Cyprus Airways announced it is launching 42 extra return flights from Larnaca to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to facilitate some 13,000 Muslim pilgrims travelling to the Islamic holy city of Mecca from Europe via Cyprus. The extra flights will commence December 7 and continue until January 9, 2008. The national carrier is also putting on an
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An in-depth survey of more than 750 patients with type 2 diabetes across Europe reveals that poor management of diabetes is a serious challenge for individual patients, as well as a significant burden on the healthcare systems. The Choose Control survey results discussed today at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the
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At an Enterprise Mobility Day event in London, Nokia further executed on its commitment to drive the adoption of business mobility by addressing the needs of business users and business managers. The company introduced the E51, a business smartphone, the latest addition in the Eseries portfolio, and also showcased it within the context of Nokia mobile
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Moody’s Investors Service’s UK credit card indices exhibited signs of stabilisation in June, after a two-year period of deterioration. The Moody’s report, entitled “UK Credit Card Indices: June 2007”, notes that both gross yield and payment rates were higher than those seen in June 2006, while there was a reduction in the growth of charge-off
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Ericsson has signed a turnkey contract with Vodafone Netherlands to deploy the Ericsson Automatic Data Retention Solution (ADRS), bringing the operator in line with a new EU directive. This marks a world-first deployment of the Ericsson ADRS. Under the contract, Ericsson will deliver a turnkey solution – from systems integration to business support systems –
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Thanks to the partnership in Apple’s ‘Made for iPod’ program, Trust announced that its iPod speakers are compatible with the recently introduced iPod Nano and Classic. They can be placed in the dock connector without any problem and play music perfectly. The latest and significantly improved iPod models are received with great enthusiasm. With this,
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— Pressure still on Turkey to remove embargo The tenth Maritime Cyprus Conference will be held in Limassol on September 23-26, with the focus this year on the changing image of the shipping industry and the need to cultivate a new generation of young executives. Shipping contributes 4% of GDP and the cash inflow to
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— Largest broker, IPO advisor and fund manager  CISCO, the investment banking arm of the Bank of Cyprus Group has taken the lead in Cyprus’ capital markets, becoming the largest firm in terms of brokerage, investment banking, IPOs and funds under management. CISCO General Manager Anna Sofroniou Vafeades said the firm’s success was directly
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The undecided voters have taken the lead in the forthcoming Cyprus Presidential elections to be held February 2008 with a 27% share, well ahead of the three presidential hopefuls according to a poll carried out by the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs of the University of Nicosia. The undecided have 27% of the
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By Apostolis Zoupaniotis United Nations (CNA) – The Agreement of 8 July 2006 has yet to be implemented, stressed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his annual report on the work of the UN before the General Assembly which opened Tuesday. In the third chapter of the report on peace and security, Ban wrote that
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