Revenue from tourism reached CYP117,7 mln in June 2006 compared to CYP113,3 mln in the corresponding month of the previous year, recording an increase of 3,8%, the Statistics Department said. For the period January – June 2006 revenue from tourism is estimated to CYP 387,1 mln compared to CYP 372,4 mln in the corresponding period
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The US embassy in Nicosia said that the last US government chartered flight for assisted departees from Lebanon who held a valid US passport of immigration/non-immigrant visa departed from Larnaca Airport Wednesday. ‘Of the more than 13,500 departees, which also included third-country family members of American citizens, less than 1% are still waiting for final
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A. Tsokkos Hotels Pcl (TSH) announced its intention to proceed with share buyback of up to 3 mln own shares at a maximum price of 18 cent per share for the period 2 –18 August 2006. Following the announcement, Egnatia Financial Services said that in the event that all shares arising from the share buyback
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Hellenic Bank Pcl (HB) issued a positive profit warning regarding its first half financial results, which are expected to show a significant improvement compared to the same period a year ago and also compared to the first quarter 2006 profits. The expected improvement is attributed to an increase in organic income achieved in 1H06 and
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The rate of inflation as measured by changes in the Consumer Price Index jumped 3.22% in July 2006 compared to July 2005, but on a monthly basis, the CPI edged lower, the Statistics Department announced. The Consumer Price Index for July 2006 decreased by 1,34 units or 1,30% to 101,53 units compared to 102,87 in
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President Tassos Papadopoulos is willing to meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, whenever there is an issue at hand to discuss with regard to the Cyprus problem, Foreign Minister George Lillikas said. “The government of Cyprus stands firm by its policy, that whenever there is an issue for discussion regarding the Cyprus problem,
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Belgium is using Cyprus’ facilities to transfer humanitarian aid to the tried region of Lebanon. Belgian Minister of Defence, Andre Flahaut, arrived in Cyprus and then boarded a military aircraft at the “Andreas Papandreou” military base in Paphos, heading to Beirut for the first humanitarian aid to be handed over to humanitarian organizations in Lebanon.
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