With Pope Benedict's abdication on Thursday, the most prominent living speaker of Latin will retire into the shadows, after doing much during his eight-year pontificate to give the language of ancient Rome
French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday he wanted to see negotiations over the Syria crisis widened to include parties that could act as negotiators between President Bashar al-Assad and opposition rebels.
Global equity markets and crude oil rose on Wednesday, pulled higher by encouraging U.S. economic data and renewed confidence that major central banks will keep taking steps to support the global economy.
Britain should welcome a cap on bankers' bonuses agreed by European Union lawmakers on Thursday as a fair response to taxpayers' anger over the huge cost of rescuing imprudent banks, Europe's top
Newly elected President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades has assured that he will act as President of all Cypriots, without prejudice or discrimination, noting that he would be resigning from President of
Cyprus Hellenic Bank posted for 2012 net loss of €23.44 million, containing losses in a year of continued financial crisis and subdued financial activity. According to the group`s preliminary financial results for
Present-elect Nicos Anastasiades announced his ‘Dream Team’ cabinet on Wednesday, comprising technocrats, politicians and academics who will deal with a multi-billion rescue from international lenders. Having won a landslide victory in last
Pope Benedict bid an emotional farewell at his last general audience on Wednesday, acknowledging the "rough seas" that marked his papacy "when it seemed that the Lord was sleeping." In an unusually
**German tourists stay away in January** Tourism got off to a bad start in January, with the number of tourists diving by 11.2% over the year earlier to 42,286, compared with 47,610
**Car regs, petroleum sales down in Jan** The decline of retail trade deepened in December according to preliminary figures, with retail sales volumes falling by 6% over the year earlier, from a
