European shares advanced on Tuesday after a choppy, nervous session as investors tentatively bought into beaten-down shares on hopes for global central bank policy action to revive the economic recovery. The Euro
On the long, slow walk alone down the aisle of St. Paul's Cathedral, people bowing and curtseying on either side as she passed, Queen Elizabeth cut a forlorn figure. Her husband of
The first trial of a senior Muammar Gaddafi-era official accused of crimes relating to last year's war opened on Tuesday, in what will be seen as a test of the Libyan government's
* Ruling party rushes first reading vote through * Angry opposition demonstrators march to soccer fan zone * Clashes with police heighten tension on eve of Euro 2012 A crowd of Ukrainians
The Cyprus Statistical Service has made a large upward revision to the population figure following the census conducted in October 2011. The estimated population is now 862,000, compared with a previous official
**Business services up, consumer down** The services sector had a mixed record in the first quarter of the year according to data on turnover from the Statistical Service. On the positive side,
Industrial Production dropped by 14.2% over the same month of the previous year in March 2012, according to the Statistical Service. The main decline came from manufacturing, where there was a fall
Apple Inc is facing delays in renewing its request that a U.S. judge ban Samsung Electronics' Galaxy 10.1 tablets, a key battleground in the worldwide patent wars between the technology giants. Apple
The president of Cyprus has backed down from his over-optimistic view of the economy just eight months away from the next elections and said he would not exclude a bailout to recapitalise the
Walt Disney Co, owner of the ABC broadcast network and a suite of cable channels, will stop accepting some junk-food ads on TV programs, radio shows and websites aimed at children, according
