President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades travels to Athens Friday afternoon for a one-day visit. He will be accompanied by the Director of his office Panayiotis Antoniou and Deputy Government Spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos. An official statement says that the President will attend a working lunch tomorrow with the Council of the Cyprus Union of shipowners.
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A third strike against IS forces in Iraq was conducted on Wednesday afternoon by two Royal Air Force Tornados which had taken off from RAF Akrotiri. The jets were on patrol over north-west Iraq, as part of a coalition force. They were tasked to assist Kurdish ground forces engaged in combat with IS. "The aircraft
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Βy Jameel Ahmad, Chief Market Analyst at FXTM In anticipation of the ECB interest rate decision this afternoon, there has been some signs of Eurodollar purchasing in the early morning hours with the pair trading as high as 1.2673. Although I am not expecting any ECB action this afternoon and it wouldn’t surprise me if
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. Marcuard's Market update by GaveKal Dragonomics The people of Hong Kong were treated over the weekend to the unusual spectacle of police battling political protesters in the city’s streets. Baton charges and volleys of tear gas might be common enough tactics in New York or London, but not in Asia’s leading international financial centre.
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. By Oren Laurent President, Banc De Binary Scotland has made its voice heard. After lengthy debate and fierce campaigning on both sides, it voted to stay true to its 307-year allegiance to the rest of the United Kingdom. The vote, however, came much closer than many politicians in Westminster would have liked. Although the
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Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis said on Wednesday that Oman is very interested in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone. Lakkotrypis, who visited Oman recently and held talks with the country’s Energy, Tourism and Commerce Ministers, said that the Sultanate expressed keen interest in getting involved in Cyprus’ offshore hydrocarbons activity and in particular in research for the
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President Nicos Anastasiades expressed his determination to work hard for a peaceful solution to the Cyprus problem, saying after the end of the annual Independence Day parade on Wednesday that he was proud of the Cypriot armed forces, and hoped that the necessary conditions are created so that the armed forces will never have to
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Greece, Malta and Cyprus, the three leading flags that account for more than half of the European Union’s maritime sector, have agreed to cooperate on a common strategy in the shipping sector, including pollution, labour and ports. During a meeting held in Valetta attended by Cyprus Minister of Communications and Works Marios Demetriades, Greek Minister
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Revenue from tourism reached €321.2 mln in July compared to €338.6 mln year-on-year, a drop of 5.1%, according to the Statistical Service, despite a 5.7% increase in arrival numbers. This was the first drop in revenue from tourism since last March, when it had dropped by 14.3% on a yearly basis. On the other hand,
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Unemployment in Cyprus has dropped to 15.4% of the active population, reaching 67,000 persons, according to the Euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate. A small decline was registered in Greece and in the EU, while unemployment in the Eurozone remained steady, Eurostat said. The EA18 seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 11.5% in August, while in the EU28
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