Johnson & Johnson is voluntarily recalling about 32 million packages of its birth control pill Cilest in Europe, Asia and Latin America, a spokeswoman said late on Tuesday, the latest in a string of recalls over the past two years. Cilest is manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc, a unit of Johnson & Johnson. Spokeswoman Michelle
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The 29th Annual Cyprus and Hellenic Leadership Conference opened Tuesday in Washington in the presence of Greek-American and Cypriot-American leaders from across the US and Hellenes from around the world. The three-day Conference, hosted by the International Coordinating Committee "Justice for Cyprus" (PSEKA) and the Coordinated Effort of Hellenes (CEH), is attended by 100 delegates
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The airline industry is set to allow consumers to see more details of what they are booking using a new online reservation platform, a project that poses a threat to many travel technology firms working with older systems. Almost two thirds of global tickets sales are made via travel agents, online travel agencies and travel
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The European Union is to impose duties on imports of Chinese solar panels from Thursday, but announced a dramatically reduced initial rate after pressure from some large member states in the hope of reaching a negotiated settlement with Beijing. The EU says it has evidence that Chinese firms are selling their goods below cost –
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The decision to sell local units of Cypriot Banks in Greece to Greece`s Piraeus Bank was a political one and under the circumstances it was correct, Governor of Central Bank Panikos Demetriades said on Tuesday, before a meeting of the House Committee on Institutions which continued the discussion on the specific issue. In statements to
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Chairman of the Cyprus Hotel Association Charis Loizides on Tuesday expressed his optimism that tourist bookings in the months of July, August and September will cover the losses that were recorded in the tourist industry over the last two months. Speaking to the press, Loizides said that July, August and September are known as the
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In a sign that Cypriots are cutting back as a result of the crisis, outbound tourism fell by 19% compared with the year earlier in April. In absolute numbers 84,688 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in April 2013 compared with 104,493 in April 2013. The timing of Orthodox Easter might also have
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The decline in industrial production deepened in March, output falling by 16.1% compared with March 2012, after a fall of 15.3% in February. Industrial production comprises manufacturing, electricity, water supply and materials recovery, and mining and quarrying. The biggest decline by subsector was recorded by mining and quarrying, which fell over the year earlier by
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The services sector took a hit in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest figures on turnover. Turnover for the accommodation and food service activities sector fell by 9.4% compared with the same period of 2013, while information and communication declined by 4.7%. Professional, scientific and technical activities tumbled by 8.9%, while administrative
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Pockets of protesters clashed with Turkish riot police overnight and a union federation began a two-day strike on Tuesday as anti-government demonstrations in which two people have died stretched into a fifth day. Hundreds of police and protesters have been injured since Friday, when a demonstration to halt construction in a park in an Istanbul
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