Archive for 2011
For the not-so-serious drinker: Marshmallow vodka
Vodkas flavored with citrus and berry have been around for years and recently some newer brands have been trying to create buzz with unusual flavors.
But this holiday season, for the first time, the world’s largest vodka brand is trying …
Finance Minister reveals large foreign investment in Cyprus
Minister of Finance Kikis Kazamias revealed on Wednesday that a foreign investor is seriously interested in investing in a large project that would boost both the flagging construction industry and Cyprus` tourism sector.
Kazamias accompanied the foreign investor during a …
British teenage designer of Summly app hits jackpot
Most teenagers will find any reason under the sun not to do their homework.
But 16-year-old South Londoner Nick D’Aloisio’s excuse is better than most – he has been busy developing an app which has made international headlines and attracted …
Cyprus Airport charges slashed
NEW INCENTIVES for airlines to boost tourism, including a reduction in landing fees, could bring in an extra 400,000 visitors next year and increase revenue by €400 million, it was revealed yesterday.
The initiative also includes a plan to boost …
Greek PM Pledges 150,000 New Jobs in Early 2012
Greece’s interim coalition government pledged Wednesday to create 150,000 new jobs in the first quarter of 2012 and boost welfare programs, seeking to alleviate the effects of an acute financial crisis that has sent unemployment soaring amid a deep recession. …
Mother find murdered babysitter
Chatherine Wynter stabbing: Mother found babysitter’s body
Chatherine Wynter was found by her mother on Tuesday morning
A young woman who was killed while babysitting her three-year-old nephew and four-year-old niece was found dead by her mother, police said.
Chatherine …
Time change has Samoa losing a day
Today December 29, Samoa will move its time zone a day ahead by shifting the international dateline to the east, bringing it into line with neighboring New Zealand and Australia.
Samoa will not have December 30 this year due to …
New 14 year old Greek tennis star
Over in America, an Australian tennis prodigy is attempting to make history.
Socrates Leon Tsoronis may be a mouthful to say but it is a name that will soon be hard to forget. Tsoronis is ranked as the number one …
Eroglu – Republic of Cyprus should not have EU Presidency
Turkish Cypriot daily Bakis (27.12.11) reports that the Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has alleged that the discussion of all the chapters at the Cyprus talks has been concluded, that the negotiations have come to a point of give and …
