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14-02-2018 13:45
8th NEMITSAS Prize 2018
The Board of Directors of the “Takis & Louki Nemitsas Foundation” announces that the NEMITSAS Prize 2018 will be awarded in COMPUTER SCIENCE.The Prize will be awarded by The President of the Republic of Cyprus, at the Presidential Palace, in early October 2018 (the precise date will be announced later).Applications or Nominations will be accepted from 1st April 2018 through 30th April 2018. Electronic submission (via e-mail) is preferred at foundation@nemitsas.org. A typed A4 letter is ...
14-02-2018 13:41
Curriculum vitae of the Minister of Defence, Mr Savvas Angelides
Mr Savvas Angelides was born on 26 January 1974 in Nicosia. He is married to Ms Maria Charalambous Angelides and they have two children, Andreas and Melina.He is a graduate of the Archiepiskopos Makarios III Dasoupolis Lyceum. On 1991 he joined the Army of the Republic of Cyprus as Reserve Officer Second Lieutenant (Infantry). He studied Law in England, graduating on 1996 from the University of Birmingham (Bachelor of Law-LLB). He attended the Gray's Inn-Bar Vocational Course and holds the t...
14-02-2018 10:34
Curriculum vitae of the Minister of Health, Mr Constantinos Ioannou
Constantinos Ioannou was born on the 24th of March 1969.He graduated in 1987 from the English School in Lefkosia and studied at the Manchester School of Management, UK where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in Accounting and Marketing.He completed his Postgraduate studies following a Fulbright scholarship for a Master’s degree from the School of Hotel Management, SC Johnson Business School from Cornell University, in USA.He is a founding partner and member of the Board of Directors in an or...
14-02-2018 10:25
Curriculum vitae of the Director of the President’s Office, Mr Petros Demetriou
Mr Demetriou was born on 18 April, 1985 in Larnaka, whilst since 1989 he has lived in Lemesos. His parents are Filippos Demetriou and Anna Kostrikki, while Constandinos and Florendia are his siblings.He graduated from Lykeio Agiou Nikolaou with a major in Pure Sciences. He was the president of the student council in the school year 2013 – 2014.He graduated from the University of Cyprus in July 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in Political Sciences. He earned a master’s degree in Political and ...
14-02-2018 10:18
Curriculum vitae of the newly-appointed Deputy Minister of of Shipping, Ms Natasa Pilidou
Natasa Pilides is the Director General of the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency since April 2016, responsible for the design and implementation of the Organisation’s strategy in close collaboration with the Board of Directors and the Cyprus government.She graduated from Oxford University with a first-class honours degree with distinction in Modern Languages and Literature (French and Italian). She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) and a membe...
14-02-2018 10:15
Curriculum vitae of the newly-appointed Minister of Education and Culture, Μr Kostas Champiaouris
Kostas Champiaouris assumed office as Minister of Education and Culture on March 1, 2018.He was born in the village of Emba, in the district of Pafos, in 1963. He graduated from the 9th Gymnasium of Limassol and later served in the Cyprus National Guard.He studied at the Pedagogical Academy of Cyprus and at the Pedagogical Department of Primary Education of the University of Athens. Mr Champiaouris received an MA in Teaching Mathematics from the University of Cyprus and an MA in Education f...
14-02-2018 10:04
Curriculum Vitae of the newly-appointed Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Mr Yiorgos Lakkotrypis
Yiorgos Lakkotrypis was born in Nicosia on May 30th 1970.He is a graduate of the English School, Nicosia and has studied Mathematics and Computer Science (BSc) at the University of Keele in the UK (1988-1991). He completed his postgraduate studies in Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Colorado in the USA, on a Fulbright scholarship (1993-1995).In 1991 he joined Joannou & Paraskevaides, assigned to oversee the IT systems at the company’s branch in Benghazi, Libya. In 1995...
14-02-2018 10:03
UNSG’s Deputy Spokesman replied to a question by the Press on Cyprus
During yesterday’s (13/2/2018) regular press briefing at UN headquarters in New York, the Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Mr Stéphane Dujarric, replied to questions with regards to Turkey’s illegal actions in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus.The text reads as follows:"Question: Stéphane, I’m sure you know what happened on Friday in the Mediterranean Sea. Once again Turkey showed its ugly side and stopped the drilling by the Italian Company ENI in the Exclusive Economic Zone of ...
13-02-2018 14:48
Curriculum vitae of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Nikos Christodoulides
Nikos Christodoulides was born on 6 December 1973 in Pafos.He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Economics, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies from City University of New York, Queens College, with postgraduate studies in Political Science at New York University and Diplomatic Studies at the University of Malta. He holds a doctorate from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Athens.He was a career diplomat between 1999 and 2013. Durin...
13-02-2018 14:31
The new composition of the Council of Ministers
The Deputy Government Spokesman, Mr Viktoras Papadopoulos, announced yesterday the new Council of Ministers as follows:Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Nikos Christodoulides Minister of Finance, Mr Harris Georgiades Minister of Interior, Mr Constantinos Petrides Minister of Defence, Mr Savvas Aggelides Minister of Education and Culture, Mr Costas Hampiaouris Minister of Transport, Communication and Works, Mrs Vasiliki Anastasiadou Minister of Energy, Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Mr Yiorgos...
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