The Cyprus Tourism Organisation has recently participated in the Coordination meeting of the partners of the project “ECOTOUR” which took place in Lithuania and which is co-financed be the European Program Leonardo da Vinci. CTO was represented by Ms. Maro Kazepi, Tourist Officer A’ – Tourism Strategy Department, Coordinator of the program. The project aims
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A press conference to announce the 7th Cyprus-Russia Gala, one of the top cultural events of the last years, was held at Hilton Park Hotel on Wednesday 10th of July. The Cyprus-Russia Gala serves as a celebration of the long and lasting friendship and cooperation between Cyprus and Russia. Apart from its cultural importance, the
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The Council of Ministers decided on Wednesday to pay tribute to the 13 victims of the explosion of July 11, 2011, at the Evangelos Florakis naval base, in Mari, by declaring them heroes. According to the decision, the Council of Ministers of Cyprus, taking into consideration the sacrifice of the victims, who selflessly fought to
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Trial on damages to be set; Apple plans to appeal In a sweeping rejection of Apple Inc's strategy for selling electronic books on the Internet, a federal judge ruled that the company conspired with five major publishers to raise e-book prices. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan found "compelling evidence" that Apple violated federal
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Greek workers will walk off the job in a 24-hour general strike next week, unions said on Wednesday, in the first major protest against the government's latest plan to cut thousands of public-sector jobs to please international lenders. The strike next Tuesday could coincide with a parliamentary vote expected next week on the policies Athens
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Passengers aboard the Asiana Airlines plane that crashed in San Francisco were initially told not to evacuate the aircraft after it skidded to a halt on the runway, a federal safety official said on Wednesday. But a flight attendant saw fire outside the plane, and the call to exit was made, 90 seconds after the
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Greece has scraped through its biggest political and financial challenge this year by securing a tranche of aid from international lenders but the reprieve may only be temporary. Crunch time for Athens will come at the end of September when EU and IMF inspectors are expected to return to discuss how to plug a budget
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MetaQuotes Software Corp. has released a new version of MetaTrader 4 for iOS devices [itunes.apple.com/en/app/metatrader-4/id496212596?mt=8] with a number of changes making the popular mobile application for online trading even more user-friendly. The key feature that has been added is native support for all iPad models (including the ones with Retina display) and iPhone 5. The
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One of the most important 20th century working manuscripts remaining in private hands – Samuel Beckett's first novel, "Murphy" was sold at Sotheby’s in London for GBP 962,500 to the University of Reading. Handwritten in six exercise books between August 1935 and June 1936, whilst Beckett was undergoing psychoanalysis, the manuscript, initially entitled "Sasha Murphy"
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The outlook for Kuwait's banking system remains stable, unchanged since 2011, Moody's Investors Service said in a new report, reflecting the expectation of a benign operating environment, supported by high oil revenues and government spending (mainly current account). Over the 12-18 month outlook period, the operating environment for the banks will remain accommodative, underpinning the
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