Worst record for municipal waste   Cyprus has by far the highest population growth rate in the EU and the highest rate of marriage, according to “Cyprus in the EU Scale”, published by the Statistical Service CYSTAT in October 2006 and released last week. The statistics show that the population growth rate in Cyprus in

Motorola, Inc. announced a contract with Norway‘s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) and the National Police Computing and Material Service (PDMT) to provide for the collection and verification of biometric data for Norwegian passports, visas and other travel documents. Biometric data provides the capability to identify people through unique physical attributes such as fingerprints, the

The Cyprus Government has submitted the National Reform Program 2007-2010 to the European Commission (EC). Amongst other major macroeconomic issues the Government has committed apply the 63rd year for retirement while promising to continue the successful implementation of the fiscal policies and reforms with the primary target to strengthen the implementation of the Lisbon strategy.

The USD remained under broad based pressure following the worse than expected ISM survey. The headline index slipped into contraction territory at 49.5 below expectations for a rebound from 51.2 to 51.5. Weakness was generalised, with employment and new orders falling into contraction territory, the latter component under 50 for the first time since April

According to the Statistical Service Cystat, industrial output prices rose slightly in October, as the index reached 124.0 (base 2000=100), a rise of 0.2% compared with September 2006. For the period January-October 2006, industrial output prices rose by 4.5% compared with the same period of 2005. Prices for export (5.1%) rose faster in this period

The consumer price index (CPI) in November 2006 rose by only 0.21% over the previous month to 104.06, thanks to decreases in the prices of cars, petroleum products and electricity, while the prices of clothing, footwear, potatoes and certain fresh vegetables rose slightly, according to the Statistical Service CYSTAT. Transport prices fell by 3.2% year

The Central Bank of Cyprus wants to continue to manage and supervise the government bond auctions, with a senior official claiming that the management of the bond market is part of the monetary policy implemented by the Central Bank. In remarks at the House Finance Committee meeting discussing the future management of government bonds, which

…as foreigners buy more CSE shares in Oct   Foreigners maintained about the same percentage holding of the FTSE/CySE 20 index market cap during October 2006 at CYP 1.48 bln or 27.1% compared to CYP 1.26 bln or 26.68% in September 2006, according to the CSE Monthly Digest. For the second consecutive month, foreigners continued

The volatile industrial production index rose by 2.1% year on year in September, reaching 123.0 (base 2000=100), after a rise of 1.9% in August and fall of 1.0% in July. For the period January-September 2006, the index recorded a decrease of 0.1% compared with the same period of 2005. Manufacturing, plagued by poor competitiveness apart