http://www.mail.com/locations/21834-cyprus.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/21834-cyprus.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102590-eu-bid-to-label-hezbollah-wing-terror-group.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long shied from despite pressure from the U.S., officials said Wednesday. The move is bolstered by Germany's change of heart on the issue after long resisting calls to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organ... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:46:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102590-eu-bid-to-label-hezbollah-wing-terror-group.html 2013-05-22T17:46:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093732-cyprus-drops-limits-8-foreign-banks.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus on Friday got rid of limits on money transfers and withdrawals for international clients of another eight foreign banks doing business in the debt-laden country. The Finance Ministry said in a new decree the capital control exemptions now apply to Lebanon's Banque Bemo, BBAC, Credit Libanais and Bank of Beirut, France-based B... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:02:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093732-cyprus-drops-limits-8-foreign-banks.html 2013-05-17T20:02:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html BEIRUT (AP) — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. Raqqa, in eastern Syria, was overrun in late February by rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:31:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html 2013-05-17T18:31:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2093264-glance-europes-key-institutions.html Following the chaotic bailout of Cyprus, top European Union officials are saying it's time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who should be involved. Here is a look at the key institutions involved in Europe's economic policymaking: —EUROPEAN UNION An economic and political partnership among 27 European countries. It has a combined populat... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:18:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2093264-glance-europes-key-institutions.html 2013-05-17T18:18:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093236-top-officials-call-to-overhaul-euro-institutions.html BERLIN (AP) — Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who should be involved. Officials say the International Monetary Fund, which has contributed financial expertise and billions in emergency loans, may no longer be needed ... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093236-top-officials-call-to-overhaul-euro-institutions.html 2013-05-17T15:32:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093086-imf-cyprus-risk-deeper-recession.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund said Friday that substantial risks still loom for the Cypriot economy even after a multi-billion dollar international bailout aimed at averting a debt default. A new IMF report predicted a deep recession in Cyprus this year and next and said there is a danger that the downturn could be even more severe if ... Fri, 17 May 2013 14:49:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093086-imf-cyprus-risk-deeper-recession.html 2013-05-17T14:49:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2090910-turkish-pm-talks-syria-with-obama-white-house.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but there's "no magic formula" to stop his violence. At a news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the White House Rose Garden, Obama says the only way to resolve the cri... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:30:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2090910-turkish-pm-talks-syria-with-obama-white-house.html 2013-05-16T19:30:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2087930-eurozones-struggling-economies-mired-recession.html The eurozone is stuck in recession — its longest since the euro was founded in 1999. The latest figures from the European Union's statistics office show that the economy of the 17 EU countries that use the euro shrank for a sixth straight quarter, slumping by 0.2 percent in the January-March period from the previous three months. Initially it was just the... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:03:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2087930-eurozones-struggling-economies-mired-recession.html 2013-05-15T18:03:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087764-cyprus-moon-rock-40-years.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus may finally get its piece of the moon. Some 40 years ago, the Mediterranean island nation was supposed to receive a 1.1 gram piece of moon rock from the United States. The rock was one of 270 such lunar samples U.S. astronauts brought back from Apollo moon missions in 1969 and 1972 that the Nixon administration gave as gifts ... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:57:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087764-cyprus-moon-rock-40-years.html 2013-05-15T16:57:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081578-euro-ministers-urge-troubled-slovenia-to.html BRUSSELS (AP) — European finance ministers on Monday urged Slovenia to move swiftly in addressing the problems in its banking sector and get its public finances under control in a bid to avoid the nation from becoming the bloc's sixth member to require a bailout. "The Slovenian government has to take swift and decisive action," said Jeroem Dijsselbloem, w... Mon, 13 May 2013 20:10:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081578-euro-ministers-urge-troubled-slovenia-to.html 2013-05-13T20:10:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2076958-iran-recalls-ambassador-cyprus.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Iran has withdrawn its ambassador in Cyprus to protest the country's decision to extradite an Iranian to the United States for prosecution, officials said Friday. The Cyprus Foreign Ministry said Iran objected to last month's extradition of Iranian Saeid Mohabat to the U.S. to face charges of breaching United Nations sanctions again... Fri, 10 May 2013 18:15:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2076958-iran-recalls-ambassador-cyprus.html 2013-05-10T18:15:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2074352-slovenia-announces-anti-bailout-measures.html LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's government announced Thursday an austerity plan designed to raise 540 million euros ($707 million) in new taxes as part of an effort to balance the budget and avoid seeking an international bailout. The small Alpine country, once a model of socialist economy, is racing to convince investors it has a credible strategy ... Thu, 09 May 2013 17:48:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2074352-slovenia-announces-anti-bailout-measures.html 2013-05-09T17:48:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073770-cyprus-limits-money-flows.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus will keep limits on money transfers and withdrawals until it is more confident that its ailing banks will not face a run, the central bank's chief said Thursday. Panicos Demetriades said the Central Bank of Cyprus wants to eliminate these controls as soon as possible, but it has to first make sure that trust in the banks has ... Thu, 09 May 2013 14:45:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073770-cyprus-limits-money-flows.html 2013-05-09T14:45:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2052956-cyprus-parliament-approves-bailout.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' lawmakers approved on Tuesday a multi-billion bailout agreement with international creditors aimed at preventing the crisis-hit country from going bankrupt. The agreement was passed in the 56-seat parliament as expected with 29 votes in favor and 27 against. Cyprus struck the 23 billion euro ($30 billion) deal with its euro ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:10:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2052956-cyprus-parliament-approves-bailout.html 2013-04-30T17:10:19Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2050692-cyprus-tries-to-politicians-accountable.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' president and other politicians will have their immunity from prosecution significantly curbed as part of a package of new reforms aiming to bolster accountability in public life in the crisis-hit country. Currently, the president can lose his job if convicted of high treason or any offenses "involving dishonesty or moral tu... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:28:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2050692-cyprus-tries-to-politicians-accountable.html 2013-04-29T13:28:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048458-economic-crisis-sets-peace-divided-cyprus.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — When the barriers carving Cyprus in half were finally breached 10 years ago this week, Turkish Cypriot Fethi Akinci forged what some might consider the unlikeliest of friendships with Yiannis Maratheftis — the Greek Cypriot he almost killed in battle with a gunshot to the head. The shooting took place on a July morning in 1974, as i... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:51:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048458-economic-crisis-sets-peace-divided-cyprus.html 2013-04-27T11:51:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2044966-cyprus-eases-limits-money-transfers.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus significantly eased restrictions on money transfers inside and outside the country Thursday to help businesses spur a deeply slumping economy. The Finance Ministry said that it raised the limit on business payments and money transfers abroad that require documentation — but not cumbersome scrutiny and approval from ministry a... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:37:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2044966-cyprus-eases-limits-money-transfers.html 2013-04-25T20:37:45Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2031540-cyprus-to-open-casinos-to-restart-economy.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' president said Friday that the bailed-out country will open casinos and bolster its tourism sector to get the economy going again. Nicos Anastasiades unveiled a first batch of measures he said are designed to boost growth in an economy that is projected to shrink by 13 percent until 2015. Anastasiades included casino opening... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:56:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2031540-cyprus-to-open-casinos-to-restart-economy.html 2013-04-19T18:56:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2025232-eu-lawmaker-cyprus-reunify-spur-turkey-ties.html BRUSSELS (AP) — A prominent European lawmaker scolded Cyprus' bailout creditors Wednesday for failing to insist on the ethnically split country's reunification. Such a move, he argues, would boost growth through stronger business ties with neighboring Turkey. Daniel Cohn-Bendit, a lawmaker with the Green party, said a sustainable economic recovery for the... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:03:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2025232-eu-lawmaker-cyprus-reunify-spur-turkey-ties.html 2013-04-17T17:03:22Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2023662-official-cyprus-lawmakers-to-vote-bailout-deal.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' parliament must vote on the 23 billion euro ($30 billion) bailout deal the country has agreed upon with international creditors, the Cypriot attorney general said Tuesday. Petros Clerides confirmed to The Associated Press that the deal Cyprus has reached with the International Monetary Fund and its partners in the 17-nation ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:14:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2023662-official-cyprus-lawmakers-to-vote-bailout-deal.html 2013-04-16T21:14:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015348-cyprus-president-to-eu-help.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' president said Friday he will ask the European Union to provide more help for the crisis-hit country, which has to pay for most of its expected 23 billion euro ($30 billion) bailout. President Nicos Anastasiades said he will send letters to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Council chief Herman Van Rom... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:59:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015348-cyprus-president-to-eu-help.html 2013-04-12T20:59:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2012780-cyprus-bailout-swells-to-30-billion.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The cost of bailing out Cyprus has swollen to 23 billion euros ($30 billion), with the crisis-hit country having to take on the lion's share of the measures needed to avoid bankruptcy, according to a draft document by the country's international creditors. The draft document, obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, says the country w... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:19:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2012780-cyprus-bailout-swells-to-30-billion.html 2013-04-11T21:19:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2007372-cyprus-crisis-ruins-dying-fathers-plans-kids.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — When Costas Kalapodas was diagnosed with brain cancer two years ago and given months to live, he saw one sure place to put his money: Cyprus' biggest bank. The 43-year-old threw his entire savings into Bank of Cyprus stock, and even took out a 47,000 euro loan to pad his holdings. He then gave his wife Maria strict instructions to s... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:26:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2007372-cyprus-crisis-ruins-dying-fathers-plans-kids.html 2013-04-09T07:26:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2004918-un-chemical-investigators-ready-to-to-syria.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — U.N. experts are ready to move into Syria immediately to investigate reported chemical weapons attacks but President Bashar Assad's government still has not approved their entry, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday. Ban told reporters in The Hague that an advance team is already waiting on Cyprus while the U.N. neg... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:04:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2004918-un-chemical-investigators-ready-to-to-syria.html 2013-04-08T16:04:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2005500-cyprus-government-rejects-euro-area-exit.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' new finance minister is ruling out any notion that the cash-strapped country will abandon the euro as its currency. Harris Georgiades says the government is not looking at any other alternatives and remains committed to implementing the terms of a bailout deal with its euro partners and the International Monetary Fund. ... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:21:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2005500-cyprus-government-rejects-euro-area-exit.html 2013-04-08T14:21:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2001278-cyprus-allows-limited-bank-to-bank-money-transfers.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' finance ministry further loosened restrictions on access to accounts in the debt-ridden country's two biggest lenders on Friday by allowing limited, bank-to-bank money transfers. The ministry issued a new decree stating that individuals can transfer up to 2,000 euros ($2,588) from one bank to another each month. Business can... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:23:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2001278-cyprus-allows-limited-bank-to-bank-money-transfers.html 2013-04-05T20:23:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1997392-cyprus-bank-workers-to-protest-looming-job-cuts.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Bank employees in Cyprus will walk off the job for two hours and march toward parliament to protest against looming job and benefit cuts being taken as part of an international bailout. Hundreds of employees from across the country are expected to be bussed in for Thursday's demonstration. Bank workers' union ETYK says employee pens... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:26:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1997392-cyprus-bank-workers-to-protest-looming-job-cuts.html 2013-04-04T08:26:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1994994-imf-agrees-to-cypriot-bailout.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday it will contribute 1 billion euros to an overall financial rescue package of 10 billion euros ($12.8 billion) for Cyprus. The IMF's managing director Christine Lagarde said the contribution would be made via a three-year loan that's expected to be cleared by the fund's executive board i... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:13:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1994994-imf-agrees-to-cypriot-bailout.html 2013-04-03T18:13:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1995264-ecb-to-face-cyprus-questions-rate-meeting.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank President Mario Draghi will try Thursday to reassure markets that Cyprus's chaotic bail-out won't worsen the euro currency union's debt crisis — in spite of the heavy losses for the country's savers and strict limits on taking out money from banks or the country. Last month, Draghi memorably dismissed fears ... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:16:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1995264-ecb-to-face-cyprus-questions-rate-meeting.html 2013-04-03T14:16:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1994800-ap-essay-cyprus-changed-forever.html NEW YORK (AP) — Nicosia, Cyprus, 1973: Riding with my parents and two elder siblings in a taxi, the kind of large Mercedes favored in the Middle East. The driver gestures to an alley where you can just make out people behind barricades. "Turks," he spits derisively. We keep quiet. We hadn't been brought up to think of any people that way. Later that day, ... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:06:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1994800-ap-essay-cyprus-changed-forever.html 2013-04-03T11:06:35Z