PandaLabs has detected the presence of emails containing Nuwar.B, a new variant of the Nuwar family of worms. This malicious code uses the New Year as a ruse to infect computers. However, oddly enough, this is not a malicious code designed to cause an epidemic or damage computers but to artificially drive up certain prices
More
PricewaterhouseCoopers’s two-day Careers Fair took place just before the Christmas holidays in order to help young and aspiring minds to seek promising new professional careers. The exhibition was opened on Friday, December 22, by the Rector of the University of Cyprus, Stavros Zenios. The event took place in a specifically transformed area in Leonidou Street
More
A lot has been said about the difficulties with which the Cyprus courts are called to expedite their work, primarily due to the lack of funds that prevent efficient means of administration and technical work. It would be unfair to blame everything that goes wrong in our court rooms on the pool of efficient, yet
More
The Elysium luxury hotel in Paphos has received a number of awards to add to its growing collection. Confirming British travelers preference and satisfaction, Argo Holidays recently granted the Elysium two accolades. Besides being voted the ‘Hotel of the Year 2006’, the hotel won the ‘Best Weddings Venue in Cyprus for 2006’ award as well.
More
A new executive programme is being organized by the Cyprus International Institute of Management CIIM in February entitled ‘The 360 degree Feedback Programme’, designed for middle and senior managers, who lead teams, including CEOs and departmental heads. The programme focuses on the evaluation and assessment of continuous feedback from different sources as a means to
More
By Joseph E. Stiglitz  The world survived 2006 without a major economic catastrophe, despite sky-high oil prices and a Middle East spiraling out of control. But the year produced abundant lessons for the global economy, as well as warning signs concerning its future performance. Unsurprisingly, 2006 brought another resounding rejection of fundamentalist neo-liberal policies,
More
Lufthansa German Airlines has published special fares from Cyprus for various long haul destinations for tickets which are issued electronically. Passengers who no longer want to travel with paper tickets can buy return tickets in economy class from Larnaca to Beijing or Shanghai from CYP 250, to Boston, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia from CYP 280, to
More
Americans spend most, Greeks least  On the basis of the results of the Passenger Survey, revenue from tourism in Cyprus reached CYP 37.6 mln in November 2006, compared to CYP 43.1 mln in the corresponding month of the previous year, recording a decrease of 12.7%. However, revenue rose in the period January to November
More
David Beckham joined Motorola in Tokyo Friday to formally kick off sales of the  MOTORAZR (M702iS) handset with DoCoMo in Japan. Sporting the hot new device, the football icon popped up at ersatz appearances around Tokyo, with Japan‘s most stylish mobile device, MOTORAZR. Appearing with leading Japanese sportscaster Tomoaki Ogura on Best Moments in Sports
More
— Ledra street bridge to be lifted on Thursday  Turkish Cypriots halted demolition work on the controversial pedestrian bridge within the buffer zone at the end of Ledra Street late Friday because of the Kumran Bayram (Eid El Fitr) Moslem holiday. The Cyprus News Agency reported that demolition work started in the morning but
More