The number of building permits issues in January – October 2012, fell by 3.1% over the year earlier to 6,147 according to the Statistical Service. The total value of these permits fell
Total imports / arrivals in November reached EUR 454.4 mln according to preliminary data, of which EUR 287.0 mln were arrivals from other Member States of the EU and EUR 167,4 mln
British women with a family history of breast cancer could be offered two drugs to try to prevent the disease under draft guidelines published by the country's healthcare cost watchdog. Tamoxifen and
The baby of Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate is expected in July, the prince's office said on Monday. The pregnancy of the Duchess of Cambridge, 31, was revealed in December
The consumer-linked value-added tax (VAT) has gone up by one percentage point to 18% from Monday, the second hike in ten months, with a further increase expected in 2014, in a desperate
Cyprus appeared to win conditional support for its bailout bid from EU paymaster Germany on Friday, hours after a savage credit ratings cut intensified the indebted island's economic misery. Rating agency Moody's
Finland's Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen said his country is ready to support Cyprus in its attempts to secure a bailout but the island's government needs to show stronger leadership to meet "huge
Iran hostage drama "Argo" scored a sweet double victory at the Golden Globe awards on Sunday, winning best movie drama – the night's top prize – and best director for Ben Affleck
Germany has a worse record on money-laundering than Cyprus, according to assessments by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global body charged with tackling money-laundering. The FATF and MoneyVal have published
A woman who helped found the Kurdish PKK rebel movement and two other women were found shot dead in Paris overnight after execution-style killings that cast a shadow over peace moves between
