A new internet portal was unveiled Tuesday, providing information for EU and national funding programmes. The portal of the Directorate General for European Programmes, accessible under www.fundingprogrammesportal.gov.cy, aims to inform all interested parties on available funding opportunities, while aiming to increase absorption of EU funds. Cyprus has secured for the 2014-2020 period European funds worth
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Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said that Cyprus supports the sovereignty of Ukrain, but there needs to be a political solution to the crisis and a realistic approach that would take the interest of all EU members into consideration. European ministers agreed to impose sanctions against 21 officials from Russia and Ukraine, including travel bans and
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According to new research, European children are exposed to less food marketing on TV today than ten years ago. Independent data from Accenture Media Management shows that the world’s biggest food brands have significantly changed the way they advertise products to children on TV since 2005 in the EU. According to the data, many brands
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The town of Larnaca – on the southeastern coast of Cyprus – will be candidate for European Youth Capital 2018. This was decided during a meeting of Larnaca Municipal Council held on Monday. According to a press release, Larnaka Mayor Andreas Louroutsiatis said that the Municipality will seek cooperation with governmental, semi-governmental and private organizations
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Emirates will sponsor the New York Cosmos for a further two years in a deal announced today at Emirates headquarters in Dubai. Footballing superstar Pelé, who is Honorary President of the club, was present for the announcement at a packed press conference. Although Emirates’ shirt sponsorship only began in June 2013, the reformed New York
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A team of elite US Navy SEALs stormed a ‘stateless’ oil tanker near the coast of Cyprus in the early hours of Monday and took control of its 32,000 tonnes of crude, returning the formerly North Korean-flagged vessel to Libya. The US forces, attached to Special Operations Command Europe, boarded the ‘Morning Glory’, allegedly hijacked
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The market has started the week with inherent risk aversion primarily linked to the uncertainty around the Ukraine-Crimea crisis and the concerns that the West will impose heavy sanctions on Russia. With the weekend’s referendum condemned as illegal by the US and EU, the markets reflected their concerns regarding instability in the region with a
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Hellenic Bank is going to list 858.7 mln shares on the Cyprus Stock Exchange on Wednesday as a result of the conversion of 85.87 mln convertible capital securities, changing the shareholding structure of the bank that recently attracted a 100 mln euro injection from strategic investors. The conversion of the CCS1 raises the bank’s share
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British Airways have announced the resumption of their direct flights between Pafos International Airport and London Gatwick, giving both incoming and outgoing travellers a greater scope of convenient options for the summer season. The Pafos–Gatwick service operated by A319 will be available five times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. With the
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Cyprus Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Yiorgos Lakkotrypis and Canadian Veterans Minister Julian Fantino discussed enhancing trade relations between the two countries during a meeting, in Nicosia, on Monday. In statements they made to the press after the meeting the two ministers said that they agreed to organise trade missions between the two
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