped into deep deflation in November with the rate of inflation receding to -2.1% on an annual basis, the highest deflation rate for 2013, figures released on Thursday by Cyprus` Statistical Service show. Cyprus shows deflationary pressures for the eighth month since last April with the exemption of June when the inflation stood at
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Cyprus is among the countries included in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage regarding the Mediterranean diet, the recognition of which was approved during the Intergovernmental Committee meeting on the UNESCO Convention for the protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from December 2 to 8. According to a press release
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The Cyprus council of ministers set out the roadmap for the privatisation of government services and enterprises that will take three to four years to conclude, with the first being the state-owned telecom operator Cyta. Government spokesman Christos Stylianides said that the cabinet unanimously adopted the finance minister’s proposal based on the memorandum of understanding
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