At least five people were injured and two arrested during a protest against the presence of British military bases in Cyprus late on Monday, witnesses said. Fighting broke out between Cypriot demonstrators
President Demetris Christofias has said that 2012 will be an optimistic year but at the same time very difficult. He also said that talks for a Cyprus settlement are not going well,
The turnover value Index of wholesale trade except motor vehicles and motorcycles decreased by 1.4% to 130.3 in July-September 2011, compared with the previous April-June period. For the period January-September 2011, the
The trade deficit shrank by 13% to EUR 369,491 from EUR 424,931 in October 2010 according to preliminary estimates for October 2011. Total imports/ arrivals in October reached a preliminary EUR 486.4
The sector of “Other Social and Personal Service Activities” was worth EUR 602.6 mln measured as value added at current prices in 2009. This was 1.8% higher than the EUR 591.7 mln
Cyprus assumed the presidency for the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the EU on January 1st 2012, as Denmark, the current Presidency of the European Council, does not participate in
The latest bird flu virus that killed a 39-year-old bus driver in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen over the weekend is not yet transmissible between humans, Chinese health authorities said. "The
Two robotic probes began orbiting the moon Sunday in preparation for an unprecedented mission to map the lunar interior. NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft wrapped up 2.6-million-mile
An arbitration panel has awarded U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp $908 million in compensation for Venezuela's 2007 nationalization of its assets, less than 10 percent of what the company sought in
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will meet this week after more than a year of deadlocked peacemaking, officials said on Sunday, but both sides played down prospects of any imminent resumption of talks.
