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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-10-19Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>CONTENTS
[01] House Speaker wraps up working visit to LuxembourgHouse Speaker Yiannakis Omirou has expressed his full satisfaction over the content of the meetings he had the past two days in Luxembourg where he paid a working visit. Omirou held his last meetings Friday at the Court of Justice with the Vice President of the Court of Justice of the EU Koen Lenaerts and the President of the General Court Marc Jaeger, in the presence of the Cypriot judges George Arestis and Savvas Papasavvas.In statements that followed, Omirou said that over the course of his contacts he had the chance firstly to brief the members of the Court of Justice about the economic crisis in Cyprus and to criticize the stance of some of our European partners who did not show any solidarity during the Eurogroup decision on Cyprus last March. Referring to the meetings with the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, Omirou expressed his satisfaction for their support. [02] Hungary's President briefed on Cyprus economyPresident of Hungary Janos Ader was briefed by new Cyprus Ambassador on the island's financial standing.According to an official announcement, Ambassador Antonios Theocharous, after presenting his credentials on October 16, briefed Ader on the financial policy of the Cyprus government, the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding and spending cuts in the public sector. He also referred to the prospects of exploiting natural gas reserves off Cyprus' coast and the potential in the energy sector. [03] Productivity Centre and British firm sign agreement for Cypriot SMEsThe Cyprus Productivity Centre signed Friday an agreement with the British firm Winning Moves for the implementation of a programme aimed at measuring the productivity and efficiency of 100 small and medium businesses in Cyprus.Director of the Cyprus Productivity Centre Dinos Kathijotis and Products Director of Winning Moves Ltd Mark Modena signed the agreement in the presence of the Labour Minister Zeta Emilianides. Emilianides noted that through the pilot programme 100 SMEs will measure their productivity and improve their competitiveness. [04] European Night Without Accident for the sixth year in CyprusThe European Night Without Accident, an awareness campaign organised for the sixth year in nightclubs all over Europe will be celebrated this weekend.In Cyprus, the campaign will take place in four nightclubs in Nicosia during the weekend 19-20 October from 10pm-0500 and is organized by the Reaction Youth for the Prevention with the cooperation of the Traffic Department, the Road Safety Council and other organizations. The action takes place in two phases. First, at the entrance of the nightclubs the volunteers, aged between 17 to 29 years old, encourage each group to choose a "designated driver", who agrees to make a promise: he commits himself to be sober when he sits behind the wheel of his vehicle. The volunteers ask the clubbers who want to participate to wear a bracelet to be recognizable. Cyprus News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |