Cyprus President Demetris Christofias expressed satisfaction that a meeting between the leaders of the island’s two communities will take place on Friday, so soon after his election to the presidency in February.
The World Health Organization (WHO) report, Global Tuberculosis Control 2008, released in Geneva Monday, finds that the pace of the progress to control the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic slowed slightly in 2006, the
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has decided to dispatch to Cyprus the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe as leader of an assessment team, to engage in dialogue with all the involved parties,
The anticipated changes of the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty and the conference of the Ombudsmen of the EU member states were among the issues discussed at Monday’s meeting between the Minister
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot community leader Mehmet Ali Talat are scheduled to meet in Nicosia on Friday in an effort to kick-start the peace talks that were stalled after
The Cyprus Ambassador to Damascus, Efstathios Orphanides, met recently with the Information Minister of Syria, Dr Mohsen Bilal, whom he briefed on the election of President Demetris Christofias, the election of the
Minister of Education and Culture Andreas Demetriou has said that the state Universities of Cyprus plan to introduce new admission standards for students of minority communities and Cypriot repatriates. Cyprus has three
The European Commission adopted proposals for the amendment of the VAT Directive and the VAT Administrative Cooperation Regulation to speed up the collection and exchange of information on intra-Community transactions from 2010
The main impediment for Lebanese banks remains their high direct exposure to the risks inherent in operating in the Republic of Lebanon, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services noted in a report titled
By Emily Kaiser WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is poised to cut interest rates again this week while the European Central Bank remains on hold for a while,
