The annual consumer price inflation rate in Cyprus fell for the third consecutive month in October, as the price of petroleum products continued to fall. The consumer price inflation rate reached 5.24%
The Statistical Service reports that on the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, 110,199 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in September 2008 compared to 105,173 in the
Registrations of motor vehicles increased by 3.8% over the same month of the previous year in October, to 5,546, compared with 5,344 in October 2007. Registrations have been somewhat erratic this year,
The nominally communist government that was elected at the end of February 2008 held in the third quarter to the budget surplus accumulated by the previous administration. On the basis of the
Unemployment rose again in Cyprus in October, having risen for the first time in 17 months in September. The number of unemployed people registered at the District Labour Offices on the last
Retail trade growth slowed in August, with the biggest impact coming from the household sector, in the first signs of a slowdown in consumer spending. According to provisional figures for August from
In a surprise move that will be appreciated by the general public, Bank of Cyprus announced that it is delaying its planned hike in lending margins by 1.25% until January 1, 2009,
Swiss luxury watchmaker Romain Jerome has seen sales of watches costing more than 150,000 Swiss francs ($127,400) slow as the financial crisis has forced some customers to cancel their orders, the group's
Turkey's defence minister said on Tuesday he was misunderstood when he apparently praised the deportation of Greeks and Armenians after the fall of the Ottoman Empire as an important step in creating
The Republic of Cyprus and the State of Qatar signed here Tuesday seven bilateral agreements to enhance cooperation between the two countries. The bilateral agreements were signed after talks at the Presidential
