Eyeofdubai.com, one of the largest and most visited tourism and investment websites in the United Arab Emirates, has been recognised as the UAE’s best portal of the year, securing the coveted “Diamond Web Award – Best website of the yearâ€, during the UAE Web Awards 2007, held in Dubai last week. The company was also
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Cyprus residential property prices continued to climb in October, as the BuySell Home Price Index of residential sales prices reached 138.22 in October, a rise of 17.5% on October 2006 and marking their tenth consecutive month of increase. Compared with the previous month, prices rose by a significant 3.7%. The average price of a home
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Cyprus Permanent Representative at the UN Andreas Mavroyiannis represented, on behalf of Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, the Republic of Cyprus at 4th Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies, which took place in Bamako, Mali, November 14-17, 2007. The Community of Democracies (CD) is an intergovernmental organization of democracies and democratizing countries with a stated
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The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) will be applying its new pricing policy as of 2 January 2008, aiming at making the CSE more competitive and enhancing its role and mission in the new environment created by the implementation of the new European directive MiFid.CSE President George Koufaris said that a CSE delegation visiting Athens from
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Cyprus is best positioned to serve as a stepping stone for Asian products and businesses to the lucrative EU and Near East markets, said Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Antonis Michaelides, addressing the Euro-China Business Week that got underway at the IMC centre in Nicosia.The Euro-China Business Week is organised by the International Merchandising Centre,
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Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou- Markoullis, described as an “important developmentâ€, the European Commission’s initiative to create an integrated maritime policy.Markoullis was speaking during a debate at the General Affairs and External Relations Council held in Brussels Monday.Cypriot Foreign Minister said Cyprus congratulates the Commission and especially Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Joe Borg,
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Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Antonis Michaelides said that the government is promptly proceeding with the appointment of experts who will prepare the documents for the tenders and the competition for the supply of natural gas using the offshore technology.“With this way, we are buying hope that we will be able to secure the necessary
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Why are you announcing the services of general interest and social vision papers at the same time as the Single Market package? This is a fully integrated package, not three separate items. The Single Market must deliver for all our citizens – consumers, small business people, workers, users of public services. These initiatives are part
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The European Commission has set out a package of initiatives to modernise the European single market and to bring more benefits to Europeans, building on past successes. The single market has already helped create competitive companies, reduced prices, more choice for consumers and a Europe attractive for investors. The Commission’s measures are based on extensive
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Single Payment Scheme (SPS) How has the SPS been implemented in the Member States? Member States could opt for a historic model (individual reference amounts), a regional model (regional reference amounts), or a mix of the two. Their choice (an almost even split, in budgetary terms, between historically-based and regionally-based support) reflects both objective factors,
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