The coastal town of Limassol will host the 2nd Interwetten International Basketball Tournament between 3rd and 7th of October, with the participation of some of Europe’s top clubs, such as Euroleague and Greek Champions Panathinaikos, Israel’s Cup winner Hapoel Jerusalem and Cyprus’ multi champion, AEL. On October 3 Panathinaikos, with Lithuanian super-star Sarunas Jasikevicious in
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Education and Culture Minister Akis Kleanthous outlined the Ministry’s comprehensive plan to modernise the educational system within the next three years.The proposal, inter alia, provides for a new teachers’ appointment system to replace the existing system based on a waiting list, a new teachers’ assessment scheme, administrative and educational autonomy of school units, the establishment
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Hermes Airports Ltd is delighted to announce that Pafos International Airport has been selected as one of eight new routes for Summer 2008 to be operated by UK low cost airline Jet2.com, based at Leeds Bradford Airport. New services between Leeds Bradford and Pafos will start on Sunday 4 May 2008. Flights will operate on
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President of the Republic of Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos wrapped up his programme in New York with a luncheon he hosted for the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. The luncheon was attended by the representatives of Russia, China, the US, Britain and France, and on the Cypriot side by President Papadopoulos, Minister of
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A bicommunal team of scientists is continuing the search for the remains of Turkish Cypriot missing persons, who disappeared in the 1964 period. The team, working under the guidance of foreign specialists from the EAAF Argentinean group of scientists, is excavating a specific well in Parisinos area in Nicosia, where remains have already been found
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The Central Bank of Cyprus in coordination with the Ministry of Finance will launch an electronic trading platform (MTS) for the conduct of auctions in the primary market and the trading of government bonds and bills in the secondary market. According to the Central Bank’s announcement, the new market for government bonds and T-Bills will
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COMMENT: By Patricia Radnor Kyriacou  Last week’s Opinion dealt with the archaic restrictions imposed on The Mall of Cyprus (and on other shopping outlets) with regard to opening hours. The situation has parallels with another outdated way of thinking that still prevails in Cyprus: the mindless habit of importing large exotic animals and incarcerating them
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Lufthansa is celebrating its 25th anniversary of operations in Cyprus, with strong demand for capacity urging the airline to add a fourth weekly flight from Larnaca to Munich in August. “The Frankfurt routes as well as the Munich service both exceeded our expectations, they are very well accepted by the marketâ€, said Joachim Steinbach, Vice
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Austrian Airlines currently claims an 18% share of business of incoming traffic to Larnaca airport and hopes to raise that to 20% soon, with passenger numbers expected to increase from 100,000 to about 110,000 next year. Herbert Felber, the airline’s Director of Commercial Passenger in south east Europe, the Middle East and central Asia, told
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Communications and Works Minsiter Maria Malahtou – Pamballi presented the Cyprus Maritime Prize 2007 to the Cyprus Marine Environment Protection Association (CYMEPA), on the sidelines of the Maritime Cyprus conference that took place in Limassol this week. The Selection Committee unanimously decided to award the prize to CYMEPA on account of the association’s “enormous contribution
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