China shut down more than 60,000 pornographic websites this year, netting almost 5,000 suspects in the process, a government spokesman said on Thursday, vowing no let-up in its campaign against material deemed obscene. Beijing has run a highly publicised drive against what officials said was smutty and lewd content overwhelming the country's Internet and cell
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Japanese stocks ended the year with a whimper on Thursday as a stronger yen knocked shares of major exporters lower, but markets elsewhere in Asia rose, cementing solid gains for 2010 led by a near 50 percent rally for Indonesia. Going from strength to strength, copper scaled a fresh peak at $9,540.75 a tonne ,
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Maintains negative outlook on Greek banks Credit Suisse has maintained its overall negative view on the Greek banks, according to a recent report. Specifically, only Bank of Cyprus is an “outperform” due to its high profitability and low exposure to Greece, according to the report. It also reduces the price-target from EUR 4.20 to 3.40,
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The Ministry of the Interior has invited all registered voters in Cyprus, who wish to vote abroad for the parliamentary elections of May 22, 2011, to express their interest by the end of January, to facilitate preparations for the setting up of polling stations. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, Lazaros Savvides,
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Punters in Cyprus and Greece are streaming to the OPAP betting shops in the hope of winning the big prize of 10 mln euros in the Joker on Thursday, the third highest winning in four years. The same game awarded a record 19 mln euros in April, while three winners shared the 14 mln euro
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Singapore's Marina Bay Sands will open the world's first ArtScience museum in February, the latest attraction at its $5.5 billion gambling complex built by U.S. casino giant Las Vegas Sands . With a form reminiscent of a lotus flower designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie, the science museum is due to open on Feb 17
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Employment in the sector of Other Social and Personal Service Activities increased by 10.3% in 2008, compared to the previous year, and reached 35.619 persons, the Statistical Service of Cyprus announced today. This work force accounts for 8.8% of the total economically active population and 9.4% of the total gainfully employed population. This data is
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Global stocks edged higher on Tuesday on expectations the U.S. economy is on track for recovery while oil prices edged close to a 26-month high as winter weather drove demand. The dollar hit a record low against the Swiss franc and tumbled against the yen after Japan reported its factory output rose in November for
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She may marry into Britain's royal family in April, but Prince William's fiancee Kate Middleton will not take her place alongside the royals at Madame Tussauds until later in 2011. The London wax sculpture museum said it will try to book a sitting with Middleton after her wedding on April 29 and it would then
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Asian shares rose on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei maintaining a fourth quarter rally as investors hunted bargains in one of the developed world's cheapest markets, but Australia's main index lagged as bad weather hit shares in mining heavyweights. The dollar was steady after a sharp reversal against the euro in an erratic previous session, while
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