The number of building permits authorized by the municipal authorities and the district administration offices during December 2012 stood at 471. The total value of these permits reached EUR 124.9 million and
Expenditure on health services increased from 6.7 % of GDP in 2008 to 7.2% in both 2009 and 2010 according to the annual report “Health and Hospital Statistics”. Total expenditure in 2010
Revenue from tourism declined in November, but not as fast as the number of arrivals. Revenue from tourism fell by 3% to EUR 62.8 mln in November 2012 according to the Passenger
Maybe it is because Cypriots do not flush paper down the toilet and instead bag it up, maybe it is because retailers still put everything multiple plastic bags, but whatever the reason
Hackers breached the Twitter account of fast-food chain Burger King, posting the online equivalent of graffiti and sometimes making little sense. Burger King Worldwide Inc suspended its Twitter account about an hour
Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan has won a new five-year term, the Central Electoral Commission said on Tuesday. Police said after polls closed on Monday that they had received 70 reports of voting
Jerry Buss, who parlayed a $1,000 real estate investment into ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers, winning 10 National Basketball Association championships and making the team one of the most glamorous in
Nestle, the world's biggest food company, has removed beef pasta meals from sale in Italy and Spain after finding traces of horse DNA. The discovery of horsemeat in products labelled as beef
– Conservative Anastasiades short of outright majority – Run-off against Communist-backed Malas on Feb. 24 – Kingmaker Lillikas suspicious of terms for any bailout – Financial crash could reignite euro zone crisis –
A new virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and has killed five people is well adapted to infecting humans but could potentially be treated with drugs that boost the
