Industrial output inched up in July, recording a rise of 0.2% year on year compared with a fall of 1.6% in June. However, the rise in overall industrial output, which comprises the three categories of manufacturing, electricity, gas and water, and mining, masked an overall fall in manufacturing output, which fell by 2.2%. Manufacturing output
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EU foreign ministers reached agreement on Monday afternoon over the terms of the EU accession negotations with Turkey that are due to start at 18.00 Central European time today. No details have yet been released, but it is understood that Austria has backed down over a clause allowing for the option a privileged partnership that
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Energy Challenges–The World Economy in Transition, will be the subject of a lecture given by UBS Wealth Management and hosted by the Nicosia Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday October 12 at Famagusta Gate. The speaker, Ousama Himani, is the head of Emerging Markets Research at UBS Wealth Management. Himani will discuss the energy markets of
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Computer viruses that have plagued computer users and disrupted the Internet have not jumped as fast as feared to cellphones, security experts in Singapore said in a report. They warned that the threat is increasing, though, as more people switch to multimedia 3G phones. Fewer than 5% of cellphone users currently own feature- packed smart
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Cyprus and Greece will submit a comprehensive proposal to the EU with a view to secure EU funds that will allow the extension of the activity of the programme ‘Thrace-Aegean-Cyprus’, Greek Minister of the Aegean and Island Policy Aristotelis Pavlides said after a meeting with Cypriot Minister of Finance Michael Sarris. Pavlides noted that there
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There are 1928 individuals registered in the special voting list of the Armenian Religious Group, with the right to vote in the by-election on October 9 for the Armenian Representative at the House. The number of Armenian voters is 1,218 in Nicosia, 305 in Limassol, 404 in Larnaca and one in Paphos. Four voting centres
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Demand for used personal computers is outstripping supplies across Asia with a third of all second-hand PCs ending up in the emerging markets of ASEAN, a research house has said. “The demand for secondary PCs continues to exceed supply, providing potentially lucrative opportunities for specialized intermediaries and resellers or vendors looking to resell used PCs,”
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