KLM installed beacons at all piers, KLM lounges and hallways of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. KLM thoroughly tested the beacon technology with the help of customers in recent months. Once passengers with the KLM smartphone app on their phones have switched on Bluetooth and connected to the internet, they receive a notification asking them if they
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Almost 350 refugees who were rescued Thursday by the Cyprus Republic when found stranded on a small vessel off the coast of the island are being transferred to a designated accommodation area in the village of Kokkinotrimithia, in the Nicosia district. Since early Friday morning, 63 people, men, women and children of all ages arrived
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International rating agency, Capital Intelligence (CI), announced that it has raised the Bank of Cyprus` (BoC) Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to `B-` (from `C+`), reflecting the greatly improved capital position. CI notes in that FSR is revised upwards, although as is the case with other European banks, capital adequacy is still subject to some uncertainty
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A rescue operation is underway by the Cyprus authorities to reach vessel with some 300 mostly Syrian refugees on board that sent out a distress signal early Thursday about 50 nautical miles southwest of the Paphos coast. Defence Minister Christophoros Fokaides said that the Cyprus Search and Rescue (SAR) Centre sent out a patrol boat
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. Perhaps now is the time to ask some embarrassing questions. To begin with, who is the Director of Lands and Surveys for the whole of Cyprus? What is his annual pay scale and is it performance related? Does he actually exist or is he, like Brezhnev, alive in body only? The reason for this
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. Marcuard's Market update by GaveKal Dragonomics Recession has become a way of life in Italy with 11 of the last 12 quarters seeing negative economic growth. The gloom was reinforced on Monday with the release of industrial orders for July showing a 0.7% YoY contraction. The sad thing for the one-time precocious catch-up kid
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The Australian High Commission in Nicosia, Cyprus, announce the launch of its new Twitter account ‘Australia In Cyprus’. The public is invited to follow the account at www.twitter.com/AusHCCyprus Personal tweets from the High Commissioner Trevor Peacock will be signed ‘TP’. The first tweet will be sent on October 1. This is an added opportunity for
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Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, was recently honored at this year’s Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) Passenger Choice Awards Ceremony in California, USA, winning the John White Publication Award for best inflight publication. Commenting on this achievement Gulf Air Acting Chief Commercial Officer, Mr. Ahmed Janahi said: “We are pleased
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Low fares airline Ryanair announced a new GDS partnership with Amadeus, Europe’s leading provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel industry, allowing Amadeus-affiliated travel agents across Europe access to Ryanair’s low fares and Europe’s largest route network. The combination of Ryanair’s low fares, extensive route network at primary and secondary airports, and leading
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The two central information registers for data exchange managed by the commercial banks and the Cooperative sector will be merged by the end of September to form the new central information register, as provided by reform programme provided in Cyprus €10 bailout. Sources told CNA that the Central Credit Register will be fully operational by
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