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07-06-2018 12:48
Consumer Price Index: May 2018
Inflation 1,3%In May 2018, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 1,09 units to 100,96 units compared to 99,87 units in April 2018. Compared to May 2017, the CPI is increased by 1,3% while for the period January - May 2018, the CPI is decreased by 0,1% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. (Table 1)In the twelve-month period from May 2017 to June 2018, in comparison to the period from May 2016 to June 2017, the annual average rate of change of the CPI was -0,1%. Th...
07-06-2018 12:28
The President of the Republic sent a congratulatory message to the new Prime Minister of Spain
The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, sent a congratulatory message to the new Prime Minister of Spain Mr. Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón.In his message President Anastasiades stated the following:“I would like to warmly congratulate you for your appointment as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Spain and to convey my best wishes for every success in the accomplishment of your high office.I would like to assure you that I very much look forward to working closely with you in or...
07-06-2018 12:23
The President of the Republic sent a congratulatory messageto the new Prime Minister of Italy
The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, sent a congratulatory message to the new Prime Minister of Italy, Mr Giuseppe Conte.In his message President Anastasiades stated the following:“I would like to congratulate you on the assumption of your high duties as President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic and express our keenness to nurture the existing excellent relations between our two countries.Our bilateral relations acquired a new mutually beneficial impet...
06-06-2018 16:59
General Assembly elects President of its Session – Permanent Representative of Cyprus elected Vice President of the General Assembly
The General Assembly elected today, Ms María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés of Ecuador as President of its 73rd session. The General Assembly also elected the Permanent Representative of Cyprus, Ambassador Kornelios Korneliou to the post of Vice President of the Assembly.Ms Espinosa Garcés is the fourth woman to helm the 193-member organ in its more than seven-decades-long history. Ms Espinosa, a former Minister for National Defence, received 128 votes, surpassing the required simple majority of 9...
06-06-2018 12:49
The Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the Netherlands inaugurates the exhibition “Where have you been?” by Toula Liasi
The Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the Netherlands, Mr Elpidoforos Economou, inaugurated the exhibition “Where have you been?” in The Hague, on Saturday, June 2, 2018. The exhibition by Cypriot artist Ms Toula Liasi is dedicated to the missing persons in Cyprus and is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus.At the inauguration, Ambassador Economou delivered a speech on behalf of Presidential Commissioner Mr Pho...
05-06-2018 21:33
Address by the President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, on the occasion of the 242nd Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America
It is both an honour and a pleasure to be here with you today on the occasion of the 242nd Anniversary of the Independence Day of the United States of America.When Thomas Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 historic events unfolded, not only as regards the future evolution of the United States, but also for other nations which were inspired by the pursuit of independence and freedom. Further, and equally important, the Declarat...
05-06-2018 12:23
Registered unemployed: May 2018
The unemployed persons, registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of May 2018, reached 22.839 persons. Based on the seasonally adjusted data that show the trend of unemployment, the number of registered unemployed for May 2018 decreased to 27.268 persons in comparison to 27.742 in the previous month. (Table 1)In comparison with May 2017, a decrease of 7.083 persons or 23,7% was recorded which was mainly observed in the sectors of trade (a decrease of 1.262 unemployed persons)...
04-06-2018 13:37
EU Ministers of Agriculture discuss CAP after 2020 - Costas Kadis departed for Sofia
Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Mr Costas Kadis, departed for Sofia to participate in the Informal Agriculture and Fisheries Council. The Informal Council is part of the program of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU and will take place in the National Palace of Culture on 5 June 2018, in Sofia.The focus of the Ministers of Agriculture from the EU member states will be the Common Agricultural Policy after 2020 and attracting new generation of farmers...
03-06-2018 09:38
Address by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, at the 13th Cyprus-Russian Festival
It is a great pleasure to yet again address the official opening ceremony of the 13th Cyprus – Russian Festival. A festival through which, by sharing our exceptional rich culture and traditions and in celebrating our well-established and genuine friendship, we pay tribute to the powerful links that bind our two countries.To this end, allow me to extend my sincere appreciation to the organisers of the Festival: the Russian newspaper VESTNIK KIPRA, the Limassol Municipality and the Russian Emb...
02-06-2018 18:00
Address by the Presidential Commissioner, Mr Photis Photiou, at the opening of the exhibition “Where Have You Been?”, dedicated to the Missing Persons in Cyprus
First of all, I would like to extent my warmest congratulations to Toula Liasi for her art project: “Where Have You Been?”, dedicated to all the missing persons in Cyprus.Ι am confident that Toula has once again devised ways to bring to the fore through the power of her art all the dimensions of the most dramatic aspect of the recent history of Cyprus: the tragedy of the missing Cypriots that has been plaguing the island and its inhabitants since the coup and the Turkish invasion in 1974.M...
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