Despite leading her conservatives to their strongest election result in over two decades, German Chancellor Angela Merkel now faces the unsavoury prospect of having to court her arch-rivals on the left to maintain her grip on power. Even her political enemies admitted on Sunday night that Merkel was the big winner of the first German
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Most Asian markets slipped on Monday as a soft lead from Wall Street and renewed concerns about the Federal Reserve's policy stance took the shine off an upbeat survey on China's manufacturing sector. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan , up early in the day, was off 0.1%. European stocks were seen mixed,
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Greece and its lenders are close to agreeing that Greece will achieve a primary budget surplus this year, a senior Finance Ministry official told reporters on Sunday after senior Greek and EU and IMF officials met. Hitting a primary budget surplus, before interest payments, is key for Greece because it would trigger a clause in
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Angela Merkel wrapped up her re-election campaign on Saturday with an appeal to defend Europe and her centre-right coalition against Eurosceptics who threaten to break into the German parliament for the first time in Sunday's election. With a third of the 62 mln voters still undecided and the small Alternative for Germany (AfD) tapping into
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F1 Champion Sebastian Vettel continued his imperious march towards a fourth consecutive Formula One crown by storming to pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday after dominating the two days of practice. The Red Bull driver, who is 53 points ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso with seven races remaining, clocked a fastest lap
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Syria has disclosed the information on its chemical weapons programme that was expected under an agreed Saturday deadline, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said in Amsterdam. The disclosure is a crucial stage in the process that should lead to the weapons' destruction. Syria is believed to possess about 1,000 tonnes of toxins,
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Ukraine's prime minister sought on Saturday to calm Russian fears over Kiev's plans to sign a free trade pact with the European Union, saying in practice there would be no threat to Russia's home market. Speaking at an international conference in the Black Sea resort of Yalta, Mykola Azarov also expressed frustration at Russia's refusal
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. Central banks and democracy in the EU By Jim Leontiades Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM) It is no secret that the power of central banks has grown radically over the past few decades. Part of this growing power stems from growth in the banks and the banking systems that central banks supervise. The
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. A new Attorney General was sworn in on Monday at a time when Cyprus is struggling to rebuild its tarnished image amid news of scandals, corruption or just plain public incompetence. Costas J. Clerides is a tried and tested judge. He has been wearing the robe for 25 years and carries with him the
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. Job opportunities for Certified Financial Technicians (CFTe) By Kyriakos Charilaou – Director, YESFX Ltd YESFX is a leading firm in training, research and development in the field of Financial Technical Analysis and is offering for the fifth consecutive year the opportunity to interested individuals to obtain the professional qualification of the Certified Financial Technician
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