World stocks fell on Friday after a disappointing U.S. jobs report and a sluggish euro zone services sector survey reinforced expectations that the process of recovery in the global economy would be
A homemade bomb exploded outside a Greek government taxation office in Athens on Friday, damaging nearby buildings but causing no injuries, police said. "The explosive device went off around 0230 GMT, shattering
There looks to be virtually no chance the MPC will move rates at the July meeting, according to an analysis by Citigroup analysts. But, the MPC will soon need to decide whether
Property sale contracts concluded in June 2009 fell by 45.7% taking the first six months decline to 58.3% according to data issued by the Land Registry Department. The figures indicate the sharp
According to the Terms of Issue of the Convertible Bonds 2013/2018 of Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd (the «Bonds»), the interest rate on the Bonds which will apply for the period
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
