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. If you thought Cyprus taxpayers face tough times ahead in order to bail out the nearly-bankrupt Social Insurance Fund, be grateful that at least we know we will get some sort

. BY MATTHEW STOWELL On Theodoros Fikardos’ first day in the army, back in 1976, an officer asked if anyone was interested in attending confectionary school. The young conscript’s hand shot up.

. DR. JIM LEONTIADES Cyprus International Institute of Management Poor Alan Greenspan. Only a short time ago the former head of the U.S. Federal Reserve was hailed as the guru of national

Investment advisers main users of ETFs LONDON, (Reuters) – The use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) accelerated during the financial crisis, with investors seeking them out as havens of liquidity and transparency, an

. On being invited to be one of the judges at this year’s competition to find the best Sommelier in Cyprus, which takes place at the InterContinental Hotel, Aphrodite Hills on Saturday,

. One could argue that this is not a rhetorical question, but to be bluntly frank the establishment in London is naïve as well as biased and our people in Nicosia are

. The new 656-million-euro Larnaca International Airport started partial operations on Tuesday, with Communications and Works Minister Nicos Nicolaides and Hermes Airports CEO Alfred van der Meer welcoming the first passengers to

New projects in Nicosia The newest fad of shopping malls in Cyprus, an unknown phenomenon up until ten years ago, is already going through its first crisis call, with some store owners

SAO PAULO, (Reuters)- A major electricity outage left tens of millions of people in Brazil's two largest cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro without power on Tuesday night due to

RESTAURANT REVIEW BY MATTHEW STOWELL Several years ago, Gatienne Thibaut was on her way from France to Lebanon when, due to a visa glitch, she was forced to land in Paphos. She