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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-09-21
CONTENTS
[01] DEFENCE MINISTER - CYPRUS - ESDP
[02] CYPRUS - HEALTH TOURISM - CONFERENCE
[03] CYPRUS - UNEMPLOYMENT RATE - 2009 Q2
[01] DEFENCE MINISTER - CYPRUS - ESDP
Cypriot Minister of Defence Costas Papacostas said that, ``despite the
fact that the Cyprus problem remains unresolved and that 37 per cent of
the territory of our country is still under occupation, the Republic of
Cyprus actively participates in the majority of European Security and
Defence Policy (ESDP) operations to reinforce in every way the effort
of the EU to establish a common ESDP.``
``A just and viable solution to the Cyprus problem would enable Cyprus
to play a greater role towards that end,`` he added.
Addressing an ESDP orientation course, organised in Cyprus by the
Ministry of Defence in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Papacostas said that ``the efforts of the Republic of Cyprus
for peace and stability are focused on the substantive talks which
resumed in Nicosia on 3 September 2008, aiming to put an end to the
35-year-long forcible division of the island because of the Turkish
invasion in 1974.``
[02] CYPRUS - HEALTH TOURISM - CONFERENCE
The Cyprus Tourism Organisation, in cooperation with the European
Health Management Association, is organising a one-day European
conference on ``Managing Cross Border Healthcare - New era, new
opportunities?``.
The conference, which will take place on November 19 in Larnaca, will
examine the new market of ``Health Tourism``, which is calculated at 20
billion dollars, with an impressive annual growth rate.
According to a press release, it is expected that by 2012, in absolute
numbers, 12 million people will be traveling for health purposes every
year.
[03] CYPRUS - UNEMPLOYMENT RATE - 2009 Q2
Unemployment rate stood at 5,2% of the labour force in Cyprus during
the 2nd quarter of 2009 (males 4,9% and females 5,5%) while in the
corresponding quarter of 2008 the rate was lower, at 3,1% (males 2,6%
and females 3,9%), according to the results of the Labour Force Survey,
issued by the Statistical Service.
The survey was carried out in accordance with a European Union
Regulation, for the 2nd quarter of 2009, and according to its results
the number of employed persons amounted to 382,9 thousand (males 211,4
thousand and females 171,5 thousand) and the number of unemployed
persons to 20,9 thousand (males 11,0 thousand and females 9,9
thousand).
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