Cyprus

Jobs and Growth: Can't Have One Without the Other?

Min Zhu | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, Jobs, Spain, United States, Italy, Cyprus, Iceland, Ilo, Unemployment, Greece, International Labor Organization, Economic Crisis, Imf, Economic Growth, Business News

The news on the jobs front, unfortunately, remains grim. Why isn't the jobs picture better? Quite simply, it's because the growth picture isn't very good.

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Island Nation Downgrade To Junk

AP | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Video, Eurozone, Central Bank, Cyprus Finance Ministry, European Union, Credit Rating Agencies, Standard & Poor's, Cyprus, Greek Debt Crisis, Ba1, Europe Bailout, Moody's, Business News

NICOSIA, Cyprus — International credit ratings agency Moody's downgraded euro member Cyprus to junk status Tuesday on heightened concerns over i...

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Gambling Charges Dropped Against 98-Year-Old Woman

AP | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Gambling, Gambling Charges Dropped Cyprus, Video, Weird Cyprus, Poker, Illegal Gambling, Cyprus, Eftychia Yiasemidou, Gambling Charges Cyprus, Weird News News

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Cyprus' attorney general has dropped gambling charges against about 40 elderly women, including a 98-year-old, whose weekly poker-a...

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Poker Party Over: 40 Elderly Ladies Face Gambling Charge

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Cyprus Poker Party, Cyprus Elderly Ladies Gambling, Cyprus Gambling, Cyprus, Cyprus Elderly Gambling, Cyprus Gambling Charges, Yioula Diakonti, World News

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The daughter of a 98-year-old woman says her mother is among some 40 elderly ladies ordered to appear in a Cyprus court later ...

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Unraveling the Mushroom Theory in Cyprus

Marina Theodotou | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Generation X, Political Divisions, Greek Cypriot, Cyprus, Generation Y, Generation Gap, World News

It seems that the various local politicians are holding self-built compasses wrought with personal dogmas, unreliable and rusty and they are guiding the emotionally charged masses to nowhere... perhaps a bit like the emotionally and strategically blind leading the blind?

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Eurozone Unemployment Hit Record High Last Year

AP | PAN PYLAS | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Layoffs, European Debt Crisis, Eurozone, Video, Unemployment, Greece, Eurostat, European Union, Spain, Cyprus, Austerity Measures, Business News

LONDON — Unemployment across the 17 countries that use the euro ended 2011 at a record high, official figures showed Tuesday, a day after EU lea...

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Russia Ships Arms to Syria in Violation of Arms Embargoes

Louis Belanger | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Russia, Syria, Arms Trade, Cyprus, Arms, Att, Arms Trade Treaty, World News

It is deeply regrettable that two countries would seek to arm the government of Syria while it is virtually waging war on its own people, sending tanks and troops into cities to kill innocent civilians. However, this is something we see time and again.

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France To Pursue Budget Reforms Following Downgrade

AP | By ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Eurozone, France, Eurozone Crisis, Standard & Poor's, France Budget, Cyprus, Nicolas Sarkozy, France Downgrade, European Debt Crisis, Austria, Germany, Francois Fillon, Angela Merkel, Europe, Portugal, French Government, Video, Business News

PARIS -- France's prime minister said Saturday his country will push ahead with cost-cutting measures after its top-tier debt rating was downgraded, a...

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Russian Ship Carrying Syria-Bound Weapons Stopped In Cyprus

AP | MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Russia Syria, Russia, Syria Weapons Russia Ship, Syria Weapons, Westberg Ltd, Syria Uprising, Limassol, Cyprus, Syria, Russia Ship Syria Weapons, Syria Conflict, World News

NICOSIA, Cyprus — A Russian ship that made an unscheduled stop in Cyprus while carrying tons of arms to Syria was technically violating an EU em...

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Cyprus at a Dead End

Yavuz Baydar | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Nikos Rolandis, Dimitris-Christofias, European Union, Cyprus, Greece, Tukey, Republic of Cyprus, United Nations, Turkey Cyprus Settlement, World News

The issue of Cyprus is nothing other than a tool to keep Turkey out of the EU. Christofias is afraid but clever: He plays it gladly, by creating a new balance between the EU and (his old ally) Russia.

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Revealing Aphrodite: The Journey #2

Stavros Papageorghiou | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Archaeoastronomy, Women, Stavros Papageorghiou, Entelechy Film, Cyprus, Aphrodite of Cyprus, Adonis, Archaeology, Osiris, Amathus, Apollo Hylates, Documentary, Geodesy, Entelechy, Entelechy Documentary, Pausanias, Culture News

In 1991 and 1992, a team of six topographers was called in to verify the alignment of the sanctuary of Apollo Hylates with the position of the sun at midday on the summer solstice.

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Revealing Aphrodite: The Journey

Stavros Papageorghiou | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Archaeoastronomy, Apollo Hylates, Geodesy, Documentary, Cyprus, Archaeology, Entelechy, Amathus, Entelechy Film, Entelechy Documentary, Aphrodite of Cyprus, Culture News

Everything happens for a reason. My acquaintance with Cypriot artist, lover of antiquity and researcher Goris Gregoriades opened before me a whole new world.

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Cyprus President Defends Offshore Gas Rig

AP | By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Energy, Noble Energy, Video, Turkey, Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias, Turkey-Cyprus Drilling Dispute, Cyprus Offshore Drilling, Environment, Cyprus, Turkey Offshore Drilling, Cyprus Offshore Gas Rig, Turkey Offshore Gas Rig, World News

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Cyprus' president visited a gas drilling rig off his country on Monday and defended its right to conduct such exploration, despite ...

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Zorba - Less Dancing, More Work

Eric Margolis | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: European Banks, Greece, MF Global, Greece Debt Crisis, Italy, Drachma, Cyprus, Euro, Silvio Berlusconi, George Papandreou, World News

Why should 330 million Europeans face a financial and likely political meltdown for the sake of 11 million profligate Greeks? They should not.

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Despite Fallout With Turkey, Israel Forms Strategic Alliance With Greece and Cyprus

Sigurd Neubauer | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Lebanon, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Benjamin Netanyahu, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria, Greek-Israeli Military, PM Netanyahu, Emil Boc, Arab Spring, Israel Alliance, World News

Improved relations with Athens and Nicosia should be considered a victory for Netanyahu, but it's unclear whether an alliance with Cyprus and the Balkan states can substitute for Israel's former partnership with Turkey.

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Turkish Ship Begins Cyprus Oil, Gas Exploration

AP | By SELCAN HACAOGLU and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Energy, Koca Piri Reis, Greek Cypriot South, Gas, Turkey, Oil Drilling, Gas Drilling, Oil, European Union, Turkish Cypriot North, Cyprus, World News

ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey is using its navy and air force to escort a ship conducting oil and gas exploration off Cyprus, an official said Tuesday, in ...

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Exploratory Gas Drilling To Begin In Cyprus

AP | By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Hydrocarbons, Cyprus Gas Drilling, Dimitris Christofias, Noble Energy, Turkey, Solon Kassinis, Delek, Cyprus Drilling, Gas Drilling, European Union, Egemen Bagis, Cyprus, Israel, Green News

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- U.S. firm Noble Energy will soon begin exploratory drilling to confirm oil and gas deposits beneath the sea bed off Cyprus' souther...

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Neighborhood Bulling in Turkey -- Cyprus Conflict

Haggai Carmon | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Erdogan, Exploration, Turkey, Gas, Conflict, Oil, Cyprus, Noble Engergy, Israel, Kktc, World News

Turkish EU Minister Egemen Bağış has threatened that if the Republic of Cyprus enters claimed Turkish terrestrial waters during their oil exploration efforts in the Mediterranean, Turkey will not hesitate to deploy war ships.

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Massive Blast At Cypriot Naval Kills 12

AP | MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Cypriot Naval Base Explosion, Evangelos Florakis Naval Base, Mediterranean, Costas Papacostas, Mediterranean Sea, Petros Tsalikides, Cyprus, Cypriot Navy, World News

MARI, Cyprus — Dozens of containers of gunpowder seized years ago from an Iranian cargo ship exploded on Cyprus' main naval base Monday in a mas...

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Wyoming House Acts As Business Haven For 2,000 Companies

Posted 08.28.2011

CHEYENNE, ATLANTA (Kelly Carr and Brian Grow) - The secretive business havens of Cyprus and the Cayman Islands face a potent rival: Cheyenne, Wyom...

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Men Found Guilty In Theft Of Former President's Corpse

AP | By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Tassos Papadopoulos Corpse Stolen, Cyprus, Grave Robbery, Tassos Papadopoulos Corpse, Tassos Papadopoulos, Nicosia Cemetery, Corpse, World News

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- A jailed Cypriot murderer ordered his brother to dig up the corpse of the island's former president and hide it so he could negotia...

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Astoria Characters: The Sewing-Machine Savior

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sakis Karagiannakis, Nancy Ruhling, Astoria, Motorcycle, Dry Cleaning, Parsons the New School of Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, Astoria Characters, Singer Sewing Machine, Cyprus, SK Sewing Machine Service, Greece, Bicycle, Larissa, New York News

Eleven. That's the number that forever altered Sakis Karagiannakis' life. That's how old he was when his father died, paving the way for his becoming the prime provider for his mother and two sisters.

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Turkish Cypriots Voice is Heard Loudly, Even if Turkey Wants to Close its Ears

Thanos Dimadis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greek Cypriot, Turkey, Greece, Erdogan, European Union, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Government, Cyprus, World News

In one of his recent statements, the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, referring to the Cyprus problem, once again insisted on denying real...

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Cyprus: Tales of Aphrodite

Bob Schulman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard the Lionheart, Travel to Cypus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Larnaka, Limassol, Greece, Greek, Turkish, Cyprus, Travel News

Legends say this is the spot where the Greek goddess came to freshen up after running around with her many boyfriends. The waters are believed to have magical properties.

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On Human Rights Day, Remember Cyprus

Kathryn Cameron Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Un Declaration of Human Rights, Human Rights Day Un, Cyprus, Human Rights Day, December 10, Human Rights Day Cyprus, World News

As we honor Human Rights Day, it is important to remember that the best solution for Cyprus is to restore and safeguard the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Cypriots.

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