Airline recognised for regionally inspired cuisine, inflight service and Onboard Lounge product Emirates, a global connector of people, places and economies,mies, announced that it has won Saveur Magazine’s Culinary Travel Award for Best In-Flight Dining: First Class & Business Class for the second consecutive year. Saveur, an American-based, globally recognised culinary-travel magazine, asked an expert
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* Greece, Egypt and Cyprus ministers prepare for Cairo summit * Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will host his counterparts from Greece and Egypt in Nicosia on Wednesday as a follow up to their meeting in New York last September and to lay the ground for their heads of state summit in Cairo next month, where energy
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One of the ‘Big 4’ audit and advisory firms that has worked with over 60% of banks in the comprehensive assessment exercise by the European Central Bank and the European Banking Authority said that a solution to the banking crisis is not over yet and challenges still remain. The Comprehensive Assessment is a special
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* S&P says services sector has proved resilient * Rating agencies Fitch and Standard and Poor’s have upgraded Cyprus sovereign ratings based on the improved image the government is projecting with its better management of public finances, while praising the services sector as being a ‘resilient’ factor in th economy’s stability and
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. Cyprus scored its first victory in a while when a Greek court this week ruled in favour of protecting our traditional halloumi cheese, both as a trade name and as a product. This has been a long-overdue success that should not have come as a surprise, considering that the “halloumi dossier” has been going
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. By José Manuel Barroso Over the past ten years, the European Union has endured a series of unprecedented crises, the likes of which we are unlikely to see again. But other, no less daunting challenges lie ahead, and we would do well to remember the lessons learned along the way. One lesson is that
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. Marcuard's Market update by GaveKal Dragonomics After the largest and most detailed review of bank assets ever conducted, the European Central Bank published its Asset Quality Review of euro-area banks’ balance-sheets. The results of the ECB’s stress tests suggest the eurozone’s banking sector is pretty solid, even though 13 banks will need to strengthen
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Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt will meet today in Nicosia. The ministerial meeting falls within the framework of political consultations between the three countries and is the continuation of the contacts the three Ministers held in New York last month in the framework of the 69th session of the UN General
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Higher domestic consumption after last year's good export performance in the services sector is likely to boost Malta's (A3, stable) economy going forward, Moody's Investors Service said in its annual update. Malta's real GDP grew by 3.2% over the first half and the rating agency projects that it could increase by 2.8% in 2015. Stronger
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Gulf Air launched its four weekly direct services from Bahrain to Moscow on Tuesday. The launch of the new route follows the visit of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to the Russian capital and the preceding visit of Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister.
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