Cypriot House of Representatives President Demetris Christofias met on Monday morning in Damascus with Syrian President Bushar Al Assad, in the context of an official visit at the invitation of his Syrian counterpart Mahmoud Al Abrash. During the meeting, they discussed the situation in Cyprus and the Middle East, as well as bilateral relations.Christofias said
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The number of Cyprus residents travelling abroad during October reached 70.871 for a drop of 1.4% compared to 69.917 a year ago in the same month, the Statistical Service announced. During October 2006 there was an increase of 13.1% on the trips of residents to Greece (from 27,478 in October 2005 to 31,069 in October
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Logicom Pcl posted a strong set of 9M06 results with net profit surging 81% to CYP 2.6 mln or EUR 4.54 mln from CYP 1.5 mln in the same period a year ago and CYP 1.59 mln for the whole of 2005. The improvement in the Company’s profitability is mainly attributed to the increase in
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Bank of Piraeus S.A. is in consultation with foreign investment houses for the disposal of its 8.19% participation in the share capital of BOC through a private placement according to Greek press reports. As stated in the Bank of Piraeus conference call that followed the release of its 9M06 results in early November, the management
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Panda Software’s weekly report on viruses and intruders looks at three malicious codes: the Banker.FJI trojan and the Foamer.A and Spamta.NB worms. Banker.FJI is a trojan that displays false login screens when users visit the web pages of certain Brazilian banks, such as Banco do Brasil, Bradesco or Itau. When users enter their login details
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To ΣυμβοÏλιο του ΧÏηματιστηÏίου αποφάσισε τη μετάταξη των τίτλων της εταιÏείας «A.L. Prochoice Group Public Ltd» από την ΑγοÏά Ειδικής ΚατηγοÏίας στην Εναλλακτική ΑγοÏά του ΧÏηματιστηÏίου Ï€Ïος διαπÏαγμάτευση, όπως Ï€ÏοβλÎπεται από την ΠαÏάγÏαφο 2.2.5 της ΚΔΠ596/2005, που αφοÏά τις πεÏιπτώσεις επαναφοÏάς εκδότη από την ΑγοÏά Ειδικής ΚατηγοÏίας στην αγοÏά που ήταν Ï€ÏοηγουμÎνως, εφόσον Îχει
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Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja said that at this stage circumstances do not permit that an agreement could be reached during the Finnish Presidency of the EU on an effort to avert a crisis between the EU and Turkey, noting however that all parties have cooperated constructively with the presidency.In a press release,
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The Commission today called on all regulatory authorities and stakeholders in Europe to step up the fight against spam, spyware and malicious software. Despite existing EU legislation to outlaw spam in Europe, Europe continues to suffer from illegal online activities from inside the EU and from third countries, the Commission underlines in a new Communication.
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The introduction of the euro in Cyprus, planned to become legal tender from January 2008 provided Cyprus meets the economic criteria by June/July 2007 should not be seen as an important economic and financial event, but also as a possible solution that may help in efforts to solve the Cyprus problem. Antigoni Papadopoulou (DIKO MP)
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A critical month lies ahead for Turkey as it must show good conduct during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI a few days before the European Commission report on Ankara’s progress towards European Union accession. Turkey is also being tested on two other issues that could dash its hopes of joining the European club —
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