Around one in five Cypriots and one in three Greeks admit that they have bought goods or services involving undeclared work in the previous year. A Eurobarometer survey issued today asked whether Europeans suspected any of the goods and services which they had paid for involved undeclared work. A total of 16% Cypriots, 30% Greeks
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The meeting between President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has been scheduled for Monday morning, according to CNA sources. The same sources said the meeting has been scheduled for 1130am, while outgoing UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser Alexander Downer will give a press conference at Ledra Palace on Thursday. Downer
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met on Monday in The Hague with Turkish President Abdullah Gül, on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit, and discussed the Cyprus issue inter alia. "On Cyprus, the Secretary General and the President discussed the current state of play and the way forward in the talks for a comprehensive
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TNT Express, one of the world’s largest express delivery companies, plans to invest tens of millions of euros to enhance the efficiency and productivity of its flagship hub in Liege, Belgium (Euro Hub). The investment will increase the hub's sorting capacity by 50% and improve health and safety for the 1,500 employees, while increasing operational
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The Malaysian government said on Monday that flight MH370 which went missing more than two weeks ago, had actually crashed in the Indian Ocean, with all 239 passengers and crew presumed dead. The country’s prime minister, Najib Razak, said that the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was spotted in the southern Indian Ocean and west of
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. Marcuard's Market update by GaveKal Dragonomics Following the 2008 global financial shock, almost every major government deployed massive fiscal and monetary firepower to prevent another Great Depression. One government, China (which was also still recovering from the devastating Gansu/Sichuan earthquake) did so more than most, compressing a five-year plan worth of rail, canal and
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The markets opened this week with freshly disappointing news from China showing manufacturing levels have slowed for the third consecutive month. The HSBC and Markit purchasing managers index showed a reading of 48.1 in March, with anything below 50 indicating contraction. This was the lowest reading in eight months and signals the second largest economy
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Eurobarometer survey shows A Eurobarometer survey the results of which were released on Monday shows that 54% of Cypriots respondents say they never exercise. The percentage goes up to 64% when the participants who replied “seldom” are added. The average EU28 “never” replies stood at 42% while if the “seldom” replies are added the pan-European
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easyJet, the UK’s largest and France’s second largest airline, has commemorated the deal it agreed last June with Airbus for 135 Airbus A320 aircraft in Paris today, with an official signing ceremony. Attending the ceremony were Carolyn McCall, chief executive of easyJet, Frédéric Cuvillier, Minister of Transport, Hunting and Fishing and Fabrice Brégier, CEO and
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Cyprus bid farewell to Defence Minister Tasos Mitsopoulos on Monday, who died on Saturday and was buried in his home town of Larnaca. Mitsopoulos, the 48-year-old protégé of President Nicos Anastasiades, died after suffering a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. He had only taken up his new portfolio for a week, when he collapsed in his office
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