The Czech Republic has always supported a just solution to the Cyprus cause, in particular after the Turkish invasion in 1974, the country’s ambassador, Jan Bondy, told a members meeting of the Rotary Club of Nicosia-Aspelia. “Known as ‘Czechoslovakia’ at the time, it was one of the first to open an embassy in Cyprus soon
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Between 4-7 June 2009, elections will be held in the member states of European Union for the new members of the European Parliament. Cyprus will hold elections for six representatives to the European Parliament on Saturday June 6, 2009. In addition to Cypriots, citizens of the other EU member states residing in the Republic have
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The Electricity Authority of Cyprus is injecting EUR 16.5 mln into the local economy by proceeding with immediate plans to build a new regional office in Paphos. The contract, won by the A. Panayides Contracting and Loizos Iordanou Construction joint venture, was signed by EAC chairman Haris Thrassou and General Manager Moyses Stavrou, as well
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With house prices falling across Europe by the end of 2008 and prospects even gloomier, the revival of the housing sector now relies on the ability of European governments to cope with the mortgage credit shortage and on the scale and duration of the economic recession, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
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Action Global Communications, the Cyprus-based public relations giant, celebrated the 20th anniversary of the firm’s expansion to Greece, its first venture abroad. There to mark the occasion with friends and associates in Athens was Action Global founding chairman and CEO Tony Christodoulou who hosted a celebration with Hellas operations General Manager Spyros Kouroupis. Established in
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Round Table International clubs in 67 countries will be celebrating Round Table International Day on March 14, raising awareness for the local charity events they sponsor or organise. Although Round Tables and their affiliate associations raise funds for local projects, they are not charities. Founded in 1927 by a young Rotarian, Louis Marchesi, membership is
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. The changes approved by parliament to the Social Insurance bill last week did not go as far enough as the anticipated general overhaul required to keep the Fund going and to ensure that the 25-year-olds of today will have a pension to look forward to. Although the increase of contributions by all concerned and
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Cyber-criminals are manipulating search engine results to distribute malware and in particular, fake antivirus products. The reasons are simple: the criminals need to attract users to malicious sites in order to infect them. What's new however, is the way they are drawing users to these web pages. In the past, users were lured to compromised
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has recently received the 9 millionth ECDL Skills Card at a ceremony highlighting both the success of the ECDL programme and the necessity of keeping investment in digital skills high on the public policy agendas of all member states in order to increase employability and build a competitive European
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Revised data for December show that Cyprus recorded a huge trade deficit of EUR 6.2 bln, or 35% of GDP in 2008, owing to a large increase in imports as oil prices soared. Total imports/arrivals in January-December 2008 amounted to EUR 7,349.0 mln, a rise of 15.7% compared with EUR 6,353.4 mln in January-December 2007.
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