WHO and UNICEF urge funding for vaccine

GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF announce today a new joint policy statement on the role of vaccine vial monitors (VVMs) in improving access to immunization, on the 10-year

Fitch lifts Cyprus bank ratings

Fitch Ratings, the rating agency states that all the three major Cyprus banks have significantly enhanced their profitability and asset quality in 2006 although challenges remain in sustaining their improvement. According to

Euro-area growth at fastest since 2000

Over the last twelve months, the euro-area economy has gone from strength to strength. The euro-area grew by 2.7% in 2006, its fastest growth rate since 2000, and well-above its long-term average.

Bank of Cyprus calls for Marfin rejection

Bank of Cyprus Pcl (BOC) has called on its shareholders attending the Annual General Meeting to reject the proposal submitted by Marfin for cooperation. Bank of Cyprus has been obliged, following court

Turkish markets plunge over new election crisis

— Army threat could destabilise economy   Turkey’s lira, bonds and stocks plunged Monday after the military threatened to block the ruling party’s presidential candidate because of his support for Islamist causes.

UASC looks to Cyprus for new ports

— Aims to join shipping ‘big league’   The United Arab Shipping Company, ranked the 23rd biggest in the world with a fleet of 33 cargo vessels and nearly 180,000 containers on

Ten years of Action in the Balkans

Action Global Communications, the region’s leading Public Relations network, celebrates this year its tenth anniversary in the Balkans with an expanding and diverse client portfolio of multinational companies and organisations in its