Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began Israel's highest-level visit to Greece on Monday, in a sign Israel is looking beyond its troubled alliance with Turkey for other strategic Mediterranean partners. Netanyahu's two days
Cyprus just clinged onto growth in the second quarter, with seasonally adjusted GDP growth rising in real terms by 0.4% over the previous quarter in April-June according to the Statistical Service’s ‘flash
The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for $459 mln in emergency aid for Pakistan after floods devastated large areas of the country. The appeal was launched by U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes
Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, will start the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on Wednesday along with most other Gulf states. Senior religious councils in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the
Pharmakas Quarrying, a member of publicly listed A. Panayides Contracting (APC) and Charilaos Apostolides Public Ltd (CHAPO), have jointly acquired the quarrying operations of Hellenic Mining Public Company Ltd (EME) for EUR
After a brief ray of light in June, when arrivals rose by 5.5%, the number of tourism arrivals was disappointment in July, inching up by only 0.7% over the same period of
The Cyprus trade deficit widened to EUR 2.6 bln in January-June 2010, from EUR 2.3 bln in the same period of 2009, according to preliminary estimates for June. Total imports/ arrivals amounted
Consumer price inflation rose for the second straight month in July, as prices rose by 2.6% over the year earlier, up from 1.9% in June and 1.6% in May. The clear culprit
Unemployment measured on a seasonally adjusted basis fell for the first time in seven months in July, reaching 23,218, compared with 23,555 in June. Non-seasonally adjusted unemployment was up 27.3% over the
Turkish Cypriots spent EUR 9.8 mln using credit and debit cards in the southern part of Cyprus during the first seven months of the year, according to data from the credit card
