Cyprus FM pays official visit to Lebanon

Cyprus Foreign Minister Marcos Kyprianou is paying a two-day official visit to Lebanon. Kyprianou will discuss with his Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Salloukh the two countries bilateral relations, the Cyprus question and developments

EU wants to up duties on tobacco

The European Commission presented a Report and a proposal for a Directive to amend the current EU excise duty legislation on tobacco. The draft Directive foresees a gradual increase in the EU

Villagers flee fires raging outside Athens

By George Hatzidakis and Tatiana Fragou ATHENS, July 16 (Reuters) – Greek villagers fled their homes as hundreds of firefighters battled forest blazes that raged near the Greek capital Athens on Wednesday,

Cyprus targets business from China

Cyprus wants to become a key financial booking centre for investments from China into the EU and vice-versa, similar to the way it acts for Russia, the Ukraine and other countries. Cyprus

Cyprus targets 0.1-0.6% budget surplus

Cypriot Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis remains adamant that despite the decline in tax revenue, the country will still manage to report a 0.1-0.6% of GDP budget surplus for 2008, or in numerical

Cypriot MP to attend EMPA Committee meeting

Chairman of the Parliamentary European Affairs Committee Nicos Kleanthous leaves Thursday for Lisbon to attend a meeting of the Committee on Improving Quality of Life, Exchange between Civil Societies and Culture Euro-Mediterranean