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. The Risk Watch Column By Dr Alan Waring Financial Mirror readers may recall that four previous Risk Watch articles have discussed the major hazard risk issues arising from the Mari-Vassilikos disaster

. In the Greek section of the Financial Mirror last week, we ran a story about Jet2.com promoting paragliding in the North only, whereas the airline promotes itself as carrying passengers to

. BY DR. JIM LEONTIADES The Cyprus International Institute of Management Public unrest in Greece has reached boiling point. After three years of austerity the only word from the government is that

. In the efforts of the powers-that-be to have full control over all matters related to energy, they have succeeded in once again demolishing what little trust and confidence had remained in

. BY SHAVASB BOHDJALIAN The Bank of Japan (BOJ) acting on orders of the Japanese Ministry of Finance surprised markets on Monday by intervening massively in the forex markets, selling the yen

. BY TOM LAWRENCE In a few days’ time the rest of the world will pay no attention at all as the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders meet UN Secretary General

. By Shavasb Bohdjalian The European Union is now discussing two options for giving the euro zone rescue fund more firepower — an insurance model and a special investment vehicle (SPIV), a

. It appears that Katherine Ashton may have her priorities mixed up. As EU High Representative for foreign affairs of the 27-member group, she has reportedly rebuffed twice the complaints put forward

“Death by a thousand tweets” * Death by a thousand tweets * By Fiona Mullen The most disconcerting aspect of the arrest of former finance minister Michalis Sarris last Thursday is not

. Over the years, the Human Resources Development Agency was often wrongly regarded as a public service where elderly and unemployed plumbers were taught basket-weaving and housewives learned how to use Windows.