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Пятница, 08 января 2021 09:00

Cyprus economy in 2021

According to the Financial Mirror there are three industries that could revitalise the Cypriot economy in 2021 and beyond.

ECOMMERCE AND ONLINE SERVICES

In Cyprus, over 79% of the population now use the internet, but only 31% of Cypriots made online purchases in 2019 according to the latest data. As a result, web-based trading remains a relatively small industry in Cyprus, but this means the sector is prime for growth. In 2021, expect businesses to embrace eCommerce, this can help them attract new customers, enter business in new markets, and cut costs.

MANUFACTURING

Manufacturing now accounts for over 5% of Cyprus’ GDP. But, although the manufacturing industry is already a key driver of the Cypriot economy, its impact is only set to increase over the next decade, with experts believing that manufacturing could account for 15% of the economy by 2030. Now the government has put incentives in place for investments and provided state funding for research-oriented products. So, expect huge investments in the manufacturing sector in 2021.

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

The Cypriot government believes that ICT could be incredibly useful for increasing productivity and fuelling economic growth in the country. As a result, the government is investing huge sums of money in tech startups as part of the 2019-2023 national strategy on Research and Innovation known as "Innovate Cyprus". The fintech market in particular is vibrant in Cyprus, with cloud solutions particularly gaining traction. Recently, Cyta, epic, Primetel and Cablenet all began to offer cloud computing services. Although 2020 was a tough year for the Cypriot economy, there are plenty of reasons why investors and business owners should be optimistic for 2021 and beyond.

Published in +Articles in English
Четверг, 07 января 2021 15:57

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Четверг, 07 января 2021 15:24

Covid update: winter of discontent

There has been only limited progress made in countries that have implemented a partial lockdown this winter. This means that unless the widespread distribution of the vaccine begins, we do not forecast an appreciable decline in new cases without a full lockdown.

FORECAST FOR 2021

1. The vaccines being developed and now deployed by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, and Astra Zeneca/Oxford appear to be the best hope of combatting the pandemic in the short term. We cannot say for certain if there are longer-term adverse impacts from the vaccine, or whether the virus will mutate or not. But as a public health response, this is presently the only rational hope for a return-to-normal scenario.

2. We do not believe enough of the vaccines will be distributed within 2021 to make a significant difference in terms of returning to “normality”. Still, this is the first step to a recovery, assuming the vaccine works and the virus does not mutate.

3. We know that the virus spreads through aerosol and liquid distribution. Therefore, we can understand that prudent policy measures against its spread include personal distancing; using face masks and possibly gloves; avoiding crowded spaces and spaces such as restaurants where being without a mask is impossible. We can infer that cities which are more congested in terms of public transport, large building blocks, frequently-used elevators and escalators, and enclosed spaces with poor fresh air circulation are all environments where the virus can spread rapidly.

4. Given (2) and (3), we believe that the first 5 months of 2021 will see high incidents of new cases, absent a real lockdown. We do not believe the partial lockdowns are effective because the rate of

5. New hope will return around MayJune as the summer season kicks in again. However, the continuing problems seen mean that tourism destination countries such as Cyprus or Greece will be lucky to receive more than 35-40% of 2019 arrivals. This is still well below break-even capacity. Nevertheless, the summer of 2021 offers the first hope of a resumption of normal life, at least for a limited time.

6. The long disruption in normal business operations means that many more enterprises will close in the first half of 2021. The only mitigation against this will be further public spending.

7. Operations in October – December 2021 will depend on the progress of vaccine distribution and public health measures still in place. We do believe that maintaining strict measures will be politically impossible given population fatigue. We will probably hit a Fourth Wave then.

8. From the summer of 2021 onwards, the focus will increasingly return to public debt and macroeconomic stability, and the economic progress of at-risk countries such as the United States, Greece, Italy, France, and others will be re-assessed with a new eye. There should be, hopefully, a strong growth resurgence in Q2 and Q3 2021 to avoid threats of a serious public debt meltdown. The long-term trends, however, are unpalatable.

Philipp Ammerman
Financial consultant, Director Navigator Consulting Group Ltd
pga@navigator-consulting.com

 

Published in Articles in English
Четверг, 07 января 2021 15:24

Covid update: winter of discontent

There has been only limited progress made in countries that have implemented a partial lockdown this winter. This means that unless the widespread distribution of the vaccine begins, we do not forecast an appreciable decline in new cases without a full lockdown.

FORECAST FOR 2021

1. The vaccines being developed and now deployed by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, and Astra Zeneca/Oxford appear to be the best hope of combatting the pandemic in the short term. We cannot say for certain if there are longer-term adverse impacts from the vaccine, or whether the virus will mutate or not. But as a public health response, this is presently the only rational hope for a return-to-normal scenario.

2. We do not believe enough of the vaccines will be distributed within 2021 to make a significant difference in terms of returning to “normality”. Still, this is the first step to a recovery, assuming the vaccine works and the virus does not mutate.

3. We know that the virus spreads through aerosol and liquid distribution. Therefore, we can understand that prudent policy measures against its spread include personal distancing; using face masks and possibly gloves; avoiding crowded spaces and spaces such as restaurants where being without a mask is impossible. We can infer that cities which are more congested in terms of public transport, large building blocks, frequently-used elevators and escalators, and enclosed spaces with poor fresh air circulation are all environments where the virus can spread rapidly.

4. Given (2) and (3), we believe that the first 5 months of 2021 will see high incidents of new cases, absent a real lockdown. We do not believe the partial lockdowns are effective because the rate of

5. New hope will return around MayJune as the summer season kicks in again. However, the continuing problems seen mean that tourism destination countries such as Cyprus or Greece will be lucky to receive more than 35-40% of 2019 arrivals. This is still well below break-even capacity. Nevertheless, the summer of 2021 offers the first hope of a resumption of normal life, at least for a limited time.

6. The long disruption in normal business operations means that many more enterprises will close in the first half of 2021. The only mitigation against this will be further public spending.

7. Operations in October – December 2021 will depend on the progress of vaccine distribution and public health measures still in place. We do believe that maintaining strict measures will be politically impossible given population fatigue. We will probably hit a Fourth Wave then.

8. From the summer of 2021 onwards, the focus will increasingly return to public debt and macroeconomic stability, and the economic progress of at-risk countries such as the United States, Greece, Italy, France, and others will be re-assessed with a new eye. There should be, hopefully, a strong growth resurgence in Q2 and Q3 2021 to avoid threats of a serious public debt meltdown. The long-term trends, however, are unpalatable.

Philipp Ammerman
Financial consultant, Director Navigator Consulting Group Ltd
pga@navigator-consulting.com

 

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Центральный банк представил отчет по состоянию кредитов и депозитов в банковской системе Кипра. Жители острова охотно доверяют свои деньги банкам и берут в долг на потребительские нужды и покупку жилья.

Депозиты

Объем депозитов в кипрской банковской системе зарегистрировал чистый рост почти на 191 миллион евро в ноябре 2020 года, увеличившись до 48 миллиардов евро (с поправкой на колебания валютных курсов) по сравнению с чистым снижением на 114,2 млн евро в октябре 2020 года. Годовой темп роста составил 0,1% по сравнению с -0,5% в октябре 2020 года. Процентная ставка по депозитам домохозяйств осталась неизменной на уровне 0,09%. Соответствующая процентная ставка по депозитам нефинансовых корпораций зафиксировала снижение до 0,11% по сравнению с 0,13% в предыдущем месяце.

Кредиты

Общий объем новых кредитов зафиксировал снижение до 263,3 млн евро по сравнению с 281,4 млн евро в предыдущем месяце. Новые кредиты на потребление увеличились до 15,7 млн евро по сравнению с 14,4 млн евро в октябре. Объем новых ипотечных кредитов вырос до 96,6 млн евро по сравнению с 83,9 млн евро в октябре. Новые кредиты нефинансовым корпорациям на сумму до 1 млн евро увеличились до 42,7 млн евро по сравнению с октябрьскими 32,2 млн евро. Новые кредиты нефинансовым корпорациям на сумму свыше 1 млн евро снизились до 96,4 млн евро по сравнению с 137,2 млн евро в предыдущем месяце. Непогашенная сумма общих кредитов в ноябре достигла 31,3 млрд евро. Годовой темп роста составил -4,4% по сравнению с -4,1% в октябре 2020 года. В Центробанке отметили, что мораторий на выплату кредитных взносов, введенный указом министра финансов в марте 2020 года, оказал влияние на эти изменения.

Ставки

Процентная ставка по потребительскому кредиту снизилась до 2,96% по сравнению с 3,12% в предыдущем месяце.Процентная ставка по кредитам на покупку жилья сократилась до 2,1% (в октябре 2,14%). Процентная ставка по кредитам нефинансовым корпорациям на сумму до 1 млн евро выросла до 3,23%, а по кредитам нефинансовым корпорациям на сумму свыше 1 млн евро выросла до 2,93%.

Published in Финансы
Среда, 06 января 2021 16:18

Russian course in Facebook

MISSION POSSIBLE is a course of Russian language that is addressed to busy people who want to learn Russian but do not have time for regular lessons. There is a closed group in Facebook where the lessons are uploaded on a daily basis. The course is prepared in a way that the students do not need much time to follow it. They move slowly, but every day they learn something new and - with small steady steps - they progress faster than an average student who has lessons twice a week.

There are two groups - for beginners and for advanced learners. 

Big Things Happen When You Do the Little Things Right

The beginners' course allows students to quickly start reading and talking in Russian. The advanced course will help to speak basic Russian with confidence, it offers mainly conversational practice. These very intensive courses give fast results because of a combination of three factors: experience and passion of your teacher, well-prepared text, audio, video materials, and modern techniques of memorizing big volumes of new data. 

Every morning a video lesson will be published in this group, during the day it will be followed by 3-5 posts with theoretical information, practical advice, links to free online resources, Russian songs, movies, cartoons, documentaries. We recommend to allocate 10-15 minutes a day for your studies. If you have more time, review the materials that you have already watched, repeat the words, watch again our educational videos. If you follow this link, you can watch the first lesson of our course. 

The Contents

This 90 days course consists of:

  • 60 main video lessons (10-15 min each);
  • 20 reading lessons (3-5 min each);
  • 20 songs (with video lessons for each one);
  • 87 complimentary video files (cartoons, documentaries, movies);
  • 210 facebook posts with words, phrases, expressions, grammar rules, advice;
  • 50 links to free online resourses to assist in studying Russian language.

 

The fees

You may pay monthly - 99 euro

Or you may prepay the whole course - 150 euro

 

Expected results

The results for beginners: on completion of the course you will speak and read basic Russian, you'll know approximately 300 keywords, recognise in speech about 500-600 words and be able to construct over 1000 sentences using this vocabulary.

The results for the advanced group: we'll increase your active vocabulary (the words you use in speech) to 700 words and your passive vocabulary (the words you recognise in speech) up to 1000 words. You'll repeat all main grammar rules, learn by heart useful phrases and sentences.

 

How to join the group or ask more questions?

The nearest facebook groups start on the 1st of Febuary 2021. Please send an email to nk@vkcyprus.com or a whatsapp/viber/telegram message to +(357)99 587156, write your phone number and name. Please also indicate whether you'll join a group for beginners or a group for advanced students. 

 

 

YOUR TEACHER

Natalia Kardash Cyprus1 2

Busy people think that learning a new language requires years of hard work. That is why many of them do not even start, being sure that they will give up soon because they know – the main value is their time, and they do not have much time for any long-term commitment. This course was created to help.

Many businesses have Russian clients. Executives need to take these clients out for lunches and dinners, need to network not only with business people but with their families and friends. Basic knowledge of Russian would facilitate these duties, good knowledge of Russian would help to get new clients and friends.  

How many times have you thought it would be nice to know some basic Russian? I’d like to say – the time has come! Do something about it! 

Natalia Kardash 

 Information about the teacher, author of the course:

  • -- Publisher, Editor-in-chief, Russian newspaper VESTNIK KIPRA and SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS Magazine; 
  • -- Chairwoman, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS Leaders’ Club
  • -- Founder, Vice-President, Association of Russian-speaking residents of Cyprus;
  • -- Founder, Board Member, European Russian Alliance (Brussels);
  • -- Member of Corporate Advisory Board, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Cyprus;
  • -- Honorary Fellow Member, Cyprus Institute of Marketing and Cyprus State University MBA Faculty;
  • -- Board Member, Official Russian Compatriots Coordinating Council in Cyprus.

 

VESTNIK KIPRA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP is a group of companies working with the Russian community of Cyprus. The most important fields of activity are publishing, education, event management, PR, consulting in business development and communications. The newspaper VESTNIK KIPRA offers all local Cyprus news in the Russian language, the SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS magazine provides the Russian-speaking businessmen in Cyprus with the latest information, several websites and social networks are updated with recent Cypriot news. 

 

CONTACT DETAILS:

Natalia Kardash

Linkedin  |   Facebook 

e-mail: nk@vkcyprus.com

Tel. (whatsapp, viber): +357 99587156


Feedback, comments and recommendations from students from beginners’ and advanced groups

 

I absolutely loved this course and I’m glad I made this decision; it is probably the best I have made. I have been wanting to learn Russian for quite some time now but never made the first step thinking it was intimidating. This course has not only taught me how to speak and write in Russian but also to sing and think.

It is amazing how Natalia indeed managed to keep everyone interested and alert, looking forward to the next lesson. I found this course to be very helpful down to every detail, Natalia is very methodical and has put together an incredible series of material. The course is interactive using graphic material making it fun to study and learn.

Maria Economidou

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The results are amazing. What has been achieved in 30 days is formidable! Natalia has a wonderful teaching system that really works. I have been communicating with my clients and colleagues in Russian and the impact was significant.

Everyone appreciated my new skills and they could not believe that I have been learning Russian only for a month. It seems that with these lessons a new universe of opportunities opened both in my business and personal life. I would definitely recommend this course to others. Natalia is very professional and enthusiastic, her method of teaching makes learning Russian relatively easier.

Dengiz Kursat

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I found important Natalia’s warmth, positive approach and general enthusiasm. Russian is very scary so creating a feel good/comfortable atmosphere is very helpful to learning.

This course is an excellent gateway to Russian led by a warm and enthusiastic teacher. We not only learned loads of great vocabulary and useful phrases but also got an insight into Russian culture and geography.

Thoroughly recommended.

Tim Drohan

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This course is different from others. I will recommend it from all my heart!

It has nice presentations, with many and diverse information not just about grammar and language, but about the culture, history, geography, mentality.

And the fact that one of the main activities is constant repetition, gave us confidence and made the lessons seem much easier.

Flori Moisa

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Natalia Kardash courses teaching Russian to beginners are the best value one could find! The online course was excellent. My Russian-speaking family members were quite surprised at the progress I made in 30 days.

Natalia Kardash herself as a teacher, her methodology and her personalized approach is the difference between this course and others. She is with her student every day, bright, smiling, cheery and full of enthusiasm. Perhaps the most important element is her positive attitude, always pushing forward, accepting students' mistakes without showing any frustration. Always encouraging, never criticising, helping her students get over their difficulties.

Leonard Delunas

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Joining the advanced group was a great opportunity for me to refresh my Russian vocabulary and grammar and be able to adapt in real life conversations that will be useful in the future for my development.

It goes without saying that I will recommend to other students. The personal approach and the attention to the personal needs of each student makes all the difference.

The course is tailored made to the exact needs and specifications of each group and what they want to achieve in the long run.

Christophoros Teggeris

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Most important was the timing of the course and its compact duration. One month’s time – I found it very attractive.

I would definitely recommend the course to my friends. It was well structured, well presented, compact and productive.

Best investment I could have made with my time during one month!

Vrej Bekarian

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The course was very interesting and helpful. I recommend it to other people who are interested to learn Russian. The most important for me in this course was the fact that I could study from the comfort of my house and at the time I choose.

I value and appreciate Natalia’s patience to help me with any difficulties I had. I am convinced that basic knowledge of Russian is helping much in business, I am Hyatt hotel manager, we have many Russian guests. Withing a month I could learn enough words to start “small talks” without clients.

Yiannakis Ioannou

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The course was well planned, learning materials are easy to access with the basic objectives of training, particularly audio that can be downloaded and listened to offline.

Natalia is a fabulous teacher, I am looking forward to taking more online classes. Our teacher loves interacting with us, she is teaching with passion, excellent preparation, flexibility, organizations skills, intensive work.

I liked learning about geography and history that I have never found in other courses.

Anna Luciano

 

 

Please watch samples of video materials used during the course MISSION POSSIBLE

 

Sample of a video that is usually used during an intensive course "Russian in 1 month" but will be given free of charge as additional material to the students who'll subscribe to Mission Possible course.

 

Sample of a reading lesson (there are 8 lessons like this) that allow people who do not know Russian to start reading easy words within the first 7-10 days of the course.

 

Sample of an introduction video that is offered before students watch a part of the movie offered during the course. There are 8 lessons like this, and 8 parts of the movie that help to increase your vocabulary.

 


This is the way we learn new words. There are 20 lessons like this, they help to learn 100 first words.

 

This is a sample of a lesson that helps people to learn Russian questions.

 

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С древнейших времен медь является одной из визитных карточек Кипра. Кипр был крупным поставщиком этого металла на протяжении многих столетий. Потом индустрия зачахла, но возродилась в XIX веке по инициативе англичан, которые добывали также золото, серебро и пирит. После 1974 года добыча остановилась плюс были открыты месторождения в Латинской Америке. Однако сегодня у кипрской меди снова большие перспективы: этот металл необходим при сборке электромобилей.

Компания Chesterfield Resources получила необходимые лицензии на разработку и в конце прошлого года провела предварительные буровые работы. По результатам была обнаружена не только медь, но и золото.

Пока в Троодосе и его предгорьях вновь не началась добыча, есть возможность отправиться по «медному маршруту», чтобы лично приобщиться к этому колоссальному пласту кипрской истории.

Отправляйтесь по скоростной трассе в сторону Никосии, по направлению к деревне Ша или Сиа (Sia). За пределами деревни вы увидите ярко-желтые и коричневые госсаны – так называют руду, обильно покрытую окислами железа. Слева от вас находятся два медных карьера, где вы можете прогуляться и изучить скальные образования.

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Карьеры около деревни Ша

Из Ша можно поехать в сторону деревни Матиатис. Миновав старую водокачку, с левой стороны вы увидите указатель на церковь св. Ирины. Следуйте по этой грунтовой дороге около 1 км, затем поверните налево и на первом повороте поверните направо. Припаркуйте машину у сосен и осмотрите достопримечательности. Яркие цвета госсанов приведут вас к озеру у медного рудника. После этого езжайте через деревню Матиатис в сторону селения Айя Варвара. Через 1,5 км вверх по дороге с правой стороны откроется вид на медный карьер северного Матиатиса.

sb35 медь матиас

Медный карьер Матиаса

На север от деревни Айя Варвара находится завод по производству оливкового масла. Возле него поверните направо, за силосными бункерами снова поверните направо. На Т-образном перекрестке опять поверните направо. Примерно через 1 км с левой стороны, если отправиться по дороге, идущей вверх, есть тропинка, которая выведет вас к небольшой долине. В ней расположен медный рудник Альмирас и мастерские. Это уникальный археологический памятник, где обнаружены свидетельства всех этапов производства меди.

sb35 медь альмирас

Древний рудник в Альмирасе

Следующая ваша остановка в Катидате. Чтобы добраться до деревни, проезжайте через селения Котсиатис, Марки и Тсери. Дорога выведет вас на трассу А9 (Никосия – Троодос). На кольцевой развязке следуйте в направлении Перистероны и Астромеритиса, а затем по указателям на Эвриху. Примерно в 13 км от Астромеритиса находится перекресток с Лину и деревней Катидата. Оказавшись в деревне, посетите Музей горного наследия, где вы найдете информацию о горнодобывающей промышленности Кипра, орудиях и артефактах. Посещение музея должно быть организовано заранее, как минимум за день. Со смотрителем можно связаться по телефону 99 348 013.

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Музей горного наследия, Катидата

Всего в пяти минутах от Катидаты – последняя остановка маршрута: шахта Скуриотисса и одноименная заброшенная деревня. К юго-западу от медного рудника находится лагерь миротворческого контингента ООН «Сан-Мартин». На территории лагеря расположен храм Пресвятой Богородицы Скуриотиссы, датируемый XVI веком. Солдаты охотно проведут вас внутрь. Рядом с лагерем находятся заброшенные дома бывшей деревни, которые были построены горнодобывающей компанией и использовались шахтерами до 1974 года.

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Карьер Скуриотисса

Общая протяженность маршрута – примерно 90 км.

Отправляясь в путь, помните: не рекомендуется заходить глубоко в пещеры, так как при возможном обрушении вы не сможете выбраться наружу. Кроме того, не купайтесь в горных озерах, образованных в заброшенных шахтах и рудниках: вода и воздух там токсичны и опасны для здоровья.

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Деревня Скуриотисса

 

Published in Аналитика
Среда, 06 января 2021 00:00

Russian course in Facebook

MISSION POSSIBLE is a course of Russian language that is addressed to busy people who want to learn Russian but do not have time for regular lessons. There is a closed group in Facebook where the lessons are uploaded on a daily basis. The course is prepared in a way that the students do not need much time to follow it. They move slowly, but every day they learn something new and - with small steady steps - they progress faster than an average student who has lessons twice a week.

There are two groups - for beginners and for advanced learners. 

Big Things Happen When You Do the Little Things Right

The beginners' course allows students to quickly start reading and talking in Russian. The advanced course will help to speak basic Russian with confidence, it offers mainly conversational practice. These very intensive courses give fast results because of a combination of three factors: experience and passion of your teacher, well-prepared text, audio, video materials, and modern techniques of memorizing big volumes of new data. 

Every morning a video lesson will be published in this group, during the day it will be followed by 3-5 posts with theoretical information, practical advice, links to free online resources, Russian songs, movies, cartoons, documentaries. We recommend to allocate 10-15 minutes a day for your studies. If you have more time, review the materials that you have already watched, repeat the words, watch again our educational videos. If you follow this link, you can watch the first lesson of our course. 

The Contents

This 90 days course consists of:

  • 60 main video lessons (10-15 min each);
  • 20 reading lessons (3-5 min each);
  • 20 songs (with video lessons for each one);
  • 87 complimentary video files (cartoons, documentaries, movies);
  • 210 facebook posts with words, phrases, expressions, grammar rules, advice;
  • 50 links to free online resourses to assist in studying Russian language.

 

The fees

You may pay monthly - 99 euro

Or you may prepay the whole course - 150 euro

 

Expected results

The results for beginners: on completion of the course you will speak and read basic Russian, you'll know approximately 300 keywords, recognise in speech about 500-600 words and be able to construct over 1000 sentences using this vocabulary.

The results for the advanced group: we'll increase your active vocabulary (the words you use in speech) to 700 words and your passive vocabulary (the words you recognise in speech) up to 1000 words. You'll repeat all main grammar rules, learn by heart useful phrases and sentences.

 

How to join the group or ask more questions?

The nearest facebook groups start on the 1st of Febuary 2021. Please send an email to nk@vkcyprus.com or a whatsapp/viber/telegram message to +(357)99 587156, write your phone number and name. Please also indicate whether you'll join a group for beginners or a group for advanced students. 

 

 

YOUR TEACHER

Natalia Kardash Cyprus1 2

Busy people think that learning a new language requires years of hard work. That is why many of them do not even start, being sure that they will give up soon because they know – the main value is their time, and they do not have much time for any long-term commitment. This course was created to help.

Many businesses have Russian clients. Executives need to take these clients out for lunches and dinners, need to network not only with business people but with their families and friends. Basic knowledge of Russian would facilitate these duties, good knowledge of Russian would help to get new clients and friends.  

How many times have you thought it would be nice to know some basic Russian? I’d like to say – the time has come! Do something about it! 

Natalia Kardash 

 Information about the teacher, author of the course:

  • -- Publisher, Editor-in-chief, Russian newspaper VESTNIK KIPRA and SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS Magazine; 
  • -- Chairwoman, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS Leaders’ Club
  • -- Founder, Vice-President, Association of Russian-speaking residents of Cyprus;
  • -- Founder, Board Member, European Russian Alliance (Brussels);
  • -- Member of Corporate Advisory Board, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Cyprus;
  • -- Honorary Fellow Member, Cyprus Institute of Marketing and Cyprus State University MBA Faculty;
  • -- Board Member, Official Russian Compatriots Coordinating Council in Cyprus.

 

VESTNIK KIPRA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP is a group of companies working with the Russian community of Cyprus. The most important fields of activity are publishing, education, event management, PR, consulting in business development and communications. The newspaper VESTNIK KIPRA offers all local Cyprus news in the Russian language, the SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS magazine provides the Russian-speaking businessmen in Cyprus with the latest information, several websites and social networks are updated with recent Cypriot news. 

 

CONTACT DETAILS:

Natalia Kardash

Linkedin  |   Facebook 

e-mail: nk@vkcyprus.com

Tel. (whatsapp, viber): +357 99587156


Feedback, comments and recommendations from students from beginners’ and advanced groups

 

I absolutely loved this course and I’m glad I made this decision; it is probably the best I have made. I have been wanting to learn Russian for quite some time now but never made the first step thinking it was intimidating. This course has not only taught me how to speak and write in Russian but also to sing and think.

It is amazing how Natalia indeed managed to keep everyone interested and alert, looking forward to the next lesson. I found this course to be very helpful down to every detail, Natalia is very methodical and has put together an incredible series of material. The course is interactive using graphic material making it fun to study and learn.

Maria Economidou

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The results are amazing. What has been achieved in 30 days is formidable! Natalia has a wonderful teaching system that really works. I have been communicating with my clients and colleagues in Russian and the impact was significant.

Everyone appreciated my new skills and they could not believe that I have been learning Russian only for a month. It seems that with these lessons a new universe of opportunities opened both in my business and personal life. I would definitely recommend this course to others. Natalia is very professional and enthusiastic, her method of teaching makes learning Russian relatively easier.

Dengiz Kursat

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I found important Natalia’s warmth, positive approach and general enthusiasm. Russian is very scary so creating a feel good/comfortable atmosphere is very helpful to learning.

This course is an excellent gateway to Russian led by a warm and enthusiastic teacher. We not only learned loads of great vocabulary and useful phrases but also got an insight into Russian culture and geography.

Thoroughly recommended.

Tim Drohan

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This course is different from others. I will recommend it from all my heart!

It has nice presentations, with many and diverse information not just about grammar and language, but about the culture, history, geography, mentality.

And the fact that one of the main activities is constant repetition, gave us confidence and made the lessons seem much easier.

Flori Moisa

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Natalia Kardash courses teaching Russian to beginners are the best value one could find! The online course was excellent. My Russian-speaking family members were quite surprised at the progress I made in 30 days.

Natalia Kardash herself as a teacher, her methodology and her personalized approach is the difference between this course and others. She is with her student every day, bright, smiling, cheery and full of enthusiasm. Perhaps the most important element is her positive attitude, always pushing forward, accepting students' mistakes without showing any frustration. Always encouraging, never criticising, helping her students get over their difficulties.

Leonard Delunas

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Joining the advanced group was a great opportunity for me to refresh my Russian vocabulary and grammar and be able to adapt in real life conversations that will be useful in the future for my development.

It goes without saying that I will recommend to other students. The personal approach and the attention to the personal needs of each student makes all the difference.

The course is tailored made to the exact needs and specifications of each group and what they want to achieve in the long run.

Christophoros Teggeris

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Most important was the timing of the course and its compact duration. One month’s time – I found it very attractive.

I would definitely recommend the course to my friends. It was well structured, well presented, compact and productive.

Best investment I could have made with my time during one month!

Vrej Bekarian

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The course was very interesting and helpful. I recommend it to other people who are interested to learn Russian. The most important for me in this course was the fact that I could study from the comfort of my house and at the time I choose.

I value and appreciate Natalia’s patience to help me with any difficulties I had. I am convinced that basic knowledge of Russian is helping much in business, I am Hyatt hotel manager, we have many Russian guests. Withing a month I could learn enough words to start “small talks” without clients.

Yiannakis Ioannou

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The course was well planned, learning materials are easy to access with the basic objectives of training, particularly audio that can be downloaded and listened to offline.

Natalia is a fabulous teacher, I am looking forward to taking more online classes. Our teacher loves interacting with us, she is teaching with passion, excellent preparation, flexibility, organizations skills, intensive work.

I liked learning about geography and history that I have never found in other courses.

Anna Luciano

 

 

Please watch samples of video materials used during the course MISSION POSSIBLE

 

Sample of a video that is usually used during an intensive course "Russian in 1 month" but will be given free of charge as additional material to the students who'll subscribe to Mission Possible course.

 

Sample of a reading lesson (there are 8 lessons like this) that allow people who do not know Russian to start reading easy words within the first 7-10 days of the course.

 

Sample of an introduction video that is offered before students watch a part of the movie offered during the course. There are 8 lessons like this, and 8 parts of the movie that help to increase your vocabulary.

 


This is the way we learn new words. There are 20 lessons like this, they help to learn 100 first words.

 

This is a sample of a lesson that helps people to learn Russian questions.

 

 

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С 1 января на Кипре начал работать первый частный поставщик электроэнергии для конечных потребителей, который должен составить конкуренцию розничному подразделению Электрической компании Кипра (ЕАС). Директор Кипрского оператора системы передачи (TSOC) Ставрос Ставринос назвал это событие важной вехой для сектора.

Поставками электричества теперь будет заниматься компания Bioland Promithia, дочернее предприятие фирмы Bioland Holdings Ltd. Ее клиентами уже стал ряд крупных частных потребителей, хотя их названия компания не раскрывает. Электроэнергию, которую продает новый участник рынка, он берет из своих собственных и партнерских солнечных парков. То есть речь идет в основном о «зеленой энергетике», без вредных выбросов в окружающую среду.

Директор TSOC Ставрос Ставринос сказал, что выход на рынок розничной электроэнергии новой компании означает преодоление монополии ЕАС. Это первый существенный шаг к конкурентному розничному рынку электроэнергии, который официально начнет действовать на Кипре в конце 2021-начале 2022 года. Общая установленная мощность доступная для клиентов нового поставщика составляет 10 МВт. С новой компанией сотрудничают шесть производителей электроэнергии, с которыми заключены двусторонние соглашения. В конце января, согласно принятой процедуре, будет проведена оценка всей выработанной энергии. Недостающую, в основном в ночное время, энергию предоставит ЕАС. Возможные дневные излишки будут куплены также Электрической компанией Кипра. Задача Кипрского оператора системы передачи состоит в том, чтобы сбалансировать объемы потребления и выработки электроэнергии . Также оператор контролирует потребление электроэнергии со стороны клиентов, объемы производства и продажу излишков.

Отвечая на вопрос о том, появятся ли в ближайшее время на рынке электроэнергии новые игроки, Ставринос сказал, что в TSOC, помимо Bioland Holdings Ltd, обращалось несколько компаний, но пока что ни одна из них не подала заявку, чтобы выйти на рынок до вступления в силу новых правил. Всего на острове действует 14 энергетических компаний, сертифицированных регулятором.

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Вторник, 05 января 2021 15:38

Artificial intelligence – driver of world’s development

AI is at the centre of the 2021 "new normal", of automated, robotic and contactless processes that will be aimed at protecting the world from future outbreaks. This new reality will as well further increase the speed of its adoption in various fields.

To succeed, AI needs to be democratised, i.e. made usable by a wider set of users. This will ensure expansion of the talent base able to service and use AI-driven ecosystems.

To facilitate the performance, scalability, interpretability, and reliability of AI models, a robust AI engineering strategy will be needed, making the technology a part of the mainstream IT process rather than a set of specialised and isolated projects.

Ability of AI-based systems to structure unstructured data will boost the implementation of robotics systems across all sectors. In manufacturing, AI will allow companies that design and build products to aggregate, intelligently transform, and contextually present product and process data from manufacturing lines throughout their supply chains.

It might well be that in 2021 quantum computing will find its first compelling AI application, which will allow for the commercialisation of the quantum AI segment.

The increase in remote work will drive the adoption of automated speech recognition capabilities, particularly in customer contact centres. Also, applications of face recognition technology will see an explosion in 2021 for strong authentication in a growing range of internal and customerfacing applications. The regulatory sensitivity of this technology, however, as well as the legal risks, will only grow for the foreseeable future. Due to this, responsible AI is emerging to deal with trust, transparency, ethics, fairness, interpretability, and compliance issues.

Despite some advanced AI-related projects being realised in Cypriot universities, as a state Cyprus is only making its first steps in the field. The government approved the National Artificial Intelligence strategy in January 2020. The priority areas of the strategy are the following:

• Cultivating talent, skills, and lifelong learning

• Increasing the competitiveness of businesses through support initiatives towards research and innovation and maximising opportunities for networking and partnerships

• Improving the quality of public services through the use of digital and AIrelated applications

• Creating national data areas

• Developing ethical and reliable AI. The document is an important first step, as was the establishment of the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Strategy in March 2020. Unfortunately, in practical terms little has been done for AI-related innovation in 2020. Will Cyprus start walking the talk in 2021?

Source: gartner.com, weforum.org, financesonline.com, zdnet.com, knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu

 

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