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Annual inflation inched up in April, according to the latest figures from the Statistical Service, recording 2.44% compared with a rise of 2.40% in March. Over the previous month, prices rose by

Total registrations of motor vehicles decreased by 16.0% to 14,941 in January – April 2010, from 17,779 in January – April 2009, according to the latest figures from the Statistical Service. Private

The Cyprus tourist season at Easter was disastrous, according to the latest figures from the Statistical Service, with arrivals dropping by 23% over the year earlier to 139,658 in April 2010 compared

Big oil goes under the spotlight on Tuesday when U.S. lawmakers grill top executives on a drilling rig explosion and oil spill that threatens an environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico.

British industrial output surged more than six times as fast as expected in March to record its strongest monthly expansion in almost eight years, official data showed on Tuesday. Industrial output rose

Germany's opposition Social Democrats (SPD) said on Tuesday they had not decided whether to support a European rescue package for the euro, and warned the country could end up footing the entire

There was a large fall in national road transport in 2009, according to the Statistical Service, which presumably reflects weaker economic activity in 2009. In January – December national road transport fell

Exports of goods from Cyprus to the rest of the world leapt by 16.3% over the year earlier in the first quarter based on provisional figures for March, according to our analysis.

Euro zone central banks started buying up government bonds on Monday, in a reversal of the European Central Bank's resistance to full-scale asset purchases as it fights to contain Greece's debt crisis.

A $1 trillion rescue package to stabilise the euro could bolster European banks' negotiating power as they attempt to fight stricter regulatory capital requirements they expect will hurt economic growth. Europe's lenders