The annual Limassol Wine Festival, a tribute to the Cyprus winemaking tradition, opened at the Municipal Gardens on Thursday with a ten-day programme packed with wine tasting, food, music dance and entertainment that ranges from comedy and magic shows to theatre and even a play in sign language. For the wise visitors, both Limassol town
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Bank of Cyprus Board of Directors has unanimously elected Andreas Artemis as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors replacing Theodoros Aristodemou, who submitted his resignation yesterday for health reasons. A Bank of Cyprus press release notes that at its meeting today, the Board also unanimously elected Evdokimos Xenophontos as Vice Chairman of the
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A high level delegation of the Court of Justice of the European Union will pay Cyprus an official visit 1-4 September. The visit takes place upon the invitation of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Cyprus. The delegation, headed by President of the Court Vassilios Skouris, will be received by President of the Republic
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul tweeted from his hospital bed on Thursday to reassure Turks he was recovering from an ear infection which forced him to cancel a Victory Day reception as well as several overseas trips. Gul, 61, whose role in Turkey is largely ceremonial, returned early from a trip to Kyrgyzstan on Thursday last
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German joblessness rose for a fifth month running in August, the latest in a string of disappointing data that adds to evidence Europe's largest economy is feeling the effects of the euro zone crisis. Unemployment still remains close to a post-reunification low, but the Federal Labour Office acknowledged that slowing growth was beginning to take
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Samsung Electronics became the first handset maker to announce a smartphone using Microsoft's latest mobile software, making its surprise, hurried announcement just days before the highly anticipated launch of Nokia's version. The brief announcement on Wednesday at a Berlin electronics show comes amid expectations that smartphone makers may turn increasingly to Windows devices after a
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Fancy a chocolate bar? Regularly indulging in the snack may actually help men decrease their risk of having a stroke, according to a Swedish study. Researchers writing in the journal Neurology found that of more than 37,000 men followed for a decade, those who ate the most chocolate – typically the equivalent of one-third of
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China signed an agreement with Germany for 50 Airbus planes worth $3.5 billion as German Chancellor Angela Merkel began her visit to China, state news agency Xinhua said, the first significant Airbus deal with China since a dispute between Beijing and the European Union over emissions trading. The dispute between Beijing and the EU had
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Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi arrived in Tehran on Thursday, the first Egyptian leader to visit Iran since its Islamic revolution in 1979. Iranian state television broadcast live pictures of Mursi's red-carpet welcome at Tehran's Mehrabad airport. He was to attend a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement that concludes on Friday. Iran has presented its tenure
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A 100-year-old motorist lost control of his automobile as he backed out of his driveway into a crowd of children and parents outside an elementary school in Los Angeles on Wednesday, injuring nine children and two adults, authorities said. Four of the children initially were listed in critical condition, though most were upgraded after they
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