STANFORD, Calif., Feb 20 (Reuters) – Amid calls by some U.S. lawmakers for wealthy universities to lower tuition costs, officials at Stanford University said on Wednesday they would no longer charge tuition to students from families earning less than $100,000 a year. For students whose families earn less than $60,000 a year, Stanford University will
More
By Jason Subler ZHANGQIU COUNTY, China, Feb 21 (Reuters) – When Yuan Shanchun became China’s first farmer to receive a government subsidy to buy a refrigerator, he was inundated with queries from just about everyone he knew asking how they could get one too. “Who can believe it? How come the government is giving us
More
The Movement of Social Democrats EDEK has decided to support the candidacy of House of Representatives President and Secretary General of the leftwing AKEL party Demetris Christofias in Sunday’s second and final round of presidential elections in Cyprus. Member of the European Parliament and former Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides is the other candidate who will
More
The European Party who has three seats in Parliament decided not to support any of the two candidates in the run off election for President of the Republic on Sunday. The party’s Political Bureau had earlier decided to suggest to the Central Council that members do not support either MEP Ioannis Kasoulides or House of
More
The European Commission approved today the funding of 450 projects from the Cohesion Fund for the production of energy from renewable energy sources for the period 2007-2013.The amount approved for Cyprus totals 5.90 million euro.The EU will grant a total of 9 billion euro for the 450 EU-wide projects, from which 4.8 billion will be
More
The European Commission has today launched the procedure to detach Androulla Kaminara, a Commission official, as Head of Representation in Cyprus, with effect from 16th April 2008.A press release issued by the Commission Representation in Cyprus, notes that Ms Kaminara currently serves as the Commission’s Director for Quality of Operations in ”Europe Aid”. ” Ms
More
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday sharply lowered its forecast for economic growth in 2008 and said it was worried the economy could face further setbacks even after a series of aggressive interest rate cuts. “With no signs of stabilization in the housing sector and with financial conditions not yet stabilized, the committee agreed that downside
More
Cyprus not to be affected by crisis  (Paris, February 21, 2008) Société Générale reported a small annual profit (net income) of EUR 947 mln on Thursday despite a massive operating loss of EUR 4.9 bln owing to the now infamous rogue trader, Jerome Kerviel, or what the bank is referring to as “an exceptional
More
Aegean Airlines has announced its decision to expand its services in Cyprus, connecting Larnaka with Heraklion and Rhodes. The seasonal service between Greece and Cyprus will cover six flights per day and will include Athens, Thessalonica, Heraklion and Rhodes. The new routes of Aegean airlines in Cyprus are the following: Heraklion-Larnaka, 2 flights per week
More
Low fares airline Blue Air which is based at Bucharest Baneasa airport is to launch scheduled flights from Cyprus to Romania next March. Blue Air new service from Larnaka to Bucharest will commence on Sunday 30 March 2008 with direct flights operating three times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Flights from Bucharest to
More