Cyprus is ahead of all other EU countries when it comes to the use of petrol over diesel fuel, according to the “FuelsEurope 2019” report issued by the professional association of refineries. Cyprus uses more petrol than diesel than any other EU country with a fuel consumption mix of 54% petrol and 46% diesel, while
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The Cyprus Health Ministry has confirmed the first death from the Western Nile virus transmitted by infected mosquitoes. It said of the nine cases detected so far one elderly person has died, two are in intensive care units, two more are being treated at a clinic and four have recovered and been discharged. Four cases
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. By Simon Pitsillides Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the next generations to meet their own needs in the future. As we transition to a green economy, businesses around the world are finding ways of being profitable and, at the same time, contributing to sustainability development.
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By Han Tan, Market Analyst at FXTM Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday, with markets reluctant to get ahead of themselves hoping for a near-term resolution to the US-China conflict. The intensifying concerns over the state of the global economy have only soured the outlook for open and trade-dependent Asian economies, with such fears feeding into
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Nicosia Mall, the island’s newest and biggest retail operator, is soon to be sold to a Cypriot consortium as the main shareholder Bank of Cyprus has come to an initial understanding with four local companies. According to sources quoted by Philenews’ Insider the deal is to be completed within the coming weeks with the
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Cyprus achieved the EU average in 2017 with 50% of internet users saying that they booked their holiday accommodation or travel arrangements online. This share was highest among internet users in Luxembourg (73%), Finland (65%) and Germany (64%), the lowest rate was in Romania (18%). Booking holiday accommodation or travel via the internet was less
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Cyprus has received 33 mainly Syrian migrants who arrived by boat at Larnaca after being escorted to shore by marine police, authorities said on Tuesday. Cypriot police said they had received information that a boat from the Middle East was heading toward the island and a coastguard patrol boat spotted an eight-metre vessel crowded with
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Macbeth the opera by Giuseppe Verdi, based on William Shakespeare's homonymous drama, will star at this year’s 21st Pafos Aphrodite Festival in a production by the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of Belarus. The opera will be performed on 30, 31 August and 1 September at Paphos Medieval Castle. Director of the Pafos
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Cyprus, along with Luxembourg, had the lowest rate of cyclists killed in road accidents at zero per million of inhabitants but it was above the EU average for traffic-related fatalities. In Cyprus there were 54.2 road accident fatalities per million inhabitants in 2016, 11.8 in passenger cars, 7.1 in goods vehicles, 1.2 in buses and
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Cyprus is to make an early repayment in full of a €2.5 bln Russian loan secured during the financial crisis which has a remaining balance of €1.5 bln that expires in 2021. Nicosia will pay off the loan it obtained in 2011 from Moscow to avert financial meltdown as it became locked out of markets.
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