The CSE Council in agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and decided to extend by 3 working days the period of acceptance of the Competitive and Revised Public Offer of Aspis Pronoia AEGA and Commercial Value SA for the acquisition of a minimum 20% and a maximum 50% plus 1 share of the issued
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Austria’s President Heinz Fischer arrives in Cyprus on Thursday for a three-day state visit. Fischer and his entourage will be welcomed by Foreign Minister George Lillikas and Austria’s ambassador in Nicosia Dr. Eva Hager. On Thursday evening they will attend a private dinner at the residence of President Tassos Papadopoulos. The Austrian President’s official contacts
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A Cyprus Airways plane landed safely in Larnaca after it was hit by lightning on its way to Athens. All 118 passengers and the seven-member crew left the plane which returned to Larnaca International airport after it was struck by a lightning while it was in the Paphos airspace. Civil Aviation Director Leonidas Leonidou told
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At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd held Thursday May 10, 2007, Dimitris Ioannou announced his resignation from his position as a member of the Main Board of Directors of the Bank following 19 years of service. At the same meeting Costas Hadjipappas, an employee of
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The 32nd Cyprus International Fair opened Thursday afternoon amid declarations of ambitious plans that will transform the exhibition grounds to a modern convention centre. The President of the Cyprus State Fairs Authority, Loris Tryfon, said in his opening speech that more than 100,000 people are expected to visit the Fair that opens to the public
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Bank of Cyprus Group Pcl (BOC) beat market expectations by reporting a spectacular 67% YoY jump in first quarter profit to CYP 62 mln or EUR 107 mln compared to EUR 64 mln in 1Q’06. Analysts had forecast net profit of EUR 100 mln for the first quarter. Andreas Eliades, BOC Group Chief Executive Officer
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By Fernando de la Cuadra International Technical Editor, Panda Software  In the 1930s, the US psychologist Abraham Maslow formulated a theory that according to which, everybody has a series of basic needs that must be covered in a certain order, so that until one has been covered, the next cannot be fulfilled. These needs
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Pantech Group, the leading Korean handset manufacturer, has launched the IM-R200 handset, the latest dual-LCD sliding phone weighing just 104gr equipped with an OLED touch-sensitive screen. Separated from its main LCD display, the new phone does away with the standard keypad in favor of a brand-new LCD-typed keypad. When sliding up, the virtual keypad shows
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Nokia’s “Project 95” will take Peter Schindler – a seasoned traveler – on a 20,000 kilometer Nokia-sponsored road-trip across China. Peter will be equipped with various Nseries devices, most notably the N95. He will keep a record of his excursions by maintaining a mobile blog that shares his thoughts and images taken through his mobile
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Emirates, the Dubai based international airline, awarded its top cargo agents in Cyprus during a dinner hosted by Emirates Area Manager Paul Fleri Soler. Also present at the ceremony was the Divisional Senior Vice President Emirates Sky Cargo, Ram Menen, who presented the winners with the awards. Emirates’ top three agents in terms of sales
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