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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-03-15
CONTENTS
[01] Energy Minister and Greek counterpart agree on closer cooperation
[02] Efforts underway to attract investment in new technologies
[01] Energy Minister and Greek counterpart agree on closer cooperation
Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Yiorgos Lakkotrypis
and his Greek counterpart Evangelos Livieratos have agreed to meet every
three months to better coordinate Cyprus and Greece's joint operations
on energy issues.
Lakkotrypis and Livieratos held a tête-á- tête meeting, on the
sidelines of the second Energy Symposium currently underway in Nicosia,
and exchanged views on energy issues.
The two Ministers agreed on the need for closer cooperation between them,
to better address common challenges.
[02] Efforts underway to attract investment in new technologies
Minister of Communications and Works Tasos Mitsopoulos said, on
Friday, that he and his colleagues are looking into ways to attract
investments in the areas of new technologies, satellite communications
and telecommunications.
In statements to the press having visited and presided over a meeting
at the Electronic Communications Department, Mitsopoulos also said that
Cyprus' EU obligations dictate that a third licence on mobile phone
operations should be granted soon, an official press release says.
"We are obligated within a specific and tight timeframe to proceed with
licensing", he said.
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