A period drama about a young man, a duke and royal orgies drew hundreds in Hong Kong to the premiere of the territory's first 3D erotic film earlier this week. The soft-porn "Sex & Zen: Extreme Ecstasy" debuts as the stricken porn industry turns to 3D as a potential money-spinner to revive its fortunes following
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Uncomfortably high oil prices, unsustainable sovereign debt burdens and Japan's uncertain future cloud the global economic outlook as world finance leaders gather on Thursday. Group of Seven members, who meet behind closed doors in the evening, will try to assess the economic damage from Japan's earthquake and uprisings in the Arab world. "There's very high
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For harried young parents, this will come as no surprise — a study has found that having small children can make it tougher to keep up healthy diet and exercise habits. More than 1,500 young U.S. adults were surveyed for the study, published in "Pediatrics," which found that parents of children aged 5 or younger
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The new Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Ati Al Obeidi arrives in Cyprus to hold consultations with the Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Obeidi will meet Kyprianou on Thursday. The Libyan Foreign Minister has recently visited Greece, Turkey and Malta.
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Plastic card spending by Turkish Cypriots south of the Green Line slowed in March, according to the latest data from JCC Payment Systems. Spending in the south using cards issued by Turkish banks rose by 12.9% over the year earlier to EUR 1.41 mln, compared with an increase of 24.5% in February, when monthly spending
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The EU-harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) was almost steady in March, with prices rising by 3.2% over the year earlier, having risen by 3.1% in February. However, the rate of inflation was higher than in March 2010, when an annual inflation rate of 2.3% was recorded. The national consumer price inflation rate reported last
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The trade deficit widened slightly in February according to preliminary figures, reaching EUR 420.16 mln compared with EUR 398.12 mln in February 2010. The preliminary trade deficit for the first two months of the year was EUR 791.3 mln, compared with EUR 772.6 mln in the same period of 2010. In February alone, preliminary data
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A Russian businessman bought a piece of history when he paid nearly $2.9 million at auction for the Vostok 3KA-2 capsule the Soviet Union launched on a test flight before sending the first human into space. Evgeny Yurchenko bid $2,882,500 at Sotheby's on Tuesday for the capsule, still scorched from re-entry, on the 50th anniversary
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Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is still in hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and his health is "unstable", a medical source said on Wednesday. "Former President Hosni Mubarak remains in hospital here and his health is unstable," the source told Reuters from Sharm. Mubarak was ordered detained for 15 days earlier
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Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Antonis Paschalides presented on Wednesday to future tourism professionals, the most important new investment projects of the Cyprus tourism industry. Addressing the 5th Annual Student Conference for New Investment Projects of the Tourism Industry in Cyprus at the University of Nicosia, he said Cyprus is a well-known European tourist
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