The Vassiliko power plant, the island’s main electricity supplier decimated by a deadly ammunitions blast last July, will return to full operation by March 2013, Haris Thrasou, chairman of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus said. Thrasou said that the power plant will reach it pre-2011 its output level of about 1300MW. The power plant was

More often seen speeding past Trafalgar Square, British-style double-decker buses are making a comeback in Baghdad, the latest sign that Iraq's capital is on the road to recovery after years of war and sanctions. Once a common sight during Saddam Hussein's rule before the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, Iraq's old red double-deckers all but disappeared from

Ukraine is planning to fire rockets to break up rain clouds if bad weather threatens to upset soccer matches during next month's Euro 2012 tournament, a government official said on Monday. "Our (missile) batteries are being prepared for dispersing rain clouds," the official, who declined to be named, told Reuters. Weather forecasters predicted there would

Greece's once-thriving sex industry has become the latest victim of the country's debt crisis as Greeks spend less on erotic toys, pornography and titillating underwear. About 50 people, almost all young men, lined up on Friday as the Athens Erotic Dream – Greece's biggest sex fair – opened its gates in a nondescript building squeezed

All actions aimed at suppressing the freedom of expression and assembly in Azerbaijan should stop immediately, says a resolution adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday. Azerbaijan's hosting of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in its capital Baku on 26 May should be an opportunity for it to show its commitment to democracy and human

  Four of Wall Street's major market makers involved in Facebook's botched initial public offering last Friday expect their losses from technical glitches on Nasdaq's exchange to be around $115 million. A software error on Nasdaq OMX Group Inc's U.S. exchange delayed the social networking company's market debut by 30 minutes last Friday. Many client

Australian Mark Webber won the showcase Monaco Grand Prix for champions Red Bull on Sunday as Formula One celebrated an unprecedented six different winners from six races. Germany's Nico Rosberg finished second for Mercedes, 0.6 seconds behind, while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was third and a further 0.3 adrift to go three points clear at the