A Turkish Cypriot refugee will become the first person to move back to his home since the Turkish invasion of 1974, after the Republic of Cyprus government withdrew its appeal to the Supreme Court over the case. In a case which is unlikely to go down well among Greek Cypriots, the Greek Cypriot refugees who
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Confirmed in Bulgaria, Slovenia Doubts have been raised about whether there really was an outbreak of bird flu (avian influenza) in occupied northern Cyprus in January or whether there was a mix-up in the test samples, since the cause has not been found and no other outbreaks have been reported. A report published by experts
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In 2004, the balance on external trade in services for the EU25 recorded a surplus of EUR 42.8 bln, compared to EUR 37.0 bln in 2003. The EU exported EUr 363 bln of services to the rest of the world in 2004 and imported EUR 320 bln. That does not include exports by individual EU
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The government will not be led into moves that are superficial with regard to the Cyprus peace effort, President Tassos Papadopoulos said on Sunday, saying that those who question his sincere objective to find a negotiated settlement are either out of touch with reality or have been deceived. He also said that those who blatantly
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Euro-zone annual inflation is expected to be 2.4% in January 2006 according to a flash estimate issued by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. It was 2.2% in December 2005. Computation of flash estimates Euro-zone inflation is measured by the Monetary Union Index of Consumer Prices (MUICP). To compute the MUICP flash estimates,
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Heavy truck drivers plan to strike on Thursday in protest to the Licensing Authorities’ decision to issue type C licences to Turkish Cypriot truck drivers. Greek Cypriot truck drivers are angry at government plans to provide temporary professional licences to Turkish Cypriot lorry and bus drivers, legalising the circulation of Turkish Cypriot lorries and buses
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The Competition Commission slapped a total fine of CYP 100.000 on Bank of Cyprus, Laiki Bank and Hellenic Bank for breaching competition laws with regard to the placement of ATM machines The Competition Commission found that the banks had colluded to install ATMs at prearranged locations, thereby restricting the choices available to customers. The banks
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LTV is reported to have reached a deal with the Board of CyTA to manage the miVision platform from 2006 at a minimum fee of CYP 2.5 mln annually according to Simerini. The cooperation agreement provides that LTV and ALFA shall remain on Multichoice’s platform until 2010, while at the same time LTV and ALFA
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The government is confident that two of its proposed new marinas will be up and running in the next two years, Tourism Minister George Lillikas said during the CTO conference. Referring to the plans for a marina in Paphos, Lillikas said the deadline for submissions of applications for the competition had expired. He said he
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