An archaeologist and university professor has stepped in as Deputy Minister of Culture on Tuesday, after musician Michalis Hadjiyiannis tendered in his resignation to President Nikos Christodoulides just four months into the job. The president appointed academic Dr Vasiliki (Lina) Kassianidou, the third person at this post after Yiannis Toumazis was appointed the first junior
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By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Market Analyst at FXTM Asian markets rose on Tuesday after China strengthened support for its struggling property sector. European futures are pointing to a positive open as attention falls on the pending German ZEW Economic Sentiment Index report. In the currency arena, the dollar has weakened on the back of falling
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Nicosia has been included for the first time in the smart cities index report but scored low marks ranking 117 from 141 competitors, according to the IMD Smart City Index 2023 https://imd.cld.bz/IMD-Smart-City-Index-Report-20231/28/. Cyprus’ divided capital received a CC grade for the Structures pillar and a C for Technologies. From a list of 15 indicators of
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By Craig Erlam It’s been a slow start to the week, but there’s still plenty to look forward to, most notably the US inflation data on Wednesday. Friday’s jobs report did nothing to level the debate on whether to pause at the next Fed meeting in two weeks. In fact, it may have even cemented
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A £66 mln contract has been awarded for constructing a new Passenger Handling Facility at RAF Akrotiri, Limassol, the UK’s largest overseas air base. The British government said the contract would create a new terminal and freight buildings, including a larger arrivals and departures lounge. It forms part of the APOLLO Programme, designed to upgrade
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The ANIMA network of European business promotion agencies, and InvestCyprus, are hosting the ‘Innovations for the Planet’ forum in Nicosia and launching Euromed iHouse, an innovation hub to support the ecological transition of stakeholders. The forum takes place from Monday to Wednesday and will focus on the services to be developed to help companies innovate
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Six US Congress members propose creating an oversight mechanism to ensure Turkey does not use new F-16 fighters to violate Greek sovereignty in the Aegean. A letter to Foreign Secretary Anthony Blinken was signed by Congresspeople Chris Papas, Gus Bilirakis, Frank Palone, John Sarbanes, Dina Titus, and Nicole Malliotakis. They urge clear mechanisms of accountability
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Health Minister Popι Kanari assured that measures introduced to decongest state hospital Accident and Emergency Departments will bring the desired results. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, she said that a foreign expert recommended further improvements, which, in her view, will be launched soon. The Health Minister said the roadmap of the Health
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The co-training of Special Forces personnel in the Special Ops planning, execution and information support procedures was the focus of a US-Cyprus small-scale army exercise. SOFEX GUARDIAN-2023, co-organised from 1-28 June by the National Guard and the Armed Forces of the United States of America on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus. According to
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Finance Minister Makis Keravnos will present to legislators on Monday a government package of seven proposals to address the issue of foreclosures to block a bill that gives borrowers rights to appeal decisions. The package hopes to avert the approval of a bill tabled by Opposition left-wing party AKEL, co-signed by ELAM, the Greens, and MPs
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