Home governance and the economy were the focus of the final debate, on Monday evening, of the three main candidates for the presidential elections of February 17, namely Nicos Anastasiades, Stavros Malas and Giorgos Lillikas. The debate was held at the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), with a panel of news directors from the four largest
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The consumer price inflation rate to 1.8% in January from 1.1% in December, as tax rises introduced as part of the bailout deal pushed up the price of alcohol, tobacco and petrol. Prices of alcoholic beverages and tobacco rose by 5% over the previous month and by 11.4% compared with January 2012 as excise duties
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EU member state statistical offices have finally rallied behind Andreas Georgiou, the former IMF official at the head of the Greek statistical agency, Elstat, and his co-workers who face jail terms of up to five years for allegedly inflating the budget deficit figure in 2009. Under a different boss, Greece notoriously massaged its figures in
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**But is fourth highest in eurozone** The pace of increase of unemployment eased in January, as the number of registered unemployed rose by 23.8% over the year earlier to 45,933, having increased by 26.5% in December, 24.2% in November and 29.0% in October. This was the slowest pace of increase since August 2011. In absolute
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As much a part of the saucier side of British 20th-century life as cheeky seaside postcards and innuendo-loaded comedies, the topless models in Britain's best-selling daily paper might soon be no more. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, whose Sun has featured a large picture of a bare-breasted model on page three since 1970, has indicated that
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Singles who believe in love at first sight can turn to new apps that will match them with potential dates in time for Valentine's Day, but only if each person has expressed an interest. With the new dating apps, users simply flip through photos of people in nearby locations and express their interest in dating
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The United Arab Emirates attracted about 30 billion dirhams ($8.2 billion) of direct foreign investment last year, the UAE's prime minister said on Monday. Large amounts of capital fled Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Yemen and other Arab countries in search of safe havens after political and economic turmoil erupted in those countries in early 2011. Because
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Catholics reacted with shock on Monday to the first papal abdication since the Middle Ages, although the mood among many was one of respect rather than the outpouring of emotion which greeted the death of his beloved predecessor John Paul II. In Germany, the pope's home country, where eight years ago the election of the
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Pope Benedict said on Monday he will resign on Feb 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. The 85-year-old pope said he had noticed that his strength had deteriorated over recent months "to
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A Eurogroup meeting takes place today in Brussels under newly elected Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem, which will discuss, among other issues, Cyprus’ application for financial bailout. Cyprus will be represented by Finance Minister Vasos Shiarly, who will be called upon to respond to allegations of money laundering in Cyprus. Some eurozone member states have asked
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