Cypriot football clubs, Omonia and APOEL of Nicosia, qualified to UEFA Cup's first round after knocking out Greek AEK and Serbia's Crvena Zvezda Belgrade (Red Star), sparking a continued round of celebrations,
Marfin Popular Bank (CPB.CY) reported a 35.6% decrease in first half 2008 net profit to EUR 220.4 mln compared to EUR 342.1 mln a year ago in the same period, short of
Cyprus will be participating in the crisis management exercise Evropi II 2008, organised by EU HELBROC battle group and supported by the EU. The exercise will be held from September 6 to
Hellenic Bank (HB.CY) beat market forecasts delivering EUR 50.89 mln in first half 2008 profit compared to forecasts of EUR 48.9 mln, but down from EUR 70.16 mln a year ago. Profit
Ermes Department Stores (ERME.CY) announced that turnover of the Group for the first six months of 2008 amounted to EUR101,4 mln, showing an increase of 26,8%. The operation of a number of
A child born in a Glasgow suburb can expect a life 28 years shorter than another living only 13 kilometers away. A girl in Lesotho is likely to live 42 years less
The EU Scholarship Programme 2008/2009 received very good interest from the Turkish Cypriot community and managed to attract many applications. Having evaluated carefully all the applications, the European Commission decided to support
SFS Group Pcl (SFS.CY) issued its first half financial results, posting a net profit figure of EUR 14.6 mln, down moderately by 8.3% year-on-year from the EUR 15.9 mln profit booked in
Petrolina Holdings Pcl (PHL.CY) reported a significant decrease in its first half results with net profit declining 37.2% year-on-year to EUR 3.6 mln. EPS fell to EUR 0.0411. Total sales surged by
Options Cassoulides Plc (OPT.CY) announced that its subsidiary NDD Publications has entered into an agreement with Kathimerini SA for the issue of newspaper “Kathimerini” in Cyprus. The Company is expected to commence
