Britain's parliament plans to vote next Thursday on plans to raise tuition fees for university students, an issue which has split the Liberal Democrats, the junior partner in the Conservative-led coalition. Students and teenage school pupils are expected to hold further protests to coincide with the vote, following three demonstrations which have all ended in
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Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Antonis Pashalides has said on Thursday that despite the economic crisis, the Cyprus economy has exhibited dynamism and flexibility, with high development indicators. In a speech at the Business Forum of Paphos – Ukraine, taking place in Paphos, Pashalides said “Cyprus is a credible and worthy credit centre in the
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– Eleven nations from nine bids involved – Crowd violence hands England late blow FIFA will take the most far-reaching decision in international sport on Thursday when its executive committee votes on the host nations for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. England, who are bidding to host the event in 2018, suffered a late
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Japan's Nikkei share average hit a five-month high and the euro stayed within sight of overnight highs on Thursday ahead of a European Central Bank meeting that investors speculate could bring new steps to contain the euro zone's fiscal crisis. Major European stock markets also rose, with the FTSEurofirst 300 opening up 0.4 percent and
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Prime minister George Papandreou met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday on the sidelines of an OSCE summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. The two leaders discussed the Greek economy, with Medvedev praising the progress that has been made. The two sides also stressed their desire for enhancing cooperation in the fields of the economy, energy
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– Snow closes airports, disrupts roads and rail – Cold spell expected to continue in northern Europe – Above average temperatures, drought in southern Europe Heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures disrupted road, rail and air transport in many parts of northern Europe on Wednesday while the Mediterranean island of Cyprus suffered in the heat
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Women living near major, heavily-trafficked roads were more likely to give birth prematurely, perhaps due to traffic-related air pollution, according to a Japanese study. But Takashi Yorifuji, of the Okayama Graduate School of Medicine, and his team said it was still too early to see a clear link, while other medical experts said noise pollution
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An agreement to finance development projects in Nicosia amounting to 40 million euros was signed by the Governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank Raphael Alomar, Finance Minister Harilaos Stavrakis and Nicosia Mayor Eleni Mavrou. As the Mayor said, the loan represents 29% of the cost of the projects, part of a development budget
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Ryanair announced today the launch of its second flight to Larnaca from Barcelona (Girona), which will operate twice weekly on Wednesdays and Sundays. To celebrate, Ryanair released 1million seats at 6 euro for travel across its European network in January and February, which are available for booking until midnight Thursday (2nd December) on www.ryanair.com Speaking
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The European Central Bank is under pressure to act on Thursday to help the euro zone contain a crippling debt crisis that has stoked contagion fears in the United States and Asia. Hopes that the ECB will rush through new anti-crisis measures, such as expanding its government bond buying, helped the euro stabilise and lifted
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