** Falling Turkish lira to blame? ** Turkish Cypriot credit card spending in the south collapsed by 32.5% over the year earlier to EUR 1.28 mln in October, from EUR 1.69 mln
Local credit card spending with cards issued in Cyprus rose over the year earlier by 15% in October to EUR 186 mln, compared with an increased of 16% in September. JCC said
**HICP also rises** After three months of decline, the consumer price inflation rate rose to 3% in October, from 2.4% in September. The main reason was an increase in housing, water, electricity
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, under massive pressure to resign, faces a crucial vote on public finances in parliament on Tuesday which could sink his government if enough party rebels desert him.
Australia passed landmark laws on Tuesday to impose a price on carbon emissions in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade and injecting new impetus into December's global climate talks
The deadly armaments blast that knocked out the main power station on July 11th and led to four weeks of power cuts took its toll on the retail sector in July, with
After three months of decline, the consumer price inflation rate rose to 3% in October, from 2.4% in September. The main reason was an increase in housing, water, electricity and gas prices,
Unemployment rose again in October, with the number of registered unemployed rising by 6,101 compared with October 2010, or by 29.3% to 26,947. Unemployment also increased on a seasonally adjusted basis, to
Former deputy president of the European Central Bank Lucas Papademos is the front runner to become Greece's new prime minister, Greek media wrote on Monday. "Lucas Papademos will be as of tomorrow
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou sealed a deal with the opposition on a crisis coalition to approve an international bailout, but details remain thin despite an EU ultimatum for Athens to get
