As a Ukrainian, Viktoria quickly picked up on the subtext of the doctor's words at the Kiev hospital where the 22-year-old had gone for emergency treatment. It was appendicitis and she needed surgery, he said. Then he added: "You know, us doctors and the hospital are not particularly well off. I am sure you want
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The world's only one star airline, North Korea's Air Koryo, has finally joined the Internet age with an online booking service, offering flights to and from the isolated state to Beijing and Shenyang in China as well as Vladivostok in Russia. The website ( http://www.airkoryo.com.kp/en/home ) says it started operations in August and promises "a
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Cyprus’ GDP is expected to further decline by 2014, said Tuesday Central Bank Governor, Panicos Demetriades, noting that fiscal deficit target of 2.6% of GDP is not expected to be met. Central Bank Governor said that the country’s fiscal deficit is expected to rise to 4.8%, while the Public debt is expected to reach 87.3%.
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Sources at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirm that the European Commission (EC) has received Cyprus government’s counter-proposals to the Troika’s package of austerity measures put forward as part of the island’s bailout programme “We have received yesterday some proposals which are being examined by the group which is handling Cyprus”, the sources said. So
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– Greece facing worst economic downturn in six decades – Some attackers wearing insignia of far-right party -report – Report says no perpetrator sentenced Racially motivated attacks have risen to alarming levels in Greece and authorities are doing little to tackle the problem, the U.N. refugee agency said in a report on Tuesday. Greece is a
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Apple Inc is expected to make its biggest product move on Tuesday since debuting the iPad two years ago, launching a smaller, cheaper tablet into amarket staked out by Amazon.com Inc and Google Inc. Apple hopes to beat back their charge onto its home turf of consumer electronics hardware, while safeguarding its lead in the
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The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it plans to continue providing food for 1.5 million people in Syria until at least June next year, a sign it expects hunger to persist in a protracted civil war. The United Nations agency set the target of 1.5 million months ago and finally reached it in
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A top European share index slid to its lowest level in more than one-and-a-half months on Tuesday, hit by worries over company results and Spain's debt crisis, and some traders bet on European stocks falling further. The FTSEurofirst 300 index ended down 1.7 percent at 1,088.71 points – its lowest closing level since ending at
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President Barack Obama pulled slightly ahead of Republican Mitt Romney in a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll on Tuesday, but the race remained essentially tied with two weeks to go until the Nov. 6 election. Obama led Romney among likely voters by a statistically insignificant margin of 1 percentage point, 47 percent to 46 percent. The
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A brothel and a funeral home have become the newest benefactors of two cash-strapped Greek soccer clubs struggling to survive the country's economic crisis. As Greece endures its worst slump since World War Two, thousands of businesses have closed, one in four is jobless and government funding for anything from health to sports is hard
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