Four of the six Cypriot members of the European Parliament set aside their political differences for a few hours on Friday and joined hands to launch the communication campaign for the European Elections next May, amid grievances from a frustrated youth and rising unemployment. Alexandra Attalides, Deputy Head of the European Parliament Office in Cyprus,
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The Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), the main international index evaluating companies on their performance in terms of sustainable development, has ranked Air France-KLM leader of the “Airlines” industry, for the 9th consecutive year. For the fifth year running, Air France-KLM has also been ranked leader of the broader "Transport" category, covering air, rail, sea
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AdvanFort International, Inc., a leading U.S. maritime security firm, has announced that the government of Benin has granted it permission — the first by a West African government — to conduct counter-piracy operations for both domestic and foreign-flagged commercial vessels throughout Benin's waters. The company recently secured similar licenses from major maritime nations Panama and
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A former Cyprus government minister appeared in an Athens court on Friday and will re-appear next week to testify in a major graft case that has seen the arrest of former Defence Minister and socialist Pasok leader-in-the-making Akis Tsohatzopoulos. The Greek minister, who had led a power struggle to head the historic party and become
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Sterling rose to an eight-month high against a basket of currencies on Friday on the view that a strengthening British economy will mean interest rates rising earlier than the central bank has flagged. The pound's trade-weighted index rose to 82.7, its highest since mid-January, as the UK currency stayed near multi-month highs against the dollar
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Four men were sentenced to death on Friday for fatally raping a young woman on a bus last December in an attack that triggered angry protests and widespread calls for the execution of her attackers. Judge Yogesh Khanna, who convicted the men for gang rape and "cold-blooded" murder earlier this week, rejected their lawyers' plea
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Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged small-scale attacks inside the United States to "bleed America economically", adding he hoped eventually to see a more significant strike, according to the SITE monitoring service. In an audio speech released online a day after the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 strikes, Zawahri said attacks "by one brother or
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The award winning, five-star and first-ever leisure, golf and real estate development in Cyprus which combines the five-star InterContinental hotel with an indulgent spa, championship golf course and a first class tennis academy, announced that the InterContinental Aphrodite Hills Resort Hotel had won the 2013 'Mediterranean Leading Family Resort’ award last week, making it our
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“Ex-Smokers are Unstoppable”, the European Commission’s campaign to support smokers in becoming smoke-free for life proudly announces that 1 in 100 Cypriot smokers is currently seeking help through iCoach. iCoach offers practical support to those who want to stop smoking, as well as those who are curious to know more but have yet to make
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U.S. is near bottom of list of 48 countries ranked by Bloomberg for the quality of their healthcare systems. Israel's health system has been ranked fourth in the world in terms of efficiency, according to the business news and financial information company Bloomberg. Among the 48 countries surveyed, the three that ranked higher than Israel
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