The Council of Ministers approved the new national drug strategy for 2009-2012 during a meeting on Monday, Minister of Health Christos Patsalides announced. In a statement after the meeting, Patsalides said the
Cyprus is the largest foreign investor in the Ukraine and the largest investment destination for Ukrainian business, according to the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI). According to a CCCI press
European shares extended gains on Monday afternoon as better-than-expected U.S. housing data boosted Wall Street, already upbeat on a Treasury plan to cleanse banks of toxic assets. At 1602 GMT, the FTSEurofirst
The United States tried to persuade private investors on Monday to take on huge sums in banks' toxic assets, while the IMF warned of a drastic rise in unemployment that might threaten
The Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) has revised its prices index for construction materials with a new sample of enterprises and a new base year. Cystat announced that the classification of materials observed
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose at their fastest pace in nearly six years in February, data showed on Monday, providing some good news for the recession hit-economy. Sales rose 5.1
U.S. bank shares including Citigroup Inc and Bank of America Corp soared on hope a government plan to rid lenders of up to $1 trillion of troubled assets will resuscitate lending, earnings
The Statistical Service has announced the movement in prices of various food products, showing a general rise compared with the previous year. The producer price index of fresh vegetables decreased to 155
Entry into the European Union on 1 May 2004 has done a bit to narrow the wage gap between men and women in Cyprus, according to the latest data on average wages
The Labour Force Survey in Cyprus defied expectations in the fourth quarter, showing both a fall in unemployment and a rise in employment. In the fourth quarter of 2008, the total number
