. The unceremonious sacking on Monday of the Minister for Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Praxoulla Antoniadou-Kyriacou, served as an unfortunate proof that there is no place in this enlightened EU country for ambitious women. In a written statement on Monday, Antoniadou made it clear that she had not resigned as reported, and that the president
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. By Christodoulos Angastiniotis President, Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (www.cipa.org.cy) Cyprus is currently at the crossroads of fundamental change as the effects of the global financial crisis have also created a number of challenges. The Cyprus government is proactively taking the necessary economic measures to lower the public debt and to strike a manageable balance
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Consumer groups across Europe have launched a coordinated campaign against Apple Inc in a bid to change the way the electronics group informs people who buy its tablet computers and smartphones about the guarantees they are entitled to. Purchasers' watchdogs in 11 countries said in a series of coordinated statements on Monday that Apple does
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The communist-led Cyprus government underwent a mini reshuffle on Monday with banker Vassos Shiarly replacing Kikis Kazamias as finance minister, whose resignation on health grounds was announced on Friday, while the outgoing trade and energy minister fired a parting shot saying she was often undermined. President Demetris Christofias replaced commerce and industry minister Praxoulla Antoniadou
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U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and its Democratic allies raised more than $45 million in February, increasing their financial haul compared to January as worries mount that Republicans could outspend Democrats in 2012. In a statement released on Twitter, Obama's campaign said 348,000 people contributed last month and 105,000 people gave money for the
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Barcelona have the chance to trim Real Madrid's lead at the top of La Liga to five points when they host Granada on Tuesday after the Real juggernaut took a skid in a 1-1 draw at home to Malaga on Sunday. The setback for Jose Mourinho's side, after a brilliant last-minute freekick from Santi Cazorla,
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A man on a scooter opened fire outside a Jewish school in Toulouse in southwestern France on Monday, killing two children and one adult, a police source said. Five people were injured in the attack, which occurred as students were arriving for morning classes at the Ozar Hatorah school, a city official said. The attack
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Arms deliveries to Syria surged almost 600 percent from 2007 to 2011 compared with the previous five years, a leading think tank said on Monday, with Russia supplying the bulk of the country's weapons. The report underlined how Moscow has continued to supply Syria with firepower while the United States, European Union and others have
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European People's Party (EPP) President Wilfried Martens has congratulated Nicos Anastasiades for his election as the candidate for President of Cyprus by the Executive Council of his party DISY. Saying that for the past 15 years, he had worked very closely with Nicos Anastasiades, in the framework of the EPP Summit of heads of state
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The yen stayed on the defensive on Monday with the euro reaching a fresh five-month high against the Japanese currency, while the dollar nursed losses following a setback late last week. The euro rose as high as 110.15 yen at one point on trading platform EBS, its highest level since late October. It later pared
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