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. BY EFTHYMIOS FLOURENTZOU Minister of Communications and Works Traditionally, Cyprus and Germany have shared an excellent political and trade relationship, which became even closer following the accession of Cyprus to the

. The passage of the government’s first austerity plan last Friday hiking the pension contributions of civil servants and implementation of other measures that are supposed to achieve some cost savings was

. It is incomprehensible how the civil servants’ union that represents about 20% of the island’s workforce, has succeeded in the past five decades to impose itself on the private sector unions,

. The resignation of Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs has opened the door for rival Samsung Electronics at a crucial time in the battle for smartphone supremacy in salesrooms and courtrooms around

. Forex traders will be glued to their screens on Friday waiting to hear what Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will say at his speech at an annual central bank conference in Jackson

. For 37 years, we were foolish enough to believe that we could rely on such “golden weapons” as United Nations resolutions, words of comradeship from permanent members of the Security Council

. When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke takes the podium next week at the central bank's annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, his sense of deja vu may be overwhelming. Stocks have

. President Dilma Rousseff faces a damaging showdown with Congress that threatens to hurt Brazil's growth prospects as she struggles to contain a rebellion over her drive to cut costs and root

. South Africa's governing alliance between labour and the ANC was given an uncomfortable warning this week by the finance minister, who suggested labour laws they had crafted over the years to

. By Shavasb Bohdjalian Everybody knows that the forex market is the most vicious market in the world, with many forex traders burning their fingers over and over again. But the forex