Archive for 2011
CYPRUS INFLATION UP OCTOBER
The rate of inflation in Cyprus for October 2011 rose to 3,2% compared to 2,5% in September 2011 and 3,2% in October 2010.
According to the Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus, the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices reached …
Trade Unions demand info from Eroglu on Cyprus negotiations
Eight trade unions in occupied Cyprus demand to be informed by Eroglu on the Cyprus negotiation process
Under the title “They asked from Eroglu to be briefed”, Turkish Cypriot daily Halkin Sesi (11.11.11) reports that eight trade unions in the …
Cyprus Tourism
Cyprus places great importance both on sustaining its current tourist markets as well as on reaching out to new ones, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Praxoula Antoniadou has said.
Speaking at a dinner hosted by Cyprus Tourism Organisation, in …
” Federation in Cyprus is unacceptable”
Under the above title, Turkish daily Hurriyet Daily News (07.11.11, online) reports that Huseyin Ozgurgun, so-called foreign minister of the breakaway regime, said that transforming the island of Cyprus into a federation was not an acceptable solution to the Cyprus …
Fanieros to remain in police custody until his trial
LARNACA businessman Antonis Fanieros will remain behind bars until December 2, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Fanieros’ lawyers had appealed a court decision decreeing that Fanieros, 67, remain in police custody until his trial commences. The Supreme Court yesterday rejected …
Sophie Habibis should be given another chance on X Factor
X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke praised the “lovely spirit” of fellow Islington singer Sophie Habibis and says she should get another chance after Frankie Cocozza was kicked off.
Alexandra was a guest judge when Sophie, 20, from Tufnell Park, was booted …
Free nursery places for 140,000
As many as 140,000 disadvantaged two-year-olds could have free nursery places under a scheme planned to be rolled out in England.
Plans to give 15 hours of free “early education” a week to all two-year-olds from poor homes were announced …
€400,000 worth of fake euro notes in Cyprus
AROUND €400,000 worth of fake euro notes has been imported into Cyprus through the European Union, police chief Michalis Papageorgiou said yesterday.
Police are looking for an individual in connection with importing the counterfeit notes and have already arrested four …
Peter Andre opens his first coffee store
Peter Andre made some vague threats about opening up a coffee shop back in May, but no one really took him seriously given that most of the stuff that comes out of his face can be dismissed as attention seeking.…
Profile of New Greece Prime Minister
Lucas Papademos, Greece’s technocrat new prime minister, is a former European Central Bank (ECB) vice-president who is seen as well placed to handle the debt crisis.
The 64-year-old is well known in Europe’s capitals.
As head of the Bank of …
