New Zealand rescue teams combed rubble for earthquake survivors late into Wednesday night, but hopes of finding more survivors in some areas was fading and the search in central Christchurch was disrupted by fears badly damaged buildings could collapse. Police said the number of confirmed dead remained at 75, although that was expected to rise
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The Cyprus problem and the economic situation in Cyprus will be discussed during a meeting to be held on March 9 at the House of Commons. During the meeting, organised by the British All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Cyprus and the Cypriot High Commission in the UK, Chairman of the House Parliamentary Foreign Affairs
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Το 15% θα αγγίξουν οι on line κρατήσεις Οι ταξιδιωτικοί πράκτορες προοιειδοποιοÃν για να αποφÃγουμε τις «παγίδες» Ως μÃθο χαρακτήρισε τις φήμες ÃŒτι η αγορά ταξιδιÃŽν απÃŒ τους ταξιδιωτικοÃς πράκτορες στοιχίζει περισσÃŒτερα, απÃŒ ÃŒτι αν τα αγοράσει κανείς μÃŽÂσω διαδικτÃου, ο ΠρÃŒεδρος του ΣυνδÃŽÂσμου ΤουριστικÃŽν ΠρακτÃŒρων ΚÃπρου (ACTA), ΒικτÃŽρ Μαντοβάνης. «Αντίθετα στις πλείστες των περιπτÃŽσεων
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Greece's third-largest lender Alpha Bank has turned down an all-share offer by market leader National Bank of Greece, despite government calls for sector consolidation. NBG took the market by surprise last week with its proposal to form a national champion with a market value of 9.7 bln euros that would rank among the 30 largest
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* Libya triggers fear of much wider disruption Top exporter Saudi Arabia has stopped short of pouring more oil on to markets that have vaulted above $100 as unrest swept the Middle East, telling visiting consumer nations on Tuesday that prices were driven by fear. A wave of revolution that has toppled two presidents and
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. Israel may supply LNG by 2014 The proposal by Israel’s Delek Group to build an LNG facility on the island are likely to hold consequences for a plan under consideration by the Cyprus government to import LNG through an agreement with Shell, according to a leading energy journal. Commerce and Industry minister Antonis Paschalides
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Oil prices rose to their highest in 2-1/2 years on Tuesday as investors worried that violence in Libya could spread to other top producers in the Middle East, while the strength of the dollar dented gold and base metals. In agricultural commodities, arabica coffee futures hit fresh 13-1/2 year highs, boosted by a shortage of
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Egypt's new military rulers reinforced their border with Libya on Tuesday and opened the frontier round-the-clock to thousands fleeing the turmoil unleashed by the revolt against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Egypt, which borders Libya to the east, was planning to send at least four aircraft to evacuate its citizens from Tripoli, pending permission from Libyan
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British Prime Minister David Cameron condemned on Tuesday Libya's crackdown on demonstrations against the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. "I condemn absolutely what I've seen in Libya, where the level of violence committed by the regime on the people is completely unacceptable," Cameron said. Security forces have cracked down fiercely on demonstrators across the country, with
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A strong earthquake killed at least 65 people in New Zealand's second-biggest city of Christchurch with more casualties expected as desperate rescuers picked through rubble to find people trapped in toppled buildings. It was the second quake to hit the city in five months, and New Zealand's most deadly natural disaster for 80 years. "We
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