BOC to join FTSE/ATHEX 40 index

Bank of Cyprus shares trading in Greece will join the FTSE/ATHEX 40 index as of April 2006 following a decision by FTSE International to change its rules in order to allow the

WHO expects human transmission of flu

World Health Organization Director General lee Jong-Wook said on Monday that human transmission of the deadly strain of bird flu (H5N1 avian flu) would certainly occur but he could not predict when.

Euro rates appear set to rise on Dec 1

The European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet gave his biggest hint yet on Monday that euro-area interest rates are likely to rise at the next meeting on December 1. After the regular