NATO forces flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound early on Monday, in what a press official from Gaddafi's government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader's life. Firefighters
Syrian troops and tanks stormed Deraa on Monday, residents said, seeking to crush resistance in the city where a month-long uprising against the autocratic 11-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad first erupted.
Somali pirates have freed a Greek-owned, Cyprus-flagged ship they seized in January after receiving a ransom, pirates and a piracy monitoring group said. The pirates said they had released MV Eagle, a
Cyprus aspires to enhance its leading role in world shipping to a higher level in order to be a step ahead of the competition, both as an international registry and as a
* Gas potential shows upside for Israel * Cyprus seems to be gaining popularity as a potential hub for a future LNG facility that would help pump natural gas upstream from the
Expenditure on research and development inched up in 2009 according to the latest provisional estimates of the Statistical Service. Total research and development (R & D) expenditure is estimated at EUR 83.3
For those who thought that the 12.7% leap in tourists in February marked the beginning of a new era for Cyprus tourism, the figures for March will have been disappointing. The number
The government budget deficit fell to 5.3% of GDP in 2010 from 6.0% of GDP in 2009, according to the preliminary data for the fourth quarter. The data are compiled under EU
The Cyprus Ministry of Finance, which has taken responsibility for public debt management, announced the results of the auction of 52-week and 26-week Treasury bills with issue date April 20 as follows.
Three days of severe storms and tornadoes in the southern United States have killed at least 43 people while downing power lines and wrecking hundreds of buildings, officials said on Sunday. North
