Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis announced on Tuesday that the Government will issue new long term bonds to the international markets around mid January in order to meet public needs for the 2010,
Unemployment in December last year dropped by 2.8%, compared to November 2009, the Statistical Service has announced. The average number of registered unemployed persons for the entire year, 2009, reached 17,505, compared
The Minister of Labour and Social Insurance Sotiroula Charalambous believes that 2010 will also be a difficult year for the employment sector. Speaking in Larnaca where she attended religious celebrations for Epiphany
A study in mice suggests using cell phones may help prevent some of the brain-wasting effects of Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. After long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves such as
The labour market in the United States is improving and the economy is close to the point when the unemployment rate will start to fall, a top U.S. Federal Reserve official said
The Bank of England is unlikely to tamper with its monetary policy settings on Thursday, but growing signs Britain has pulled out of recession mean it is expected to halt its quantitative
The Cyprus Statistical Service announced that the consumer price index in January-December 2009 rose by 0.3% compared to the corresponding period of 2008. This is the lowest annual inflation rate since 1965,
The Statistical Service has reported that on the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, 72,612 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in November 2009, compared with 74,080 in
Cyprus' inflation for December 2009 rose to 2.0% compared to 1.4% in November 2009 and 2.1% in December 2008, Cyprus' Statistical Service announced on Tuesday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December
Three of Britain's biggest retailers, Next, John Lewis and Shop Direct, posted healthy Christmas sales on Tuesday but warned impending cuts in government spending and rises in taxation could crimp growth in
