Cyprus clinched two more gold medals in the ISSF World Shooting Championships 2007, which took place at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Nicosia. Cypriot champion George Achilleos won the gold medal in skeet, with 148 hits out of 150. Cyprus’ national skeet team, with George Achilleos, Kyriacos Christoforou and Antonis Michaelides, was pronounced world champion
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Cyprus is being represented for the 47th time at the 72nd Thessaloniki International Trade Fair, which opened on September 8.The Cypriot stall covers an area of 330 square metres and is hosting 22 Cypriot businesses, which are presenting products from the industrial and services sectors.Visitors have the opportunity to receive information on Cyprus’ potential as
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The office automation system, applied in Cyprus for the past several years, has been awarded the FileNet EMEAN Innovation Award, in addition to the Cyprus Innovation Prize, given by the Employers and Industrialists Federation. The system, as Finance Minister Michalis Sarris told a press conference here today, has been operating at the ministries of finance
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The Republic of Cyprus, through its agency, CYPRUSAID, and in cooperation with the UN-HABITAT organisation, has agreed to provide USD684,000 as part of the post conflict reconstruction programme in Lebanon.According to the Planning Bureau, the assistance will be given in two installments and will be used mainly to strengthen the administrative structure of the local
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The Third European Ecumenical Assembly, currently underway in Romania, is set to debate a petition on the situation in Cyprus, as the only European country with European citizens who are war refugees and occupation forces on its territory. A Church of Cyprus delegation is participating in the meeting, attended by more than two thousand delegates,
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The Cyprus University of Technology, based in the southern coastal town of Limassol, was inaugurated by President of the Republic of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, during an official opening ceremony, thus marking a new academic era in the country. President Papadopoulos noted that Cyprus is one of the five countries worldwide with the highest percentage of
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The European Commission has said it does not keep track of carbon emissions (CO2) and other greenhouse gases emitted by its Commissioners and their staff when traveling on official business, in response to a question by Cyprus EuroMP Kyriacos Triantaphyllides. The Cypriot left-wing EuroMP cited the example of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who
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Cyprus stocks reversed early losses on Monday and tracked European stocks higher as bargain buyers stepped in at the lows. Shares came under pressure after an unexpected decline in US nonfarm payrolls in August, which added to market expectations for a rate cut by the Fed. Data on Friday showed U.S. payrolls shrank in August
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The focus of World Suicide Prevention Day this year is on suicide prevention from youth to old age. This theme has been adopted to emphasize that people of all ages commit suicide and that actions to prevent suicide included in national responses should meet the needs of different age groups. World Suicide Prevention Day is
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The EU-harmonised consumer price inflation (HICP) rate for Cyprus was more or les steady in August, at 2.2%, compared with 2.3% in July and a low of 1.2% in February. Prices of food and alcoholic beverages continued to climb, rising by 6.1% year on year on August, from 5.1% in July. Despite the poor tourism
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