Australia's record-breaking heatwave has sent temperatures soaring, melting road tar and setting off hundreds of wildfires – as well as searing new colours onto weather maps. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has
Despite a year in which industrial production declined sharply, industrial output prices rose by 7% over the year earlier in January-November according to Cystat. In November alone, industrial output prices fell by
You already knew it from your electricity bills, but the fastest pace of increase for prices in 2012 was for the category of housing, water, electricity and gas. Prices in this category
**CPI-indexation has now been suspended** The Cyprus unemployment rate reached a shocking 14% in November, according to estimates produced by Eurostat, joining the other euro area peripherals who recorded a sharp increase:
Carmakers showing off their latest models at the Brussels motor show later this month have been told to refrain from using scantily dressed women to promote their wares. Reports of lewd behaviour
Five men accused of the rape and murder of an Indian student appeared in court on Monday to hear charges against them after two of them offered evidence possibly in return for
A British art sleuth has recovered a painting by French artist Matisse that was stolen from a Stockholm museum 25 years ago. Matisse's "Le Jardin", valued at about 6 million crowns ($916,200),
A cat carrying a saw and a mobile phone was "detained" as it entered a prison gate in northeast Brazil, Brazilian media reported on Saturday. Prison guards were surprised when they saw
* Financial Mirror Consensus Forecast sees 3% contraction * A happy and (we hope, despite everything) a prosperous new year to our readers. We really would have liked to have started the
* Most jobs saved, to reopen as New Era Orphanides * Suppliers owed some 85 mln euros by Orphanides Supermarkets, the one-time darling of the Cyprus stock market, are expected to take
