The Mediterranean states of the EU have asked for more solidarity on behalf of the Union in addressing the disproportionate mass immigration flows caused by the dramatic developments in the Southern Mediterranean region. In a joint communique they issued at the end of a Meeting they held in Nicosia, they state that current emergency situation
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World stocks stabilized on Tuesday following the prior day's losses, but debt woes on both sides of the Atlantic and new signals from China on inflation dangers weighed on markets. Greece sold 1.6 billion euros of three-month debt, but was forced to pay a yield of more than 4 percent, underlining growing unease in the
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More than half of all Britons will watch Prince William marry long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton on April 29th, a poll conducted for Reuters showed. The royal wedding is expected to be one of the year's most watched events globally, with some estimating viewership as high as two billion people. Around 56 percent of the British
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The wedding of Britain's Prince William to university sweetheart Kate Middleton will be streamed live on the internet via an official royal channel — the first British royal wedding to be covered in this way. The April 29th event, expected to be watched by up to two billion people across the globe, will be available
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Expenditure on research and development inched up in 2009 according to the latest provisional estimates of the Statistical Service. Total research and development (R & D) expenditure is estimated at EUR 83.3 mln, or 0.49% of GDP, up from the EUR 73.4 mln or 0.42% of GDP in 2008 and EUR 70.1 mln or 0.44%
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For those who thought that the 12.7% leap in tourists in February marked the beginning of a new era for Cyprus tourism, the figures for March will have been disappointing. The number of tourists dropped by 4.7% over the year earlier to 98,964 in March 2011 compared with 103,803 in March 2010. One possible reason
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The government budget deficit fell to 5.3% of GDP in 2010 from 6.0% of GDP in 2009, according to the preliminary data for the fourth quarter. The data are compiled under EU norms for the general government accounts. In absolute terms the public-sector deficit was EUR 926.1 mln in 2010, compared with EUR 1,011.1 mln
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In 2010 the overall public sector balance registered a deficit of 926,1 million euro, 5,3% of GDP, compared to a deficit of 6% in 2009, an announcement issued here today by the Statistical Service said. Total public sector expenditure in 2010 increased by 5% and total revenue by 7% as compared to the previous year.
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World governments and international organisations have pledged to provide 550 million euros ($780 million) for the construction of a new shelter at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, President Viktor Yanukovich said on Tuesday. "This is what we have been able to raise through joint efforts — and we consider this figure preliminary — 550 million
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The world's oldest man greeted his 114th birthday in rural Japan on Tuesday with a breakfast of grilled sea bream, miso soup and red-bean rice — telling interviewers he planned to live until the age of 120. Former postal worker Jirouemon Kimura told city officials of his native Kyotango in western Japan that he was
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