Registrations of motor vehicles in Cyprus still sharply one year after the cut in car tax, rising by by 26.7% year on year in November 2007 to reach 5,182. For the period January-November total registrations rose by 37.0% to 61,041, from 44,566 in January – November 2006. Registrations of private saloon cars increased by 42.2%
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed here today his opposition to the imposition of deadlines by third parties for the settlement of international problems such as the Cyprus question and the question of Kosovo. In statements to the press after the official talks he had here with his Cypriot counterpart, Erato Kozakou Marcoullis, Lavrov also
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by Apostolis Zoupaniotis United Nations, (CNA) — Italian President of the UN Security Council Marcello Spatafora has expressed the Council’s regret that there has been no really further progress in the implementation of the 8 July 2006 Agreement, and support to the Secretary General’s assessment that political will is needed to go beyond the procedural
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Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Michele Montas, reiterated the UNSG’s regret that the ongoing debate on lifting the Turkish Cypriots’ ”isolation” has become a debate on recognition, noting that recognition, or assisting secession, would be contrary to Security Council resolutions. Speaking during her daily briefing, Montas said the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Cyprus, Michael
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D.H. Cyprotels Plc announced that the preliminary accounts for the financial period ended 31st October 2007, will be improved compared to the preliminary accounts of the year 2006. This is mostly due to the improvement of the operational results, the contribution from the development of the land property as well as from the non operation
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The Board of Directors of Athos Diamond Center Public Ltd examined the intention of Aspis Holdings Public Company Ltd to submit a Public Offer for the acquisition of a minimum 50% plus 1 share and a maximum 100% of the issued share capital of the Company and decided to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting on
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The automatic indexing of wages to changes in inflation as measured by the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) in January is expected to increase by up to 9 percent on basic wages, probably the highest in a decade after the rate of inflation surged by 3.5 percent year on year in November. PEO union general
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It appears that EURUSD has built a top around 1.48 against the dollar and entered a downward channel writes UBS analyst Thomas Flury in the latest edition of UBS Investors’ Guide. Shortterm support for the USD against the EUR is coming from different sources. European policy makers are becoming increasingly outspoken about the current EUR-strength.
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The European Commission has approved measures to provide information on, and to promote agricultural products in third countries. Member States submitted 25 programmes to the Commission to be examined. The 18 programmes that have been accepted are from Denmark, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia. They are targeted at the USA,
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The European Commission today presented a new action plan to promote job mobility across Europe by tackling the remaining obstacles faced by people seeking to work in another EU country. It puts forward a new integrated approach and lists 15 concrete actions for the period 2007-2010 involving national, regional and local – as well as
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