The cost of construction inched up in February, as the price index of construction materials rose by 0.24% over the previous month to reach 126.22 (base 2005=100.00). For the first two months of the year the construction materials price index rose by 2.59% compared with the same period of last year. In 2011 prices of
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Industrial turnover in 2011 dropped by 1.5% compared with 2010, according to the Statistical Service, Cystat. Industrial production in 2011 fell by 7.4%. In December alone, the industrial turnover index (base 2005=100) fell by 2.5% compared with December 2010. The manufacturing turnover subindex for December 2011 reached 114.8, recording a decrease of 8.5% compared with
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Whether it's choosing the right present, selecting the proper size or style, or digging up a current mailing address, gift giving can be difficult. Karma, a new app for iPhone and Android, aims to simplify the process with its service that lets people send gifts instantly via SMS, email or Facebook. The app recommends gifts
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Turkey suspended all activities at its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said, as the security situation in Syria deteriorated further. Last year Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad he should quit, having lost patience with his former friend's refusal to end a violent crackdown on
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"Titanic" film director James Cameron has completed the world's first solo dive to the deepest-known point on Earth, reaching the bottom of the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench southwest of Guam in a specially designed submarine. The filmmaker arrived at the site known as "Challenger Deep" shortly before 8 a.m. local time on Monday, reaching a
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APOEL Nicosia have been besieged by fans desperate for tickets for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg at home to Real Madrid but even the club's most ardent supporters know this will be the toughest test yet in their fairytale season. Record nine-times winners Real are big favourites to end APOEL's stunning run in becoming
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U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to pursue further nuclear arms cuts with Russia, saying the United States has more warheads than necessary, even as he issued stern warnings to North Korea and Iran in their nuclear standoffs with the West. Speaking ahead of a global nuclear security summit in Seoul, Obama held out
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Tokyo Electric Power Co , the operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima power plant, shut its last operating nuclear reactor on Monday for regular maintenance, leaving just one running reactor supplying Japan's creaking power sector. Japan has 54 reactors, but since the tsunami last March triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years at the
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Asian shares mostly fell on Monday, with materials and technology stocks losing ground amid concerns about the impact on profits of a slowdown in the global economy. Commodity-linked currencies such as the Australian dollar came under pressure again, after a hammering last week on worries of easing demand for resources from China, and the euro
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The dollar bounced off a 10-day low against the yen on Monday, scooped up on the dip by Japan importers after it found support on the charts, although doubts lingered about the greenback's strength after a rally in the U.S. bond yields took a breather. The dollar muscled in on the Japanese currency, pushing it
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