ENERMAP is the inspired attempt of Dr. Alexandros Charalambides, a Lecturer at the Cyprus University of Technology, who joined forces with Paris Thomas, Business Consultant and Director at Open Box Communication, and Jânio Tjoe-Awie, Geographical Information Systems expert from Nieuwland Geo-Informatie in The Netherlands, to map out the energy efficiency of buildings across Europe. It
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Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) estimates that tourist arrival from Russia will reach 800,000 in 2014 marking a steep increase of 25% year on year. A CTO delegation headed by its President Alecos Orountiotis held contacts with tourist operators. "The meetings showed that the impressive course of tourist arrivals from Russia in the past years will
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Workshop by The Cyprus Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Cyprus Institute (CyI) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) held on 22 – 23 November a two-day workshop, the principal focus being to present and discuss the findings of the interim report "Maximizing the Long-term Value of Natural Gas for Cyprus". In
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EU regulated and global forex broker ForexTime Ltd (FXTM) has given the surest sign yet of the company’s strong growth and ambitious development plans by participating in the 11th Shanghai International Money Fair, the most renowned personal and corporate financial expo in China. Recognizing the huge potential of the Chinese market and its own ability
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The euro endured a tough start to last week with the EUR/USD dipping to fresh lows below the 1.3500 handle in the wake of the mixed data from Germany’s ZEW survey and disappointing Eurozone manufacturing and services PMIs. The market will be hoping Friday’s Consumer Price Index announcement will be more positive, with analysts predicting
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Better insulation could shave 4% off European industry’s total fuel consumption and emissions bill, a sum worth €3.5 billion a year, says an unpublished report by the Ecofys consultancy. The total cost-effective energy savings potential amounts to 620 petajoules (PJ), the equivalent of 37 million tonnes of CO2 emissions, according to the paper, ‘Climate protection
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The joint responsibility of member states and the EU institutions to uphold EU citizens` rights to live and work in another EU country is underlined in a policy paper adopted by the European Commission. According to a European Commission press release to support member states` efforts to do so, the Commission paper outlines five concrete
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The government has pledged to take all necessary additional steps to implement the required changes and ensure improved compliance with regard to tax transparency and the exchange of information for tax purposes. The pledge is outlined in a Finance Ministry press release, following the country’s assessment at the Global Forum on Tax Transparency and Exchange
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The LNG terminal, on Cyprus’ southern coast, can become a regional energy hub, Cyprus National Hydrocarbons Company (CNHC) Executive President Charles Ellinas has pointed out. “If we take the correct decisions and carry on with our plans without delay, the LNG terminal and the whole of Vasilikos area can become the energy hub of the
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President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades stressed Monday that there is still a way to go before the two communities in Cyprus reach the desired outcome that would pave the way for the commencement of a substantive dialogue for a solution of the Cyprus problem. President Anastasiades was speaking after a meeting he held with
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