The government of Cyprus on Tuesday raised €1 billion with the sale of a five-year Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN). The debt security sale is part of the planned issuance by the Cyprus finance ministry. EMTNs are designed for repeated sales without requ

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Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been left off a list of Chinese entrepreneurial leaders published by state media - the snub underscoring how just far he has fallen out of favour with Beijing. China's best known businessman was not mentioned in an f

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Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo said last month's Serie A defeat to Inter Milan taught his side some important lessons which set them on their way to a four-match winning streak in all competitions ahead of a rematch in the Coppa Italia semi-final first-

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The health ministry and the Cyprus Sports Organisation (KOA) have come together to draft a plan aiming to gradually lift restrictions applied to sports in Cyprus. Specifically, the plan was submitted to the relevant bi-ministerial technical committee

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Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori said on Tuesday that Japan would hold the Summer Olympics regardless of the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and was working closely with the International Olympic Committee to make them happen. "We will hold the

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Major transfers in Europe's top soccer leagues during the January transfer window (all transfer fees as reported by the media): ENGLAND Amad Diallo - Atalanta to Manchester United (21 million euros - $25.38 million) Morgan Sanson - Olympique de Marse

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Premier League champions Liverpool brought in defensive reinforcements on transfer deadline day as their injury woes worsened with the loss of Joel Matip for the rest of the season. Centre back Ben Davies, 25, was signed from second-tier Preston Nort

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Amateur fishermen have voiced disappointment that fishing in dams has not been included in the easing of measures that came into effect on Monday. In an announcement, they said they wanted to protest that a ban on travelling to dams for holders of sp

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Paphos police have arrested a man for illegal residence in the Republic. The man was arrested on Monday in the village of Yiolou, the Cyprus News Agency reported. It said that police investigations showed that the man had arrived in Cyprus in October

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President Nicos Anastasiades testified under oath on Tuesday that he never favoured any foreign investor seeking a Cypriot passport, and denied any conflict of interest or quid pro quo in relation to the citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme, nixed

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