Michael Jackson regained the title of the highest-earning dead celebrity in the past year, easily surpassing Elvis Presley and cartoonist Charles Schulz, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday. After being pushed into second place by Elizabeth Taylor last year, Jackson, who died in 2009, was back on top with estimated earnings of $160 million in the
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Russia on Wednesday dropped piracy charges against 30 people involved in a Greenpeace protest against Arctic oil drilling, replacing them with lesser offences and cutting the maximum jail sentence they face to seven years from 15. The charges against activists who protested at a Gazprom oil platform off Russia's northern coast last month have been
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A World War II-era P-51 Mustang plane owned by a Texas museum and once used by the Air Force of El Salvador crashed into Galveston Bay on Wednesday, killing the two people who were on board, the Texas Highway Patrol said. The cause of the accident has not been determined, but the pilot was not
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Four fifths of French voters believe President Francois Hollande will not win the next presidential election in 2017, a poll showed on Thursday, a fresh blow to the leader of the euro zone's second-biggest economy. Raging unemployment, anger with tax hikes and rows within his government and party have pushed the Socialist president's popularity to
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The government is striving to support businesses, Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, said on Wednesday. According to an official press release he was addressing the Nicosia Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting. He assured businesses that the “the government is aware of the problems you face and will always stand by
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Cyprus will receive a total of €874 million from EU structural funds during the period 2014 – 2020, which will be used mainly in the effort to restart the economy. The above was revealed during an event on structural funds 2014 – 2020 with experiences from Cyprus and Germany, at the Ministry of Finance, in
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The newly appointed chief executive of Bank of Cyprus John Hourican said he was “very excited” about the new challenge in a country with such a large banking sector, according to the Financial Times. Speaking to the British paper, the 43 year old Irish banker said: “The opportunity to make a real difference not only
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– Cypriot central banker at centre of storm over consultants' fee – "Bail-in" funded Cyprus bank recapitalisation The embattled head of Cyprus's central bank was plunged into a new controversy on Wednesday after lawyers alleged foreign consultants employed to help with an international bailout of the country earlier this year were seeking fees of nearly
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– A couple living with baby arrested on Lesvos – Police say initial evidence shows they are not the parents – Arrests come after the "blonde angel" Maria case rocks country A second Roma couple have been arrested in Greece on suspicion of abducting a child, just a week after the discovery of a girl dubbed
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Just 21 guests were invited to the christening of Britain's Prince George on Wednesday, a sign of how much his parents intend to guard the privacy of a baby born to be king. Prince William, whose mother Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997, hounded by paparazzi, and his wife Kate
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