To promote healthier lifestyles and combat obesity among school children, the European Commission has proposed to bring two separate EU schemes on milk and fruit together under a joint framework. The aim is to address poor nutrition more effectively, to reinforce the educational elements of the programmes and to contribute to the fight against obesity,
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President Vladimir Putin raised the pressure on Ukraine yesterday (29 January), saying Russia would wait until the neighbouring country formed a new government, before fully implementing a $15 billion (€11 billion) bailout deal that Kyiv urgently needs. Russia also started extra border checks with Ukraine. Putin repeated a promise he made at the EU-Russia summit
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US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland will be in Nicosia, Cyprus, on February 4, to meet with officials of the Cypriot government to discuss initiatives to further develop and enhance US-Cypriot relations. She will also meet with Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders to convey American support for accelerating
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The two official visits of the President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades last October in Kuwait and recently in Qatar show that Cyprus maintains many of its competitive advantages, which have established it as an attractive investment destination, CIPA said in a press release issued here today. The President’s visits also showed that despite the
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Cyprus international lenders appeared satisfied over the progress made in the consolidation of the island`s Cooperative Sector, which has been nationalized as the government will inject 1.5 billion to cover its capital shortfall. Excluded from the international capital markets and with its large banking sector at the brink of collapse, Cyprus agreed last March with
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Technocrats of the Troika (European Commission, ECB, IMF) continue contacts in Cyprus on Friday, as part of the third review mission of the island’s adjustment program. Meetings in the Directorate General for the European Programmers, Coordination and Development will begin with a review over the progress made on the implementation of a Budgetary Framework in
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* Uniastrum sale on hold, Ukraine to go * The Bank of Cyprus is releasing about 960 mln euros worth of time-deposits that had been blocked as part of the bail-in package imposed on uninsured savers holding more than 100,000 euros last summer, following the deposits-for-equity rescue deal. The nearly 4.8 bln euros reaped from
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* Shipping Chamber wants upgrade of portfolio * The long-awaited bill establishing up to six deputy ministers with their separate portfolios is expected to be put to the House some time next month, with sources suggesting this could be as early as the end of February. The bill aims to create six posts, as pledged
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Horwath DSP Limited, an accountancy firm offering audit, tax, risk and advisory services to a diverse local and international clientele, organised the inauguration ceremony of its new offices in Limassol, on Wednesday, 22nd of January 2014, in the presence of clients, associates and other distinguished guests. The new modern office of Horwath DSP is located,
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. Editorial: Let’s not miss the boat with Qatar President Anastasiades is back from Qatar in what could be described as the first successful mission abroad in his less than a year in office. As a corporate lawyer and later a politician with leadership skills, he should know that there’s no deal until the ink
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