The National Bank of Kyrgyz Republic and the Central Bank of Cyprus, expressing their mutual interest and willingness in establishing and promoting bilateral ties in the domain of supervision of credit institutions, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Â The National Bank of Kyrgyz Republic is the competent authority for the licensing, regulation and supervision of
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The Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the shareholders of Bank of Cyprus, held on 5 December 2007 in Nicosia, which was attended by 1.387 shareholders, either in person or by proxy, who represented 150.783.371 shares, that is 26,8% of the total share capital unanimously approved the following: (a) Approved the increase in the Company’s authorised
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Nokia, THQ Wireless, Lucasfilm and LucasArts revealed that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is coming to N-Gage, Nokia’s next generation mobile gaming platform in 2008. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed casts players as Darth Vader’s “Secret Apprentice” and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. The game’s expansive story is set during the
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Ericsson and T-Mobile UK, part of Deutsche Telekom, have signed a five-year managed services contract to modernize the T-Mobile UK network and provide managed services with a comprehensive range of professional services. The contract includes modernization of T-Mobile’s infrastructure, field operations and multi-vendor spare parts management. The five-year contract that came into effect on December
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In the EU27, 54% of households had access to the internet during the first quarter of 2007, compared with 49% during the first quarter of 2006, and 42% had a broadband connection, compared with 30% in 2006. This data comes from the Eurostat survey on information and communication technologies (ICT) usage in households and by
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by Apostolis Zoupaniotis United Nations (CNA) – Cyprus Permanent Representative to the UN Andreas Mavroyiannis has said that the Greek Cypriot side has reservations and objections regarding UN Secretary General’s report on the United Nations operation in Cyprus, and particularly as regards his reference to the so-called isolation of the Turkish Cypriot community. Mavroyiannis welcomed
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Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis referred to the destruction of the island’s religious heritage, in Turkish occupied Cyprus, during a meeting in Jerusalem on Monday with Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilos III at the Patriarchate. Minister Marcoullis and her delegation, in Israel on a three-day working visit, had visited earlier on the church of the Holy Sepulcher. In
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expressed his country’s support to UN efforts to find a just solution to the Cyprus problem. The Iranian President made the statement during the presentation of the credentials of Cyprus’ new Ambassador to Iran, George Lykourgos, earlier this month. An official statement said that Lykourgos briefed the Iranian President on
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Cyprus should proceed the soonest with the implementation of structural reforms, provided by the Lisbon Strategy, to bring significant improvements to productivity and competition and to support investments, said Central Bank Governor Athanasios Orphanides.In a speech at a gathering of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Orphanides said that “as long as we achieve
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The European Union Standing Veterinary Committee decided on Monday to lift the prohibition of dispatching pig-meat from Cyprus from the zones beyond the 10km zone, around the infected holding where foot and mouth disease (FMD) was detected.A press release issued by the Committee said that under the Decision agreed, pig-meat will be allowed to be
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