The plenary of the UN General Assembly adopted on June 30 the budgets of 14 peacekeeping forces, including the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). The General Assembly adopted the report of
Cypriot shooter George Achilleos secured the silver medal in Men's Skeet in the XVI Mediterranean Games taking place in Pescara, Italy. Italy's Ennio Falco won the gold with 148/150 and France's Anthony
Minister of Labour and Social Insurance Soteroula Charalambous has said that ''the government intends to continue monitoring the impact of the financial crisis on social security and more importantly of the population
Twelve new cases of H1N1 flu have been confirmed in Cyprus, increasing the total cases to 70, Cyprus Health Ministry announced on Thursday. Eight of the new cases concern Cypriots. According to
The euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 9.5% in May 2009, compared with 9.3% in April 2009. According to figures published by Eurostat, unemployment in Cyprus rose to 5.3% in May
World stocks dipped towards a 1-1/2 week low on Friday after the previous day's disappointing U.S. jobs report boosted expectations that the process of recovery in the world's biggest economy would be
Heavy job losses in the United States and Europe soured market sentiment, pointing to a long, slow recovery from the world's deepest recession in eight decades. Friday's euro zone service sector surveys
U.S. housing prices will fall by a double-digit percentage from already beaten-down levels, resulting in an overall 40 percent plunge by the time foreclosures peak in the second half of 2010, Barclays
Asian stocks retreated on Friday and the dollar edged up after a disappointingly big drop in U.S. employment prompted investors to pull back from commodities, resource-linked shares and higher-yielding currencies. But the
The annual inflation rate fell for a fourth straight month in June, as the consumer price index rose by just 0.2% compared with June 2008. The main decline was in prices of
