Cyprus Stock Exchange

Nicosia, Cyprus

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Trivia

The Cyprus Stock Exchange started its operations as a legal entity in the form of a public corporation body on the 29th of March of 1996, by virtue of The Cyprus Stock Exchange Laws and Regulations which had been passed by the House of Representatives in 1993 and 1995 respectively. The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) commenced its operations on the 29th of March 1996.

The Cyprus Stock Exchange is a regulated Exchange where all transactions concerning corporate and public securities are carried out. Such securities include stocks, bonds and warrants. The main participants in the market are the Members of the Stock Exchange (stock brokerage firms), the listed issuers and the investors.

The Council of the CSE was appointed by the Council of Ministers in December 1993 in accordance with the Law, and was initially charged with the responsibility of preparing detailed Regulations which would govern the operation of the CSE.

The Council of the CSE is responsible for the management of the Exchange and for the implementation of its policy. More specifically, the Council supervises the operation of the Exchange and has exclusive authority over the management and administration of its assets, in accordance with the provisions of the Law and the Regulations.

Objectives
To protect the investors
To provide a vehicle for public companies in order to raise the capital required to finance their development plans.
To promote investment in securities.
To provide liquidity and "depth" in the capital market in Cyprus.
To attract foreign investors through the use of the appropriate promotional campaign.
To create a flexible, competitive and advanced stock exchange, based on robust accountability and transparency concerning transactions.
To upgrade both the quality and the quantity of the services available to the investors and all those participating in the CSE, through the use of state of the art technology.
To promote the listing of titles issued by local and foreign companies on the CSE.
To introduce new financial instruments in the capital market.

http://www.cse.com.cy/ website of stock exchange:
Indices on Cyprus Stock Exchange website

GENERAL
MAIN MARKET
PARALLEL MARKET
ALTERNATIVE MARKET
BANKS
HOTELS
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
FTSE/CySE

CSE address:

Cyprus Stock Exchange
Kampou St, IMC Strovolos
P.O.BOX 25427
Nicosia 1309 Cyprus

Trivia

Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia (Khora, or Turkish: Lefkosa ), is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. Located on the Pedieos river and situated roughly in the centre of the island, it is the seat of government as well as the main business centre. Nicosia is the center and capital of an administrative district (Nicosia District), and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it is currently the only divided capital city in the world, with the northern (Turkish) and southern (Greek) portions divided by the "Green Line", a demilitarized zone maintained by the United Nations, although unlike Cold War East and West Berlin, few use the terms "North Nicosia" and "South Nicosia". It has a population of 206,200 (end of 2001) in the Greek controlled part.

Football is the most key sport in Cyprus, and Nicosia is home of two major teams of the island, AC Omonia and APOEL. The two teams dominate the Cypriot Football; Omonia has the record of championships and APOEL the record of the cups. Another team of Nicosia which had success in the past and plays in Cypriot First Division is Olympiakos Nicosia. All of these teams play at Neo GSP Stadium, the biggest in Cyprus, with capacity of 23400. The other big stadium of Nicosia is Makario Stadium with capacity of 16 000 seats. EN THOI Lakatamia is another football team in First Division.

Names for the city of Nicosia in foreign nations

Nicosie - France

German - Nikosia

Names for Cyprus in foreign nations

Zypern - Germany

Chipre = Spain

Kipro - Esperanto

Chipre - Portugal

Cypern - Swedish

Kypros - Finland

Cypress is the name applied to many plants in the conifer family Cupressaceae (cypress family). Most plants bearing the common name cypress are in the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis, but several other genera in the family carry the name:

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