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Cyprus has secured one gold, one silver and two bronze medals during the World School Games in Doha, Qatar, held December 8-12. Michael Klatsias won the gold medal at discus throw with

Italians asked on Monday if an ugly assault on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was prompted by a "climate of hatred" splitting their nation and commentators said a wave of sympathy looked set

The decline in tourism arrivals moderated in November, as arrivals fell by 8.4% over the year earlier, compared with a drop of 14.0% in October. The total number of tourists reached 89,670

The unemployment rate amounted climbed to 5.4% of the labour force in the third quarter of 2009, according to the latest Labour Force Survey, compared with just 3.6% in the same quarter

Unknown persons violated the grave of former President of the Republic of Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos, who passed away last year, and removed the body on Thursday night, a few hours ahead of

The European Union increased pressure on the International Monetary Fund on Friday to consider a global tax on financial transactions to limit the risk of another economic crisis. Responding to public outrage

A full breakdown of national accounts figures for the third quarter showed a slightly less pessimistic picture than the flash estimate published a few weeks ago. The revised data estimate that real

The top sovereign credit ratings of Britain and the United States are not under threat of a downgrade right now, but a worst case scenario foresees a cut by 2013, analysts from

Cyprus expects the EU to continue its collective efforts to tackle the global financial crisis, maintain a social direction to protect vulnerable groups of the population, take further social measures to reduce

The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, but a surprise narrowing in the trade gap in October suggested the economic recovery was