The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan in the devastated Philippine coastal city of Tacloban was 4,000, a notice board at City Hall said on Friday, nearly double the nationwide toll provided by the government in Manila. The City Hall toll was the first public acknowledgement that the number of fatalities had far exceeded an estimate
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The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is collecting records of international money transfers under the same law that the National Security Agency uses to collect Americans' phone and Internet records, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The data, which includes records from companies such as Western Union Co, is part of
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The Cypriot economy contracted by 5.5% in the third quarter of 2013, showing signs of resilience despite a Eurogroup decisions for a €10 billion bailout, featuring a haircut of banking deposits, which brought about a major blow to the economy. According to a flash estimate issued by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat), the GDP growth
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Pre–school and elementary school students will continue to be entitled to free bus fares until January 7, Parliamentary Communications and Works committee President Antonis Antoniou said Thursday. Antoniou said MPs were briefed during the Committee that the Ministries of Communications & Works and Education & Culture have decided to continue the practice of free bus
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The Cypriot economy contracted by 5.5% in the third quarter of 2013, showing signs of resilience despite the harsh terms of the Eurogroup decision for a €10 bln bailout. According to a flash estimate issued by the Statistical Service Cystat, the GDP growth rate in real terms during the third quarter is negative and estimated
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Former Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides, hospitalised since Wednesday morning, is still in a critical state, with family and close friends by his bedside at the Evangelistria clinic, his personal physician said. Iosif Kassios, who had earlier said that the former president was not on life support, also dismissed rumours that Clerides, 94, was in a
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Etihad Airways is set setting a new benchmark in in-flight entertainment with the introduction of eight television channels which will broadcast live news and sport on the airline’s 21 widebody aircraft. The new live channels are BBC World News, BBC Arabic, Euronews and Sport 24, available from November 1. CNBC, Japan’s NHK World Premium, and
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Alphamega stores have reached an exclusive distribution agreement to sell Tesco products, mainly foodstuff and drinks, with the brand range reaching some 1200 different items soon. Various Tesco products have already been made available to customers, with the selection on offer continually increasing as the final 1200 product mark is reached, a company announcement said,
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The European Commission has announced it would allocate 10.81 million euro to Cyprus in its effort to combat youth unemployment, in the framework of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI). According to the Commission, the youth unemployment rate in Cyprus (September 2013) under 25 years old, stood at 43.9%. The eligible regions for the YEI would
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The allocation of 100 million Euros to Cyprus was approved on Tuesday in the framework of the additional financial support which the government of Cyprus secured for the EU Cohesion Policy at the European Council held in June, Government Spokesman Christos Stylianides said in a written statement. Stylianides noted that the systematic efforts mad by
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