Cypriot Foreign Minister George Lillikas and World Food Programme Deputy Executive Director John Powell signed a subsidiary agreement between Cyprus and the WFP for cooperation on the feeding component of the project “Early Childhood Education Enhancement†implemented in Egypt.In a speech, Lillikas said “this multilateral project is being funded by the World Bank, Canada and
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The common European effort to overcome nationalistic selfishness and deeply rooted hostility on the European continent is the most important achievement of Europe, Minister Counselor and Deputy Head of Mission Joachim Heidorn has told the Cyprus News Agency. In an interview with CNA on the occasion of the 50th anniversary since the historic signature of
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President Tassos Papadopoulos has promised a hike in pensions by the end of the year but other issues such as 14th salaries as well as the one-time payment of CYP20,000 for a third child will have to wait until after next year’s elections.Papadopoulos made the promise during the public servants union PASYDY’s annual conference. He
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The single European sky aims to adjust air traffic management to the needs of a highly competitive civil aviation industry and of all other airspace users. It intends to enhance current safety objectives, optimize capacity and increase overall efficiency. Therefore, air traffic management needs to become more organised at European level. The key to a
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Availability of service everywhere and anytime, attractive commercial offers, interoperability of devices, spectrum availability and light regulation on licences are all vital ingredients for boosting the demand for Mobile TV in Europe, said the EU’s Telecom Commissioner Viviane Reding today at the CeBIT IT-fair in Hannover/Germany. Mobile TV is an exciting new platform for distribution
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The two-day Euro-Mediterranean meeting of Left Parties, hosted by Cypriot AKEL party in Nicosia, wrapped up here today with the approval of two resolutions, regarding the Cyprus problem and the Palestinian question, with special reference to the formation of a Palestinian national unity government between Hamas and Fatah.In statements after the meeting, AKEL Spokesman Antros
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Social Democrats Movement EDEK President Yiannakis Omirou and Deputy President Kyriakos Mavronicolas were reelected Sunday during the party’s 11th Congress.Omirou and Mavronicolas were elected unopposed.Marinos Sizopoulos was elected A’ Vice President. Sophoclis Sophocleous who was also candidate for the two posts of the Vice Presidents said he was not interested in running for the post
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Right-wing Democratic Rally (DISY) President Nicos Anastasiades and Deputy President Averof Neophytou were reelected today during the party’s 12th Congress.Anastasiades and Neophytou were elected unopposed to serve these posts for the next four years.The party will elect three Vice Presidents and ten members of DISY’s Political Bureau.Addressing the conference today, Anastasiades stressed that DISY was
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Monarch airline will launch on March 26, 2007, scheduled flights from London Luton airport to Cyprus Larnaca airport. A press release issued by Monarch said ”the introduction of the four times per week service from Larnaca to London Luton will be the first low-cost scheduled flights to the UK from Cyprus, offering travelers the flexibility
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Share prices around the world corrected sharply at the end of February, with the World Index tumbling more than 5% in just a few days. Not only equities but other higher-risk asset classes also came under pressure. For example, yields on high-yield bonds moved higher, causing prices to drop more than 1%. The carry trades
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