Astronomers have found a new planet, the closest yet outside our solar system and just an astronomical stone's throw away at four light years. Researchers say it is too close to its sun to support life, with a surface temperature estimated at 1,200 degrees Celsius (2,192 Fahrenheit). But previous studies suggest that when one planet
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The euro touched a one-month high against the dollar and European shares extended the week's gains on Wednesday after Spain clung on to its investment-grade debt rating. The decision by ratings agency Moody's came as expectations grow that Spain is getting close to formally requesting aid from its European Union partners, potentially allowing the region's
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Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou said that a meeting scheduled for Wednesday between the Government and the economic teams of the political parties aims at reaching convergences and not record divergences regarding government proposals ahead of negotiations with the Troika. Stephanou, speaking here today, following a meeting at the Finance Ministry, said the possibility of not
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Cyprus’ trade deficit decreased during the first seven months of 2012, according to data released today by Eurostat. The deficit was reduced by 300 mln euros, compared to the same period last year. According to the same data, Cyprus’ total value of exports for January-July 2012 stood at 800 bln euros, increased by 4%. Imports
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President Barack Obama put his re-election bid back on firm footing on Tuesday night with a strong debate performance that is likely to thrill his Democratic supporters and earn him a second look from the few voters who remain undecided. With the Nov. 6 election three weeks away, Obama's second of three debates with Republican
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Greek state television came under fire from the country's main opposition party and critics for editing out a gay kiss on Monday's primetime premiere of popular British period drama "Downton Abbey". Greeks took to social networking sites such as Twitter to complain about the NET channel's decision to axe a scene from episode one of
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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has called days before an EU summit for a leap forward in European integration, saying the bloc needs a new commissioner with power over budgets and reform of European Parliament decision-making. Such reforms would accelerate the trend towards a two-speed Europe whose inner core would be the euro zone, spurred
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Switzerland has blocked nearly one billion Swiss francs ($1.07 billion) in stolen assets linked to dictators in four countries at the centre of the Arab Spring – Egypt, Libya, Syria and Tunisia – the Swiss foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Swiss authorities are cooperating with judicial authorities in Tunisia and Egypt to speed restitution of
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Google has four months to make its privacy policy comply with requests from European Union data protection watchdogs or start facing the possibility of disciplinary action at a national level. France's Commission Nationale de l'Informatique, working on behalf of the EU's 27 national data regulators, said on Tuesday it had found legal flaws with a
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Facebook's first engineering centre outside the United States opened in London on Tuesday, boosting the British government's ambition to make the digital economy a central plank of its growth strategy. The company's vice-president of engineering, Mike Schroepfer, said that London is "rapidly emerging as a global technology hub", providing access to the best engineers and
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