No power cuts are expected on Tuesday, with electricity demand at manageable levels, ever since a munitions blast on July 11 destroyed the island's main power station and plunged the island into darkness with regular blackouts and brown outs. The Director of the Transmission System Operator (TSO), Christos Christodoulides told the CNA that power cuts

Ukrainian policemen arrest activists of the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN during their actions on a police detention truck near of the Kiev Pecherskyi District Court on Tuesday. FEMEN activists held placards saying `Cashier free!` (The expression in Ukrainian implies recent police arrests are indiscriminate and aimed at repressing political opposition). The Tymoshenko supporters continue their

The National Tennis Centre in Nicosia will be hosting from September 6 to 10 the Aphrodite World Tennis Cup, which has become an institution for Cypriot tennis. The organisers have yet to announce the lineup and if international star Marcos Baghdatis will be playing. The Aphrodite Cup has been upgraded to grade 4 of the

The Cyprus tourism sector had its best July in over a decade in July, as arrivals of tourists jumped by 17.3% compared with the year earlier to reach 359,104, compared with 306,106 in July 2010. After five years of almost consistent decline, arrivals from the UK, which remains by far the largest market, rose by

Retail trade growth slowed in May according to provisional data, rising by 0.4% compared with May 2010. Revised data for April show an increase of 5.8% compared with April 2010. For the period January-May 2011 retail sales are provisionally estimated to have increased by 0.8% compared with the corresponding period of 2010. In value terms,

The Cyprus trade deficit narrowed in the first half of the year according to provisional data for June. Preliminary imports in June reached EUR 538.1 mln, of which EUR 367.3 mln were arrivals from other member states of the EU and EUR 170.8 mln imports from third countries. Total exports/dispatches were EUR 124.0 mln, of

While the first-half figures for the budget painted a grim picture of expenditure far outpacing revenue, the figures for the second quarter alone are a bit brighter. While the central government consolidated budget (cash basis) reported a drop in revenue in the first half of the year of 0.3% and an increase in expenditure of

The yacht “Armenia” made its final port of call in Limassol on Thursday, concluding a two year voyage that started from Valencia and took the crew of seven to countries inhabited by Armenians. The trip was initiated by its captain, author and human rights activist Zori Balayian, who used the Armenian tricolour as its main