The number of registered unemployed fell by more than 1,000 in January 2008 compared with January 2007 thanks to a decrease across several key sectors. The number of unemployed registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of January 2008, reached 13,571 compared with 15,041 in January 2007. Falls of around 200 to
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The Statistical Service Cystat has announced that the trade deficit was CYP 2,788.0 mln in January-November 2007 compared with CYP 2,369.6 mln in January-November 2006. Total imports/arrivals (covering total imports from third countries and arrivals from other member states) in January-November 2007 amounted to CYP 3,376.4 mln compared with CYP 2,967.3 mln in January-November 2006.
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The industrial turnover index (mining and quarrying, manufacturing, electricity, gas and water supply) for November 2007 reached 149.4 (base 2000=100), recording an increase of 11.0% compared with November 2006. For the period January-November 2007 the index recorded a rise of 8.3% compared with the same period of the previous year. Industrial output in the same
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The Central Election Commission is putting the final touches to preparations for Sunday’s presidential elections, contested by nine candidates, three of whom are running neck to neck according to opinion polls. Results, according to the Commission, are expected out by 2030 on Sunday evening but points out that this could change, if any problems arise
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The Chief Returning Officer for the presidential elections has announced that all measures are being taken to secure the secrecy of voting, in order to carry out objective elections, and that the administrative and legislative arrangements are such that guarantee total secrecy. Voters will be requested to enter the booths provided in order to vote,
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Turkish Cypriot authorities are trying to shed their tiny enclave’s image as a haven for crooks with new laws on money laundering and casinos, but their efforts are being undermined by Cyprus’s decades-old ethnic partition. The self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) is recognised only by Turkey and has no extradition treaty with other
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By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS,(Reuters) – The European Union is set to complete authorisation of a big supervisory mission in Kosovo this week, just before the territory is expected to declare independence from Serbia, diplomats and EU officials said. They said the 27-nation bloc will use a low-profile diplomatic procedure to approve an operations plan for
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Ericsson and Denmark‘s largest operator, TDC, have signed the largest full-scope managed services contract in the Nordic region. It is the first time an incumbent operator has entered a managed services agreement with such a broad scope. The strategic partnership will see Ericsson manage, develop and modernize TDC’s entire mobile network. Under the seven-year agreement,
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A group of key operators, infrastructure and device vendors comprised of Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, TeliaSonera, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung, announced a joint effort to facilitate the evolution of mobile communication towards rich communication. Together they have agreed upon a set of features originating from profiled IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
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Motorola has unveiled its next generation NBBS device management system. With the new 5.0 version of NBBS, Motorola has extended its industry leading device management solution to serve wireless carrier needs – enabling broadband customer premises equipment (CPE), femtocell and mobile device management for WiMAX, GSM/UMTS and CDMA operators. With the new version of NBBS,
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