A total of 1,750.000 Cyprus pounds were raised during the annual fund-raising charity, Radiomarathon, which ended midnight Tuesday in aid of children with special needs. The 48-hour event for children with special needs was launched Monday morning.It was the 17th Radiomarathon in a row, organised by the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CYBC) and Laiki Group, one
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A four-member International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation held a meeting with the Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Christodoulos Christodoulou, on the course of Cyprus’ economy.Τhe meeting focused on the economic developments on the island and the monetary and exchange policy followed by the Central Bank. The IMF officials and the Governor also discussed
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The Cyprus Stock Exchange closed its last trading day before the launch of the Common Trading Platform on high note, with the main index recording a new fresh closing high on a sharp jump in volume that reached CYP 19 mln. The Main/Parallel Index closed Wednesday up 1.32% at 3390.20 while the FTSE/20 ended up
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The Cyprus Stock Exchange announced that the Cyprus pound to euro conversion rate has been fixed at 0.5766 euros per CYP, which is the official mid-price of the pair as fixed on Wednesday 25 October. According to the ruling, the closing price of all shares and warrants trading on the CSE on October 25 have
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One-quarter of children in private schools  The number of Cypriot students abroad approached 20,000 in the academic year 2004/05, according to the latest education statistics from the Statistical Service, while almost one in four pupils/students are enrolled in private schools. The data are included in the annual report “Statistics of Education” for the school
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Το Διοικητικό ΣυμβοÏλιο της Λαϊκής ΤÏάπεζας με ανακοίνωση του ομόφωνα καταδικάζει και διαψεÏδει τις χθεσινÎÏ‚ δηλώσεις του κ. Κίκη ΛαζαÏίδη, ο οποίος τον πεÏασμÎνο ΙοÏλιο παÏαιτήθηκε από τη θÎση του Ï€ÏοÎδÏου της ΤÏάπεζας. Στην ανακοίνωση του το Διοικητικό ΣυμβοÏλιο της Λαϊκής ΤÏάπεζας αναφÎÏει ότι οι δηλώσεις ΛαζαÏίδη «Ï€Ïοφανώς Îγιναν για δημιουÏγία εντυπώσεων ,Ï€Ïιν από την Îκδοση
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Cyprus Trading Corporation Pcl (CTC) announced that the Ermes Department Stores Public Ltd public offer was successfully completed as the acceptance rate of the Public Offer reached 34.3%. The public offer concerned the offering of 82.4 mln shares to FWW shareholders at the price of 24 cent each. CTC said that 28.3 mln were sold
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The Cyprus Stock Exchange announced that it has received applications from 13 firms to offer Custodian services. The applicants are      1.     BNP Paribas Securities Services      2.     Citibank International Plc – Greece Branch      3.     EFG Eurobank Ergasias A.E.      4.     Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank AG (HVB AG)      5.     National Bank of Greece S.A.
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Inland Revenue Department (IRD) revenue for the period January – September 2006 advanced by 33.1% YoY to CYP 599.5 mln compared to CYP 450.2 mln in the same period a year ago on the back of better collection. The increased Inland Revenue receipts recorded for the period January-September 2006 underpins the Government’s increasing efficiency in
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Nokia announced the certification and availability of several Oracle mobile enterprise applications on its E61 and E62 devices. These applications include Oracle Mobile Field Service and Oracle’s Siebel Wireless. The certification enables mobile field service, field sales, and mobile professionals to use one device to access these critical business applications, as well as voice communications, while
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