* Escapes gov’t support; 240 mln rights to strategic investors * The Bank of Cyprus raised 594 mln euros in fresh funds from the exercise of a rights issue and the conversion
BY MICHELE KAMBAS Athanasios Orphanides' days at the European Central Bank appeared numbered on Friday after he lost his only ally in a hostile government that will decide by April 30 if
A major 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck 120 miles east of Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Tuesday. The USGS located the epicenter of the quake at
Whether or not money can buy happiness, people worldwide seem to think it can, at least according to a new poll that canvassed respondents in two dozen countries. Nearly two-thirds of about
** Public sector grows as percent of employment ** The number of civil servants rose in 2011 according to the latest data from the Statistical Service, despite a former finance minister’s declarations to
Cyprus and Greece have submitted a joint proposal for a new Convention which would safeguard the integrity of sport. The proposal was tabled during a Council of Europe (CoE) Sports Ministers’ Conference
Lionel Messi needs one goal to equal the Barcelona scoring record after Cesar Rodriguez's total was revised to 232 from 235, the La Liga club said. Barca's Documentation and Studies Centre and
Gross Domestic Product (G.D.P.) for the year 2011 is provisionally estimated at 17.761,4 million euro, at current prices, compared to 17.333,6 million in 2010, marking an increase of 2,5%, the Statistical Services
Scientists have discovered how electroconvulsive or electric shock therapy – a controversial but effective treatment – acts on the brains of severely depressed people and say the finding could help improve diagnosis
Consumer groups across Europe have launched a coordinated campaign against Apple Inc in a bid to change the way the electronics group informs people who buy its tablet computers and smartphones about
