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26-04-2018 09:17
Statement by the Ambassador Kornelios Korneliou at the UN High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace, in New York
The Republic of Cyprus was represented on April 25, 2018, by the Permanent Representative Ambassador Kornelios Korneliou at the High-Level Meeting on “Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace” which took place at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York, on 24-25 of April 2018.In his intervention, Mr. Korneliou reiterated that the ‘sustaining peace’ agenda is part of a wider response to the urgent need to strengthen the coherence of the UN system aiming at addressing the root causes of conflic...
25-04-2018 17:48
Τhe Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs participates on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus to the second Brussels Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region”
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Minas Hadjimichael participates on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus, at the second Brussels Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region”, which takes place today in Brussels. The EU and the UN co-chair the Conference with the goal of mobilizing humanitarian assistance within Syria, but also in host communities in neighbouring countries, such as Jordan and Lebanon. It also aims to garner political support...
23-04-2018 18:17
Participation of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the 2nd Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region Conference
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Minas A Hadjimichael, will travel to Brussels on Tuesday, April 24, to represent the Republic of Cyprus in the 2nd "Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region" Conference, which takes place on 24-25 April 2018.The Conference is jointly organized by the United Nations and the European Union, with a view to securing additional grants and loans to tackle the humanitarian consequences of the Syrian crisis, through, inter...
23-04-2018 17:12
The Lefkara Laces exhibition presented in New York
On Thursday, April 19, 2018, the Japanese Club Nippon, in cooperation with the Consulate General of Cyprus in New York, successfully organized the exhibition “Lefkaritika Laces: From Cyprus, a beautiful island county in the Mediterranean.” The Consul General of the Republic of Cyprus in New York, Ambassador Vassilios Philippou, inaugurated the exhibition, that exposed more than 50 Lefkara laces.In his opening remarks, the Consul General of Japan, Ambassador Reiichiro Takahashi, expressed hi...
23-04-2018 12:42
Foreign Trade Statistics for January 2018
The Statistical Service of Cyprus announces that it has published the monthly electronic publication “Intra-Extra EU Trade Statistics by commodity and country” for January 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 2018 amounted to €616,4 mn as compared to €633,6 mn i...
20-04-2018 20:12
Reference on Cyprus - Paragraph 48 of the Joint Communiqué of the CHOGM 2018
Heads expressed their full and enduring support for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and unity of the Republic of Cyprus. They reiterated their support for the resumption of negotiations, under the auspices of the United Nations Secretary General’s Good Offices Mission, for a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem based on the United Nations Charter and United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Cyprus. Heads called for the implementation of relevant United Nat...
20-04-2018 16:27
Intervention by the President of the Republic Mr Nicos Anastasiades at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, in London
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of you for your long-standing support to our efforts for a just and viable settlement of the Cyprus problem, and also for the inclusion of a paragraph on this issue in the CHOGM Final Communiqué. It is extremely important for us that the Commonwealth remains seized of this matter and continues to publicly express its solidarity to the Republic of Cyprus in its quest for reunification and lasting peace. Of particular importance these days i...
20-04-2018 12:15
Announcement on the dust in the atmosphere of Cyprus
The Department of Labour Inspection of the Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance, announces that today, 20th of April 2018 at 11:00 the hourly concentration of respirable particles in ambient air with diameter less than 10 micrometers (PM10), were between the maximum value of 84 μg/m3 and minimum value of 51 μg/m3 (micrograms per cubic meter). Consequently it is expected that the average 24hour concentration will exceed the corresponding limit value of 50 μg/m3 as defined by the re...
19-04-2018 15:01
Announcement on the dust in the atmosphere of Cyprus
The Department of Labour Inspection of the Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance, announces that today, 19th of April 2018 at 14:00 the hourly concentration of respirable particles in ambient air with diameter less than 10 micrometers (PM10), were between the maximum value of 134 μg/m3 and minimum value of 46 μg/m3 (micrograms per cubic meter). Consequently it is expected that the average 24hour concentration will exceed the corresponding limit value of 50 μg/m3 as defined by the r...
19-04-2018 14:32
The President of the Republic offers condolences on the passing of Barbara Bush, former First Lady of the USA
The President of the Republic, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, sent a message of condolence to former US Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush on the passing of the former First Lady of the United States of America Barbara Bush, wife and mother of the two former US leaders respectively.In his message, the President of the Republic said that "It is with deep sorrow that I received the news about the passing of Barbara Bush, former First Lady of the United States of America.We will always re...
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