The number of property sale contracts transacted during May 2009 fell by 53.2%, taking the reduction since the beginning of the year to 60.7% year-on-year compared to a year ago, according to
Bank of Cyprus announced that it has been notified by Lone Pine Capital LLC that on Monday 1 June 2009 investment funds for which the latter acts as the investment manager decreased
The World Bank on Tuesday approved $500 million for an existing global influenza fund to help developing countries implement measures that prevent and control threats posed by the new H1N1 flu virus.
Brazilian navy divers rushed on Wednesday to reach the wreckage of an Air France jet and start pulling debris from the Atlantic Ocean, where the plane with 228 people went down in
Cyprus' Ambassador to Egypt Costas Leontiou visited the hospital for children with cancer in Cairo and handed to Director Hany Hussein a cheque for 100,000 Egyptian pounds. The sum is part of
Cyprus is ranking first in the medal table of the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe, with 12 gold, 15 silver and 6 bronze medals, at the end of the
President of the Republic Demetris Christofias has assured he will continue to help and contribute in every possible way in the efforts and work of the Pancyprian Association to Fight Hunger, announcing
The Cyprus Finance Ministry will hold a written bidding process, allowing Cyprus banks and the Cooperative Banks to bid for part of the proceeds of the EUR 1.5 bln raised last week
Unemployment reached 5.4% of the active population in Cyprus in April 2009, compared to 5.0% in March 2009, according to Eurostat. Despite the increase in the unemployment rate, Cyprus had the third
Key ministers from Japan and Germany saw signs of growth next year and a global consumer survey published on Tuesday found confidence stabilising, though unemployment in the euro zone jumped to a
