Microsoft has confirmed plans to release an MP3 player on the market. The hardware and software packages will all be launched under the brand name Zune. Microsoft said in a statement that “Today we confirmed a new music and entertainment project called Zune. Under the Zune brand, we will deliver a family of hardware and
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice thanked Cyprus Monday for the “remarkable cooperation” in evacuating US citizens from war-torn Lebanon. She met Cypriot Foreign Minister George Lillikas briefly at Larnaca airport, before heading to Lebanon on board a US military helicopter for talks with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. According to a US embassy announcement
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Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos said Saturday that he expected foreign states to do more to assist with the evacuations from war-torn neighbouring Lebanon and called on the European Union to help. Speaking during a visit to review volunteer services and talk to evacuees at Larnaca port, Papadopoulos appealed for planes and coordination to transfer the
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Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos responded on Thursday to statements by the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey was always one step ahead of Cyprus. Speaking after a memorial at Makedonitissa Tomb in Nicosia for those who were killed during the 1974 Turkish invasion of the island, which began on July 20, 1974, Papadopoulos
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Ships continue to dock in Cyprus ports, bringing citizens of various nationalities who are fleeing Lebanon. Cruise ship «Orient Queen», hired by the United States, docked in Limassol port at around 8 this morning local time with approximately 1000 people on board. Royal Navy HMS Bulwark also docked this morning in Limassol port, with 1300
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Limassol, Larnaca boom The construction industry is alive and kicking in as witnessed by the building permits figures for January to April. Building permits authorised in this period surged by 9.3% year on year in Jan-Apr to 3,293, compared with 3,014 in the same period of 2005. In April alone, building permits rose by an
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