The European Film Academy chose the Cypriot movie “Block 12” by director Kyriacos Tofarides as one of forty movies to contest for a candidacy in the 26th European Film Awards. According to an announcement by the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, the selection “is a great honor for Cypriot cinema in general”, since the

The number of building permits authorised by the municipal authorities and the district administration offices during May 2013, stood at 380, the Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus announced on Tuesday. It is added that 2,285 building permits were issued during the period January – May 2013, registering a decrease of 26.6% compared to

Harmonised annual inflation stood at 0.7% in July 2013 compared to 3.8% in July 2012 and in relation to 0.8% in June 2013, according to data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service. At an annual basis harmonised inflation was up on alcoholic beverages and tobacco by 9%, non alcoholic beverages by 3% and transport by

Russian policy vis-à-vis the Cyprus problem remains unchanged, the country’s new Ambassador to Nicosia Stanislav Osadchiy said on Tuesday, while noting that Russian financial actors are still interested in investing in the country, despite recent negative developments. Osadchiy met today a delegation from the Cyprus Green Party, headed by the Secretary General Giorgos Perdikis. According

The University of Cyprus Department of Psychology won prize money at the 11th International Conference of the Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science (ACBS), for its “Algia” project. The conference was held in Sydney, Australia. According to a University announcement, the project, named after the ancient Greek goddess of pain, is an innovative intervention program

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Cyprus, Israel and Greece on energy matters will be signed here tomorrow, during a visit by Greek Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Yiannis Maniatis. Maniatis will take part in a tripartite working meeting, on August 7 and 8, in Nicosia between the three countries to further enhance

Negotiations between Cyprus and Noble-Delek for the liquefaction terminal of natural gas, to be built at Vasilikos on the southern coast, are entering a substantive phase Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism George Lakkotrypis told CNA today. Lakkotrypis said that negotiations on the LNG terminal have been underway for about a month and now

The best way to retain young well qualified people in Cyprus is through improving their employment and career prospects by allowing the Cypriot economy to return to a sustainable growth path with new job opportunities, Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn has pointed out. In his reply to a question by Cypriot MEP

Danish police evacuated an area of central Copenhagen on Tuesday following the discovery of a parked car with wires attached to it, local television reported. "There are cables coming in and out of the vehicle and there are some suspicious items in it," a Copenhagen police spokesman told TV2 News. A military bomb disposal unit