Mystery buyer grabs 7.5% of Bank of Cyprus stock

 — Odella Resources is biggest shareholder with nearly 10% — Odella Resources Ltd., an unknown investor group registered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), has become the single largest shareholder in Bank

Dementia costs hit $604 bln in 2010

LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The worldwide costs of dementia will reach $604 bln in 2010, more than one percent of global GDP output, and those costs will soar as the number of sufferers

Turkey launches probe of 1980 coup leaders

Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into former general and president Kenan Evren, former navy commander Nejat Tumer and former air force chief Tahsin Sahinkaya over a 1980 coup, Milliyet newspaper said

Rights court faults Turkey over Dink murder

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Turkish authorities had failed to prevent a journalist's assassination even though they knew that ultra-nationalists were plotting his death. Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant

Tourism arrivals up by 4.3% in August

Tourism arrivals showed fairly strong growth in August, rising by 4.3% to 304,264 in August 2010, compared with 291,583 in August 2009. A massive increase of 81.1% was recorded in tourist arrivals

Census of Cyprus agriculture under way

The Statistical Service is currently undertaking the sixth census of agriculture since independence in 1960. The census, which began last Wednesday September 8, is sending out “enumerators” to ask a range of