Riskier assets from stocks and commodities to the Australian dollar fell on Tuesday on investor caution ahead of a gathering of central bankers and economists in Wyoming later in the week which could shed some light on further stimulus plans. European equities were expected to follow Asia lower, with financial spreadbetters calling London's FTSE 100,
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Egypt's new Islamist president said on Monday he would pursue a "balanced" foreign policy, reassuring Israel its peace treaty was safe, hinting at a new approach to Iran and calling on Bashar al-Assad's allies to help lever the Syrian leader out. Mohamed Mursi, who was elected in June and consolidated his power this month by
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Cyprus Paralympic athletes enter the race in the London Paralympic Games, starting on Thursday, August 30. Shooter Evripides Georgiou competes on this day at Men’s P1-10m Air Pistol-SH1. According to the competition schedule, sprinter Antonis Arestis is next, in Men’s 200m – T46 on Friday, August 31, while the finals are scheduled for Sunday, September
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Cyprus’ fiscal deficit will reach 4.5% of GDP in 2012 if no measures are taken Government estimates. Government Spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said today that if no measures are taken and based on the statistical data released for the first half of 2012, the fiscal deficit will fluctuate at around 4.5%. Stefanou noted that as the
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Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is due to serve his 21-year sentence in Ila prison near the capital, Oslo. Breivik, 33, has already been kept at Ila for more than a year under its Regime of Particularly High Security, which is the country's strictest regime for prisoners. The prison said in a statement
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In mid September, the selection panel is expected to make its recommendation on the Cypriot city which will be Europe`s cutural capital for 2017. The independent selection panel assessing the cities applying to future European Capitals of Culture has recommended Aarhus for the title in 2017. Aarhus beat off the challenge of Sonderborg to represent
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Revenue from tourism increased by 15.7% in June this year, compared to the corresponding month of 2011, on the basis of the results of the Passenger Survey, published Monday by the Statistical Service of Cyprus. According to the figures released, revenue from tourism reached 254.5 mn euro in June 2012 as compared to 220 mn
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If you have trouble remembering whether you took your pills on time, your medicine may soon have the answer for you. Pills for anything from the common cold to diabetes or cancer can be embedded with tiny ingestible chips that keep track of whether a patient is taking their medicine on time. The digital feedback
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The world's top farm producers in the Group of 20 countries must agree coordinated action to ease worries about food prices, the head of the United Nations foood agency said on Monday, as he and other experts bemoaned a huge global waste of food and water. The third price surge in four years has come
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Gains in world share markets stalled on Monday after an August rally as investors await the next moves from major central banks to tackle the euro zone crisis and boost slowing global growth. However, U.S. stock index futures pointed to a rise on Wall Street, with Apple likely to hit a new high after the
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