To Hollywood's great surprise, moviegoers will show up en masse for the rare summer film that features real actors, an original story and some genuine thrills. The new sci-fi mystery "Super 8"
Real GDP grew in real, seasonally adjusted terms by 1.7% compared with the same period of the previous year in the first quarter of 2011. On a non seasonally adjusted basis, real
Total imports/ arrivals in April reached EUR 530.0 mln, according to preliminary figures. Of this, EUR 346.0 constituted were arrivals from other member states of the EU, while EUR 184.2 mln imports
Something went wrong with retail sales in March. The volume of retail sales dropped by 0.3% in January-March compared with the same period of the previous year according to provisional data, whereas
Two Syrians entered Turkey early on Monday, just 36 kilometres apart, one a bride driven through the official border in a wedding car, the other an army deserter risking his life ferrying
Seven U.S. Republican presidential contenders meet face-to-face in their first major debate on Monday as the fight for the party's 2012 nomination enters a new phase. The nationally televised forum in New
* New constitution, overheating economy, Syria to top agenda * Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party has scored a resounding third consecutive election victory, but he will need to seek consensus
Cyprus plans to tap international markets under its Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) programme by November of this year, the finance ministry said. The Republic also planned to continue issuing bonds on
Syrian helicopter gunships fired machineguns to disperse pro-democracy protests, witnesses said, in the first reported use of air power to quell unrest in Syria's increasingly bloody three-month-old uprising. The use of the
Cyprus's Central Bank cut its growth forecast for the island's economy to 1.4% in 2011 on Friday from a previous 1.8%, saying flat growth in the first quarter was weaker than expected.
