by Maria Koniotou Nicosia, Jan 28 (CNA) – The Cypriot judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Loukis Loukaides, who is retiring at the end of January, recommends to the local political leadership to make the most of Court judgments, relating to Cyprus, in the political arena. Having served the Court for nine
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Cyprus and Moldova signed an agreement to avoid double taxation in a bid to enhance trade relations and economic ties. The agreement was signed by Minister of Finance Michalis Sarris and Minister of Finance and Commerce of Moldova Igor Dodon. Both Ministers expressed the common view that the agreement will boost the interest of Cypriot
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Cypriot Minister of Finance Michalis Sarris said that just a few days before the Cyprus pound is fully withdrawn from circulation, the euro has almost become the exclusive currency used on the island, noting that transactions in euros reach 95% of the total.”The initial indications -that is, those we saw in the first eight days-
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Cypriot yachting athlete Charis Papadopoulos of the Famagusta Nautical Association is the eleventh Cypriot athlete to secure a place in the Beijing Olympics and the fourth in the Cypriot yachting team. The Cyprus Yachting Federation has announced that Papadopoulos qualified for the Beijing Olympics at the Finn Gold Cup in Victoria, Australia, where he managed
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European shares rose in early trade on Tuesday, tracking global equity gains on hopes that the United States would cut rates to head off a recession, with banks and commodity stocks the top gainers. At 0813 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was up 0.7 percent at 1,326.44 points. Banks were generally
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PARIS (Reuters) – Societe Generale is in crisis, France’s economy minister said on Tuesday of the bank hit by losses piled up by a rogue trader, questions over its leadership, takeover speculation and a falling stock price. “Societe Generale is in a crisis situation,” Economy Minister Christine Lagarde told LCI television. On Jan. 24, SocGen
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will commit $2 billion over the next three years to a new international fund to promote clean energy technologies and fight climate change, President George W. Bush told Congress on Monday in his annual State of the Union speech. “Let us create a new international clean technology fund, which
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LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Britain ordered BSkyB on Tuesday to reduce its 17.9 percent stake in broadcaster ITV to below 7.5 percent because the purchase was anti-competitive, potentially costing the company around 250 million pounds. Secretary of State for Business and Enterprise John Hutton also ordered BSkyB not to sell the shares to an
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Nokia Siemens Networks, together with Global Mediacom, announced a joint collaboration to launch a commercial broadcast mobile TV service, based on digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) technology, in Indonesia in the first half of 2008. The strategic partnership signed between Nokia Siemens Networks and Global Mediacom – the largest and only integrated media, broadcasting, entertainment and
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PandaLabs, Panda Security’s laboratory for detecting and analyzing malware, has detected two new worms, Nuwar.OL and Valentin.E, which use the theme of St Valentine’s Day to spread. “Year after year we see the appearance of several malware strains that use St Valentine’s Day as bait to attract usersâ€, explained Luis Corrons, Technical Director of PandaLabs.Â
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