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20-09-2018 12:52
Foreign trade statistics
January – June 2018The Statistical Service of Cyprus announces that it has published the monthly electronic publication “Intra-Extra EU Trade Statistics (by commodity and country)” for January - June 2018. It includes detailed quantity and value data on imports and exports of domestically produced goods and foreign goods, classified by the 6th digit commodity code and by partner country.The main developments in Cyprus foreign trade were:a. Total imports in January-June 2018 amounted to €4....
19-09-2018 18:24
Address by the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works Mrs Vassiliki Anastassiadou at the Ceremony for the establishment of the A. G. Leventis Chair in Archaeological Sciences at the Cyprus Institute
I am delighted to be with you here today for the ceremony celebrating the establishment of the A.G. Leventis Chair in Archaeological Sciences at The Cyprus Institute. It is with great pleasure that I accepted the invitation of the Institute’s President, Professor Costas Papanicolas, to address this important event. In my capacity as Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, I oversee the work of the Department of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus, which is responsible for the mana...
19-09-2018 12:01
EUR 1.5 billion 2.375% new 10-year benchmark due 25 September 2028
The Public Debt Management Office, Ministry of Finance, announces the following:THESE MATERIALS ARE NOT AN OFFER FOR SALE OF THE SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS DOES NOT INTEND TO REGISTER ANY PORTION OF THE OFFERING IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.The Republic ...
19-09-2018 12:01
Remarks by the Minister of Energy, Mr Y. Lakkotrypis, at the signing of the agreement between Cyprus and Egypt for the submarine natural gas pipeline
On the occasion of the signing of the Intergovernmental Agreement, between the Republic of Cyprus and the Arab Republic of Egypt, concerning a direct submarine natural gas pipeline, I welcome to Cyprus my good friend, Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Mr Tarek El Molla, as well as his associates. I also extend a warm welcome, on behalf of the Government of Cyprus, to the Head of the International Relations and Enlargement Unit, of the Directorate-General for Energy of the E...
19-09-2018 11:21
Completion of the 2018 excavations of the University of Catania at Pafos-Toumballos
The Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announces the completion of the 2018 excavations at Pafos-Toumballos. The excavations are conducted by the archaeological mission of the University of Catania, co-directed by Filippo and Elvia Giudice. The area under excavation is known as “Garrison’s Camp” and like last year, this year’s fieldwork concentrated on the southern part of the area, where a rocky bank (with an east–west direction) rises from ...
18-09-2018 19:27
Written statement by the Government Spokesman, Mr Prodromos Prodromou, on the issue of a ten-year bond
The issue of a ten-year bond of the Republic of Cyprus of €1.5 billion at an interest rate of 2.4% was completed with great success on Tuesday September 18, 2018.The great interest expressed on the ten-year bond of the Republic of Cyprus – notably as the issue was oversubscribed by almost four times – and the performance of our country, historically the most favorable, manifest the confidence of the international economic community on Cyprus’s economy, its prospects and the policies applied ...
18-09-2018 13:08
Presentation of credentials of the new Ambassador of Cyprus in the United States of America
The new Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States of America, Mr Marios Lyssiotis, presented on September 17 his credentials to the President of the United States of America, Mr Donald J. Trump.During the ceremony, Mr Lyssiotis conveyed the warm greetings of the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, to the American President.Referring to the high level of bilateral and multilateral relations and cooperation between Cyprus and the USA, Ambassador Lysioti...
18-09-2018 12:18
The President of the Republic leaves for Austria to take part in the informal European Council
The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, will leave tomorrow morning, September 19, 2018, for Salzburg, Austria, where he will take part in the Informal European Council to be held between 19 and 20 September.The European Council will address, among other, issues relating to Migration, Internal Security and Brexit.On the sidelines of the Council, President Anastasiades will participate in the European People’s Party summit in the afternoon of 19 September.The President will be...
18-09-2018 11:36
The President of the Republic received the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus
The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, received today Tuesday, 18th September 2018, at the Presidential Palace, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus, Ms Elizabeth Spehar.After the meeting Ms Spehar told reporters that “I was very pleased to spend some time with Mr Anastasiades ahead of his upcoming trip. As I usually do at this time of the year I like to touch base with both of the leaders before they go to the General Assembly where both Mr Anastasiades...
17-09-2018 13:05
Income and Living Conditions Survey 2017 - Poverty and social exclusion indicator
According to the results of the survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), 2017, with income reference period, year 2016, 25,2% of the population or 214.636 persons were at risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE indicator, one of the 9 headline indicators in the European Union’s strategy «Europe 2020»).Namely, 25,2% of the population was living in households whose disposable income was below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold or was living in severely material deprived households or w...
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