The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has urged Turkey to execute without delay the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), concerning cases Greek Cypriots and the government of Cyprus have brought against Turkey. A press release issued Tuesday by the Committee says it concluded on 5 June 2009 its
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Cyprus has begun preparations for the assumption of the EU rotating presidency in the second half of 2012. In the framework of the preparations, a broad meeting took place Tuesday at the Planning Bureau in Nicosia, under Andreas Moleskis, head of the Cyprus EU Presidency Office 2012. According to an official press release, the meeting
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Various events to mark Save Water Week 2009, which started on Tuesday and will conclude on Saturday, will be held with a view to raise public awareness on the need to save water. Speaking at a press conference, the head of the Water Development Department Sofoklis Aletraris said that during this week citizens will have
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The U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday that 10 of the nation's biggest banks were approved to pay back a combined $68 billion of taxpayer money pumped into them last year to combat the credit crisis. Many banks had chafed at restrictions on executive pay that accompanied the capital injections. Permitting some of them to
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University of Cyprus Director of Research International and Public Relations professor Gregoris Makrides has been re-elected Chairman of the European Association of ERASMUS Coordinators (EAEC) for 2009-2011, in the framework of the ERASMUS European Congress ERACON2009. The EAEC was established in 2004, and Makrides, who was one of its founders, has been elected since as
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Two stolen Cypriot icons of Christ and the Virgin Mary, from the chapel of St. Iacovos (14th century) in the Turkish occupied Cypriot village of Trikomo, have been found and confiscated by the Swiss police. According to the Office of Monuments and Art of the Church of Cyprus, the Swiss Police authorities conducted last month
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The Cyprus government expressed on Tuesday regret over the low turnout of the Cypriot voters in last Saturday's European elections. In statements to the press, Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou said that this phenomenon should be viewed as a European one, given the reduced turnout in European-wide elections since the establishment of direct elections for the
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World stocks steadied on Tuesday, with Europe providing most gains, while the dollar recovered losses after a bigger-than-expected fall in German industrial output. Wall Street looked set for modest losses at the open. Investors were seeking fresh signs that the global economy is at least not getting worse. Some evidence was available from Britain, where
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Dow Jones futures fell 0.1 percent, S&P 500 futures also fell 0.1 percent while Nasdaq futures rose 0.2 percent by 5:25 a.m. EDT, pointing to a mixed open for Wall Street's main indexes on Tuesday. In Europe, the benchmark FTSEurofirst 300 index (.FTEU3) is up 0.5 percent by 0925 GMT, buoyed by commodity stocks. On
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Oil rose on Tuesday, snapping a two-day slide, to climb above $69 as the U.S. dollar retreated. U.S. light crude for July delivery rose 93 cents to $69.02 a barrel by 0855 GMT, just off a session high of $69.37. London Brent crude gained 94 cents to $68.82. "The currency market has been driving the
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