U.S.-Russian crew blast off for space station

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, carrying two cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut to the International Space Station, blasted off early on Tuesday from Russia's launchpad in Kazakhstan, blazing a fiery trail across the

New diets for cows, sheep could cut emissions

New diets for cows and sheep could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, research funded by the Department for environment, food and rural affairs (Defra) shows. Feeding the animals maize silage, naked oats

Euro edges off 5-month high

Oil sat near a two-and-a-half year high scaled on fears of further supply disruptions from the Middle East and Africa and the euro edged off a five-month high against the dollar on

Cyprus industrial production declines in Jan

The index of industrial production reached 85.2 (base 2005=100) in January, recording a decrease of 4.1% compared with January 2010. For manufacturing alone, the production index fell by 7.5% compared with January

Cyprus earnings rise 0.4% (s/a) in Q4

Earnings in Cyprus rose in seasonally adjusted terms by 0.4% over the previous quarter in the last three months of 2010, according to the latest figures from the Statistical Service. In absolute