The European Confederation of the Footwear Industry CEC has asked to extend the anti-dumping duties on Chinese shoes arguing this would be in the interest of European consumers. However, the European consumer organisation BEUC strongly opposed this view, with its Director General, Monique Goyens, arguing that “facing already tough economic times, European consumers do not
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For the first time, Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, Canada, conquers the top spot of the 2009-2010 Beyond Grey Pinstripes rankings. The rankings, a biennial survey and popular alternative ranking of full-time MBA programmes, was released by The Aspen Institute and published on TopMBA.com. York University (Schulich) received high marks for
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. The European Rim Policy and Investment Council (ERPIC) hosted the second of its three-part conference focusing on the security of the Greater Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean, where Christos Iacovou of the Cyprus Research Centre (KYKEM) sketched Foreign Minister Ahmet Davudoglu’s vision of a new regionally dominant benevolent Turkey. A vision, however, that
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. BY COSTIS STAMBOLIS In his first address to parliament, Greece’s newly elected Prime Minister George Papandreou presented his government’s plans for his term in office focusing on the poor state of the economy and warning of the tough measures that will need to be taken. “Today we face an unprecedented fiscal derailment”, he said.
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The index of industrial production for August 2009 reached 79.0 (base 2005=100), recording a decrease of 5.0% compared with August 2008. For the period January – August 2009, the index recorded a decrease of 8.7% compared with the same period of the previous year. For manufacturing, the production index for August 2009 reached 63.3, recording
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Cyta and the Syrian state telecommunications provider STE have agreed, during an official high-level bilateral meeting, to upgrade the Ugarit submarine cable system between Cyprus and Syria, providing the capability for multiple 10 Gbps connections. This upgrade is to be performed in conjunction with similar upgrades on the Cadmos and Berytar submarine cable systems, together
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Maria Lazarou, Office Administration and Secretarial Studies lecturer and coordinator at Cyprus College, was unanimously elected Chairman of the European Committee of the European Management Assistants (EUMA) during the association’s 35 th annual general meeting held in Ljubljana. Lazarou is involved with the design and implementation of seminars and workshops for secretaries and management assistants
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A delegation from the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA) took part in the international conference of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) held in Milan, that focused on “Global Investments: Charting the Recovery Map”. The members from 197 countries voted for changes to various clauses in the constitution including the process of approving
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Former UN Secretary General, Boutros Boutros Ghali, will inaugurate the Neocleous Building in Limassol on Friday night, the new home of the offices of Andreas Neocleous & Co. The company’s new head office has been built to the latest specifications in the construction industry technology and incorporates energy saving with comfort, greenery and an easy
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People from around Cyprus gathered in Nicosia on Saturday to sort and bale 350 kilos of cans for recycling as part of the worldwide day of climate change activism. Participants joined more than 5,200 communities in 181 countries as part of a global day of action coordinated by 350.org to urge world leaders to take
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