Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades called Sunday on Greek Cypriots` "to realize that through the sale of Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied areas they weaken our negotiating position to return and especially territorial adjustments". It`s time for Turkey and Turkish Cypriots "to make those bold steps to convince that they want and mean to implement
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Bank of Cyprus announced Group losses of 2.2 bln euros for 2012, in a set of results delayed by the financial crisis that hit the island and the restructuring of the banking sector. The bank, that remains headless without a CEO for over a month, reported a net loss of 2.214 bln euros on Friday,
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich hopes to find a definitive solution soon to the "painful" issue of his jailed rival, ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Interfax news agency reported him as saying on Friday. The West has been pressing for the release of Tymoshenko, saying she was the victim of a political trial, and the issue has
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The global chemical weapons watchdog working to eliminate chemical weapons stockpiles around the battlefields of Syria's civil war won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a relatively small organisation with a modest budget, dispatched experts to Syria after a sarin gas attack killed more than
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A new German government should crack down on tax avoidance by multinational firms without waiting for its European partners to act, an influential member of the Social Democrats said ahead of a new round of exploratory coalition talks with Angela Merkel. Norbert Walter-Borjans, finance minister for the big state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), told Reuters
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The Cyprus issue in view of the new round of direct talks expected to begin in the next months as well as energy matters were on the agenda of the talks Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades held with the Greek Premier Antonis Samaras in Athens. The President is paying a one-day visit to the Greek capital
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A Pakistani teenage activist shot in the head by the Taliban last year for campaigning for better rights for girls, won the European Union's annual human rights award on Thursday, beating fugitive U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden. Malala Yousafzai, 16, who was attacked in northwestern Pakistan by a group of gunmen who fired on her
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Banc De Binary, Cyprus’ first CySEC licensed binary options trading company, has recently launched its brand new website www.bancdebinary.com At the cutting edge of binary options trading technology, Banc de Binary’s new site is geo-targeted for different EU nations, allowing users to choose their own country
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Developing world index falls as focus turns to sustainable growth A fall in business confidence in fast-growing economies has reduced the gap with mature markets as efficiency becomes the key driver to remaining competitive without compromising on growth, finds latest Regus survey. Research reveals that firms will prioritize cost-cutting measures, from talent retention to flexible
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter, who in 1962 became the fourth American in space and the second to orbit the Earth, died on Thursday in Colorado at age 88 of complications from a stroke, his wife Patty Carpenter said. Carpenter, who lost radio contact with NASA controllers during his pioneering space flight and was found in the
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