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 LATEST HAPPENINGS in PAPHOS and CYPRUS    

WEEK OF May 25 THROUGH May 31st 2009
☼ The Cyprus health ministry has confirmed a new suspected case of swine flu is being looked into.
☼ The 21st Historic Car Rally kicks off this Sunday in Cyprus. The route is planned to cover a distance of approximately 600 km and starts in Nicosia.
☼ Minister of Finance Charilaos Stavrakis said that the Cypriot economy copes relatively well with the current financial crisis and the economic recession, despite an unavoidable deceleration in its rate of growth, resulting from the particularly adverse external environment
☼ Cyprus residents are hoping that the heavy rain which fell across the island during the winter months will mean fewer water cuts this summer.

WEEK OF May 18 THROUGH May 24th 2009

 
☼ Local singer Simon Barter is hoping to raise over €2000 for The Teddy Loving Care Appeal which provides Teddy Bears to distressed children in Larnaca and Paralimni Accident and Emergency Units .His hair will change colour weekly for the next month, ending with a grand headshave!...Good Luck!
☼ Greece confirmed its first case of H1N1 flu in a student who returned from the United States tested positive.
☼ Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis says he remains optimistic about the Cyprus economy, insisting that his aim to draw €1billion from investors to the island will be met.
☼ Cyprus’ teams, athletes as well as organizers of the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe CYPRUS continue preparations in earnest for the Games, to be held in Cyprus next month.
☼ Cypriot pop star Peter Andre will return to the UK this week for "showdown talks" with wife Katie Price over their stricken marriage.

WEEK OF May 11 THROUGH May 17th 2009

 
☼ Cyprus failed to pass the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest last night to determine another ten countries of the 25 finalists to compete on Saturday night.
☼ Cyprus has agreed to cooperate with China on a new plan to boost tourism and increase the number of Chinese visitors to the island.
☼ President Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat meet  in the framework of the UN-led direct negotiations, currently underway with a view to reach a negotiated settlement.
☼ Commerce Minister Antonis Paschalides has listed "traditional Cypriot hospitality" and a "stable banking system" as selling points to foreign businesses wishing to invest in Cyprus
☼ Cypriot pop star Peter Andre�s older brothers were trying to perk up the distraught singer last night after he fled to his bolthole in Cyprus, reports the Sun. The star arrived just two days after announcing he had split from wife Katie Price.
☼The second semi-final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest will be held  in Moscow, with 19 countries singing for the last ten spots. Cyprus star Christina Mexta will be the seventh artist performing at the event.
You can vote for your favourite song up to 20 times.
                

WEEK OF May 4 THROUGH May 10th 2009

           

☼Alice Cooper will play a one-night gig in Limassol on the 12th July. Cooper's career spans more than four decades and boats a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and baby dolls. For ticket info call: 77772939
☼ Cyprus will take part in a series of events to celebrate Europe Day on Saturday May 9, with live music and traditional and contemporary dances, filling the streets of the island's capital Nicosia.
☼ The Chairman of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Paul Badji, has commended Cyprus for being chosen to host the UN International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace.
☼ Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat yesterday agreed to intensify talks aimed at a settlement of the Cyprus issue, during their 27th round of negotiations since last September.

WEEK OF April 27 THROUGH May 3rd,  2009

 
☼ A new photography exhibition dedicated to the fenced-off town of Famagusta has opened at the European Parliament in Brussels. The return of the "ghost town" could be a confidence-building measure in efforts to solve the Cyprus problem, and reiterated his proposal for a team of EU experts to visit the town in order to record the possibilities of a future reconstruction.
☼ The Cyprus government has produced an "action plan" to help prevent swine flu reaching the island and to cope with the threat of a possible flu epidemic. An official announcement, issued after a meeting of officials in Nicosia yesterday said it had been decided to issue a daily bulletin at 2pm each day, which will provide an update on the flu situation.
☼ A new deal between Cyprus and the Czech Republic to avoid double taxation will boost investment in the island, Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis said yesterday.
☼ Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis has said that a recession of the Cyprus economy is highly unlikely, though much will depend of the progress of the economy in the rest of the world.
☼ TWO major environmental awareness campaigns planned for next month aim to stop littering and encourage tourist establishments to implement waste management solutions. The Troodos Cleaning Campaign will take place on May 10 as a joint effort between the Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI), the University of Nicosia, the Travel foundation, the CTO, Thomas Cook and other travel stakeholders to raise awareness over uncontrolled and unsightly rubbish dumping.
☼ The Ministry of Health is in continuous contact with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Commission and the World Health Organisation, following the swine influenza outbreak in Mexico and the US and is promoting proper prevention measures.

WEEK OF April 20 THROUGH April 26th, 2009

 
☼ THE MAYOR of Paphos, Savvas Vergas, performed the civil wedding ceremony of the mayor of Sefton, Paul Tweed, at Paphos town hall.
☼ THE GREENS yesterday voiced their concern over the phenomenon of animal abandonment, with many abandoned puppies discovered in streets, fields and areas all over Cyprus following the Easter holidays.
☼ A TOTAL of 33 polling stations will be set up in 25 towns in different countries for Cypriot nationals to vote in the June 6 European Parliament elections.
☼ Turkish Cypriot nationalists have won the election in northern Cyprus that could hamper efforts to reunite the island.
☼ THE GOVERNMENT is preparing to launch a “love offensive” after Easter to attract further investment to Cyprus, the country’s double taxation agreement with Russia and the pledge by the latter to remove Cyprus from its tax “black list” as a “most positive development”
☼ With the easter break behind us its business as usual as most return back to work , while some extending their holiday a day or two .

WEEK OF April 13 THROUGH April 19th, 2009

 
☼ Paphos councillor Polis Polydorou confirmed that the newly upgraded seafront road would be open to traffic throughout the year, with specified restrictions in place between the months of June to September. During this four month period traffic will be able to use the road until 6pm when it will be closed to vehicles until 3AM the following morning. In addition, the area will be closed to traffic on Sundays throughout the year.
☼  DOMESTIC water cuts will be reduced by 15 per cent, while farmers and animal grazers will be given 20 million cubic metres.
☼ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs οf Cyprus calls on all Cypriots wishing to visit Thailand to postpone their journey due to the tense situation prevailing in the country.
☼ Cyprus Airways is to increase flights to Dubai in the summer season to three times a week.
☼ THE STATE yesterday handed out another €90 million, this time in benefits for pensioners in the form of a one-off Easter bonus across the board and pension increases for those below the poverty line.

WEEK OF April 6 THROUGH April 12th, 2009

 
☼ Cyprus will inject an additional liquidity of 1 billion euro in the banking system in a bid to stimulate the decline of interest rates and to refinance expiring public dept.
☼ Cyprus President Demetris Christofias said that a convergence of views has been achieved on many issues regarding European Union matters, in the context of the ongoing UN-led direct negotiations, while at the same time there are basic issues which are still open.
☼ Extra police patrols will be on the roads of Cyprus each day as part of a campaign to keep them fatality-free this Easter.
☼ Cyprus has the second lowest unemployment rate in Europe
☼ The concert for piano ``The three gates of Nicosia`` and the photograph exhibition ``Nicosia - The wall`` opened a series of events called ``Cyprus Spring`` on April 3 at the Gasteig Centre in Munich.
☼ President Christofias has arrived in Prague where he will participate to the EU – USA Summit.
☼Greek and Turkish Cyptiots joined an anti-NATO demonstratrion yesterday at the Dhekelia British base, demanding the dissolution of NATO.
☼ Lovely weather experienced throughout Cyprus recently , reminding us summer is on its way.

WEEK OF March 30 THROUGH April 5th, 2009
 
☼ Head of the European Parliament's Office in Cyprus Tasos Georgiou has urged Cypriots to participate in the upcoming European Elections and elect the MEPs who can represent them best.
☼ Russia secured the first position at the Cyprus Grand Prix 2009 in trap, skeet and double trap, which took place at the Limassol International Shooting Range.
☼ A team of American doctors from the Shriners Hospital in Massachussets are in Cyprus to examine children and young people facing chronic orthopedic problems.
☼ Minister of Finance Charilaos Stavrakis said President Christofias, the government and the ministers were doing much to limit the consequences of the global financial crisis, noting that figures spoke for themselves.

WEEK OF March 23 THROUGH March 29th, 2009
 
☼ Cyprus water Dams are over 25% of capacity.
☼ Government of Cyprus is to spend €65 million to ensure that it meets EU guidelines on fuel storage this year
☼ The Central Bank of Cyprus board will review its mandate, agreeing to improve the corporate governance system within the institution
☼  There are 400 Cypriot students studying in the Czech republic where bilateral trade with Cyprus reached 47 million
☼ The Cyprus annual inflation rate decreased to 0.6% in February of this year, compared with 0.9% for January
☼ Frenchman Sebastien Loeb won his 50th victory in the World Rally Championship (WRC) in Cyprus last week
☼ Cyprus's revenues from tourism fell 10.8 percent in February year-on-year
☼ U.K internet property searches overseas show Cyprus at 3.41% of overall searches behind Spain, Greece, Turkey, Portugal and Bulgaria


WEEK OF March 16th THROUGH March 22nd, 2009
 
☼ The webmaster of this site will enter a seo contest featuring key word "sulumits retsambew" stay tuned for more information.
☼ Rector of the University of Cyprus, Professor Stavros Zenios said the number of students reached 6.000 in 2009, compared to 5.600 in 2008 and 5.100 in 2007
☼ Communication Minister Nicos Nicolaides announced that the government will distribute 6,000 child car seats as part of government road safety efforts
☼  The first charter flights of Iranian tourists are due to arrive around March 21
☼ Cyprus and the Czech Republic trade reaches Euro 47 million
☼ The Financial Mirror reported that Iranians buying property in Cyprus in excess of Euro 350.000 will be eligible to obtain residency status
☼ Citroen Racing's Sebastien Loeb got the victory in the 2009 Cyprus Rally
☼ Plans for an international tennis academy in Liopetri village by Russian investors are being looked at by the town planning bureau
☼ Total earnings of companies quoted on the Cyprus Stock Exchange tumbled to 667.7 million Euros in 2008, down 59% or 966 million Euros on the year
☼ Property Action Group will conduct a seminar concerning title deeds at the Elysium hotel on March 26 at 3  pm


WEEK OF March 9th THROUGH March 15th, 2009
 

☼Cyprus Statistical Service announced a decrease of 19.3% Arrivals of tourists reached 56.626 in February 2009 compared to 70.140 in February 2008
☼Cyprus tennis team beat Portugal 3-2 in a tie for the first round of the Davis Cup's Europe/Africa Zone Group II - Marcos Baghdatis secured Cyprus' victory by defeating Frederico Gil with 3-0 (6-2, 7-5 and 6-2).
☼ Cyprus  jobless numbers rose to 16,383 in February to 3,103 higher than in February 2008.
☼ A tennis school and a four-star hotel are in the plans in seaside village of Liopetri by Russian developers.
☼ House prices in Nicosia have showed an increase of 3% despite the current market
☼ Construction of a second bypass road in Paphos, at a cost of €6.3million will be starting soon and is scheduled to be finished in 14 months.
☼ Communications Minister Nikos Nicolaides has said  €6.8million will be available to communities for local projects
☼ Eurobarometer report show that 77% of women in Cyprus and the EU27 believe that politics are male-dominated and 23% disagree.
☼ 558 property sales were registered at the Land Registry last month, in comparison to 1,581 for the same period last year.
☼ Minister of Foreign Affairs Markos Kyprianou said Cyprus will contribute the sum of one million dollars for the reconstruction of Gaza.
☼ Etihad Airlines will be flying from Abu Dhabi to Larnaca, Cyprus three days a week starting in June.
☼ Mar.12-15 2009 Cyprus Rally in Limassol
☼ Mar. 15, 2009 - 11am Cyprus Sunshine Cup 2009 #4 - World class mountain biking races Voroklini +357 22 449 870
☼ Mar. 15, 2009 - Cyprus Marathon, Half Marathon and 10 k - Three races and lot of activities and awards-Paphos +357 22 370 396


WEEK OF March 2nd THROUGH March 8th, 2009
 
☼ Mar. 8, 2009 - 11am Cyprus Sunshine Cup 2009 #3 - World class mountain biking races Amathous-Ag.Tychon +357 22 449 870
☼ A women's football tournament will take place from March 3 to 13 in Larnica between 8 countries. The teams will be Canada, England, France, Netherlands, Russia, Scotland, South Africa and New Zealand
☼ Piraeus Bank posts 315 million profit for 2008
☼ Ermes ERME.CY which runs the Debenhams chain of stores posted a 7.4 percent increase in 2008
☼ There are currently around 150 snail farms operating in Cyprus, the island’s climate make it ideal for this and is an industry that has much room for growth.
☼ In an effort to help first time property buyers in Cyprus, the finance minister approved the first 30 loans totaling Euro 4.2 million
☼ Happy Green Monday
☼ Cyprus Airways posted a net profit of €1.7million for the year ending December 31 2008
☼ Water level in the Dams has reached over 20% according to officials


WEEK OF February 23rd THROUGH March 1st, 2009
 
☼ The financial Mirror will have a full report on March 4th about the 100 bed new hospital to be constructed in the Neapolis project in Paphos by the Leptos Group and managed by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
☼ Dolphin Capital Investors delay development projects of new homes until the global crisis ends. Dolphin Capital Investors purchased 85% stake of Aristo Developers.
☼ Bank of Cyprus and Marfin Popular Bank lowered deposit rates on 3 and 6 month fixed deposit rate to 4.25%
☼ Limassol Grand Canival Parade is at 1:30 pm on March 1st. The parade will start at Ayios Nikoals round about and ends at Ayias Sofia's traffic lights
☼ Paphos Parade is on the 28th of February on Poseidonos Ave.
☼ Police sent out a message to all dog owners in Cyprus "It is a crime for a dog-owner to allow their dog to walk freely in a public area without a leash. They are to register their dogs, update their medical records and get their dogs micro-chipped.
☼ Residents of Cyprus were able to view the Comet Lulin making its first appearance to our solar system.
☼ Heavy rains this season has caused a dam near Argaka to overflow this week
☼ Konstantinos Christoforou at the Red Music Stage in Nicosia Every Friday - +357 22 76 77 11
☼ The men and women winners in the first of three parts of the cross country cycling event "Cyprus Sunshine Cup" were Swedes Emil Lindgren and Alexandra Engen
☼ Investors from Russia are looking into estimates of building a theme park in Cyprus
☼ The Iranian ship that has been held in Cyprus is free to leave. The cargo will remain.
☼ Carrefour has opened it's first Express stores in Nicosia and plans to open many more throughout the island
☼ Building permits in Cyprus was down in 2008 by 6.6%
☼ Cyprus spent € 41.5 million in 2007on environmental protection activities related to industry. The figures were 12 million more than previous year
☼ Cyprus will begin providing digital TV services in 2010 with complete changeover by 2012
☼ Aristo developers will not guarantee any mortgages. If you own an Aristo property you can't sell it to anyone who needs a mortgage. Only Cash Buyers! WOW
☼ A Palestinian girl has been awarded a full scholarship to study in Cyprus
☼ Cyprus Sunshine Cup 2009 #1 - World class mountain biking races - Euxenite at 11 am on Feb. 27 - +357 22 449 870

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