* Budget airline squeezes Cyprus Airways, Aegean welcomes challenge * Budget airline Ryanair is pushing its way into the highly lucrative Athens route by launching a new daily flight in April from Paphos (PFO) to Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH) with an introductory offer of just 12 euros each way. However, the launch-fare has sold out on
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Leading Cyprus-based pharmaceuticals company Medochemie Ltd. www.medochemie.com has been named as one of the final 100 businesses and Ruban d’Honneur recipients in the 2013/2014 European Business Awards sponsored by RSM international. Selected as one of ten finalists in The Imports/Exports Award will now go on to compete in the third and final round of judging
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Middle East built assets to rise by 63% to $8.7 trln by 2022 The tenth International Property Show www.internationalpropertyshow.ae , which will coincide with the Annual Investment Meeting 2014 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, will attract 300 companies from 80 countries on April 8-10 The exhibition, the biggest since inception that is
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By Mary Keogh MD – Global Regulatory Affairs, DBRS On the heels of their November 21 technical advice to the EU Commission regarding the feasibility of a network of small- and medium-sized (SME) credit rating agencies (CRAs), ESMA, the EU’s financial regulator published their long awaited CRA market share report on December 16. An upcoming
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The Kanika International Business Centre, one of the most prestigious commercial properties in KLimassol, haas achieved near full occupancy in less than a year of operation within the Yermasoyia Tourist area. The building has advanced technology features with ample parking, landscaped gardens and purpose-designed outdoor function areas for corporate events. The gated project offers high
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The first of 42 trestles that will make up the 1.2km long jetty at Vassiliko was installed last week to enhance the under-construction oil storage terminal of VTTV. “We are very proud to have successfully completed another phase in the construction of the oil storage terminal. The jetty is unique in the Mediterranean and will
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Foreign investors on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) recorded inflows of EUR 176.9 mln, with foreign institutional investors recording inflows of EUR 145.2 in December, according to the Hellenic Exchanges Monthly Statistics Bulletin. On the other hand, Greek investors were net sellers of EUR 167 mln, but overall, in the whole of 2013, foreign investors
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A University of Cyprus project on the effects of Dark Matter and Dark Energy on gravitational theory has won a 1.2 mln euro grant from the European Research Council (ERC) as part of ‘consolidator grants’ worth 575 mln disbursed to 312 scientists. Grants are worth up to 2.75 mln each, with an average of 1.84
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THE RISK WATCH COLUMN THE RISK WATCH COLUMN: By Dr Alan Waring Every so often, Risk Watch shifts its usual focus from the giddy heights of government and corporate boardrooms and the big risk issues to address risks as they are experienced by ordinary workaday people, especially where such matters are effectively controlled by big
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. A heated argument on Sigma’s breakfast show suggests that post-administration Akel is once again in total disarray, with the Larnaca MP Giorgos Georgiou uttering the most stupid words one would expect from a deputy. The debate was whether Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou, formerly a staunch critic of harsh policing methods and corruption within the
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