Registrations of motor vehicles continued to decline in February, with the number of registrations falling by 8.9% over the year earlier in February to 3,223, according to figures from the Statistical Service.
The trade deficit in Cyprus reached EUR 373,622 in January 2011 compared with EUR 374,467, according to preliminary estimates for the month. Total imports/ arrivals were estimated at EUR 468.8 mln, of
Tourism arrivals leapt in February after a decrease in January, according to the latest figures from the Statistical Service’s Passengers’ Survey. Arrivals of tourists rose by 12.7% to 62,294 in February 2011
Cypriot and Israeli leaders have discussed cooperating to transport their newly discovered natural gas from an offshore Israeli field to Cyprus before shipping to the rest of Europe. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Bahrain's king declared martial law on Tuesday as his government struggled to quell an uprising by the island's Shi'ite Muslim majority that has drawn in troops from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbour Saudi Arabia.
Muammar Gaddafi's forces seized a strategic town in eastern Libya on Tuesday, opening the way to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi while world powers failed to agree to push for a no-fly
Europe's main security and democracy organisation pressed Azerbaijan on Tuesday to respect free assembly after police broke up peaceful protests last week and arrested dozens of people. Chairman of the Organisation for
Japan warned radiation levels had become "significantly" higher around a quake-stricken nuclear power plant on Tuesday after explosions at two reactors, and the French embassy said a low-level radioactive wind could reach
Former European member of parliament (MEP) Yiannakis Matsis and a Greek Cypriot refugee were released on Monday having spent two days in custody after a military court in the Turkish-occupied north of
Christian protesters said on Monday they would suspend more than a week of protests that were sparked by the burning down of a church in mostly Muslim Egypt, the official Middle East
