* Orphanides counters communist “mud slinging” * With the presidential election campaigning in full swing, political parties and their parliamentary deputies have finally found the time to deal with loans given to
The number of Cypriot households with internet access increased in 2012, compared to 2011, with the most popular internet activities being information retrieval, e-mailing and access to social networks. The percentage of
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA) will buy a number of BP's North Sea assets for over $1.3 billion in a sign relations between Britain and the Gulf emirate are on the
Intellectual Property rights plagued by Inadequate Protection; Copyright piracy is a publicly-approved practice in Cyprus At a time when Cyprus wants to evolve from a jurisdiction where only taxes are
Asian shares ended a seven-day winning streak on Wednesday and commodities eased as investors fretted that a lack of progress in talks on U.S. budget woes risked putting the world's largest economy
Chinese shares fell to their lowest in almost four years on Wednesday, pulling down the Hong Kong market, as hopes of monetary easing anytime this year faded in the light of improving
A debt compromise agreed to unlock aid for Greece was a good one, removing the danger that lenders would have to take a haircut, European Central Bank policymaker Ewald Nowotny said. "I
For a few hedge funds, Greek debt is turning into one of the trades of the year. News that Athens – backed by euro zone ministers and the International Monetary Fund –
Within minutes of euro zone finance ministers reaching a deal to cut Greece's debt late on Monday, commentators on Twitter were dismissing it as another exercise in "kicking the can down the
The Greek government and financial markets were cheered on Tuesday by an agreement between euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund to reduce Greece's debt, paving the way for the
