. Responsible transparency: New Code of Conduct by pharmaceutical companies By Joanna Kozakou In recent years there has been a growing interest in the nature of the pharmaceutical industry’s relationships with healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations, particularly because patients and the public at large want to be sure that such relationships do not inappropriately affect
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By Jameel Ahmad, Chief Market Analyst at FXTM Last Wednesday evening, a more dovish than expected Federal Reserve weakened confidence in the USD. Although the Federal Reserve continued to taper their Quantitative Easing stimulus by a further $10bn, the US central bank surprisingly downgraded their economic growth projections for 2014. Beforehand, speculation emerged that the
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Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, will boost frequency and capacity to Larnaca from 1st July 2014, adding depth to its expanding network, while enhancing connectivity over its Abu Dhabi hub. Etihad Airways will operate Larnaca as a daily service during the peak summer period from 1 July to 30 September
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The government is making every effort for Cyprus to recover from the financial crisis and, despite the short time since the derailing of the public finances and the shock the banking system suffered, the course of the economy has already been reversed and is on the right track, albeit at the start, President of the
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The government is making every effort for Cyprus to recover from the financial crisis and, despite the short time since the derailing of the public finances and the shock the banking system suffered, the course of the economy has already been reversed and is on the right track, albeit at the start, President Nicos Anastasiades
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The Danish vessel “Ark Futura”, as part of the joint OPCW-UN mission has picked up the last consignment of Syria’s chemical weapons, the embassy of Denmark in Cyprus announced. “The last 7.2% of Syria’s declared chemical weapons were loaded this afternoon in Latakia, Syria on board the Danish vessel Ark Futur”, the embassy announcement said
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Cyprus recorded the fifth biggest drop in road accident fatalities in the whole of EU (decrease of 14%) between 2010-2013, while the average in the bloc was only 18%, the 8th Road Safety PIN Report of the European Transport Safety Council says. According to the findings of the report, in 2013 a total of 51
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The Famagusta Solar Car team of the technical school of Avgorou won Sunday’s 5th annual solar car race in Nicosia with the capital’s mayor saying the event will be upgraded to an international level. The Avgorou students won the race in their ‘Hyperion 2’ vehicle, while Club RA Belarus from Limassol won the ‘best design’
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Emergency works at the derelict church of Panagia Melandrina, in the Turkish-occupied village of Kalograia, in the Kyrenia district, have recently been completed, according to the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage. In statements to CNA, the Greek Cypriot Chairman of the bi-communal committee, Takis Hadjidemetriou, spoke of a “serious effort to rescue this very important
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President Nicos Anastasiades was discharged on Monday morning from the Aretaeio private hospital in Nicosia, after being admitted on Saturday with symptoms of gastroenteritis. In statements to journalists, the President said that he feels significantly better than two days ago and thanked his physician Dr Savvas Kadis and his medical team as well as all
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