* Refugees flee to Turkey; "Armed gangs" killed security personnel * The Syrian army began a military operation in a restive town near the Turkish border, state television said on Friday, as the
Cyprus' gross domestic product was flat in the first quarter of 2011 on a quarterly basis, compared with 0.4% growth in the last quarter of 2010, the statistics department said in provisional
Consumer price inflation climbed again in May, with prices rising by 3.9% compared with the same period of the previous year. This is the fourth straight month of increase, and could mean
The Statistical Service of Cyprus has announced the launch of the website of the Census of Population 2011 at http://www.census2011.gov.cy. The census is scheduled to start on October 1, 2011. The website
Qatar's exchange said on Monday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Cyprus Stock Exchange to formalise cooperation between the two markets. The two exchanges will cooperate in the exchange
The bumper Easter season for tourism that saw a 43% increase in arrivals was even better on the expenditure side. According to the results of the Passenger Survey, revenue from tourism jumped
The relentless rise in unemployment continues, with the number of unemployed people registered at District Labour Offices rising in seasonally adjusted terms by 3.3% in May. The absolute number of registered unemployed
Jack Kevorkian, the assisted suicide advocate known as "Dr. Death" for helping more than 100 people end their lives, died early on Friday at age 83, his lawyer said. The American pathologist
The Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix, postponed in March due to violent civil unrest, will go ahead on October 30 with India moving to the end of the season, the governing FIA
Police in the U.S. border city of El Paso can thank criminals in Mexico for ridding them of one serious problem — teenage drug smuggling. Extreme drug war violence in the neighboring
