. It is difficult to appreciate the living requirements of people to their full extent unless one encounters the circumstances that they are experiencing. We refer to people with mobility problems in particular, which, as a result of a recent accident we have come to understand. We focus in this article on house design and
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Canadian rating agency DBRS confirmed Cyprus’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency at BBB (low) with a stable trend. “The confirmation of the stable trend reflects DBRS’s view that while the Cypriot economy continues to perform robustly, more progress is needed to reduce risks to financial stability further”, said DBRS in a statement. “Risks to
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Procedures governing the future of halloumi as a Cypriot product, are languishing in the EU corridors giving way to concerns that Cyprus may lose its rightful ownership of its famous traditional squeaky cheese. According to the Ministries of Agriculture and Commerce, key cases regarding Halloumi, as well as the country’s protected designation of origin (PDO)
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. By Yiannis Tirkides The elections for a European Parliament next week are perhaps the most significant in its history, particularly given the economic and political fragmentation that has been sweeping the continent since the crisis that inflicted it earlier in the decade. The polls suggest that the European Popular Party will win the biggest
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Lebanese Byblos Bank celebrates the opening of its new Cyprus branch premises in Limassol with an inauguration on Friday. Deputy General Manager and Head of Foreign Banking Units at Byblos Bank Group, Selim Stephan, and Cyprus Branch Manager Henri Awad will give welcome addresses. The inauguration, at 256, Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Limassol, will be
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Cyprus tourist arrivals in April increased by 4.8%, recording a historic high for the month helped by an influx of British, Russian and Israeli holidaymakers, official data showed Friday. A small annual increase of 0.5% was also recorded for the first four months of the year, which was also a new record. Arrivals of tourists
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EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier will be in Cyprus on Monday to discuss the latest developments on Brexit at a time Nicosia and London are at odds over the island’s sovereign rights to energy wealth. According to CNA, Barnier will pay a visit to Nicosia on May 20 during which he will be received by
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New Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC), Constantinos Herodotou urged Cypriot banks to invest in technology and staff training to speed up due diligence checks for anti-money laundering (AML) on lawful transactions. He said there are many examples where businesses opt to carry out their lawful transactions in other countries due to delays
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Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos conveyed to his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Çavuşoğlu, Greece’s strong condemnation of Turkey’s incursion in Cyprus’ EEZ, on the margins of the 129th Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, in Helsinki. Katrougalos told journalists that he expressed to his Turkish counterpart Greece’s unreserved condemnation of the unilateral illegal actions
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Cyprus’ new Police Chief has revealed that the force has no protocol to follow in cases of missing persons after a confessed serial killer murdered seven victims who were reported disappeared. Addressing MPs in parliament, Police Chief Kypros Michaelides said his force is currently working on preparing a protocol so that officers will be aware
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