Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began Israel's highest-level visit to Greece on Monday, in a sign Israel is looking beyond its troubled alliance with Turkey for other strategic Mediterranean partners. Netanyahu's two days in Athens come a month after a groundbreaking Israel visit by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, and follow a May Israeli raid on
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A Hungarian Roman Catholic priest has become a YouTube hit with his distinctive method of spreading the word on wheels. The Reverend Zoltan Lendvai, 45, who lives and preaches in Redics, a small village on Hungary's border with Slovenia, believes skateboarding can open the way to God for young people. The video of him in
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Growth in Japan's economy slowed to a crawl in the second quarter and analysts see more weakness ahead, adding to policymakers' headaches as they grapple with deflation and a rise in the yen that threatens an export-reliant recovery. The government is considering new stimulus measures including boosting graduate employment and the corporate sector, Kyodo News
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. Deep cuts in funding for top British athletes are likely to be delayed until the London 2012 Olympics are over to avoid damaging the country's hopes of a rich medal haul. In the longer term leading athletes will increasingly be forced to look to private sponsorship as the British government cuts spending to rein
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U.S. home builder sentiment fell for a third straight month in August to its lowest level in nearly 1-1/2 years, pointing to a weak housing market as the economic recovery loses steam. Further signs that the recovery from the longest and deepest recession since the 1930s was taking a step back were contained in another
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People who have Internet access at home are more likely to be in a relationship, with the Web gaining in importance as a meeting place for those seeking love, according to U.S. research. Researchers from Stanford University said the Internet is especially important for bringing together same-sex couples and may soon replace friends as the
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A World Trade Organization panel gave broad backing on Monday to the United States, Japan and Taiwan in their complaint over controversial European duties on electronics products, and told the EU and told Brussels to bring its trade measures into line with international rules. The panel said that the EU had imposed the duties on
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Germany's economy grew at the fastest rate since reunification in the second quarter as companies stepped up investment and exports surged, providing fresh evidence that the recovery has shifted up a gear. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 2.2 percent on the quarter, beating all projections in a Reuters poll of 34 economists who gave a
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Cyprus just clinged onto growth in the second quarter, with seasonally adjusted GDP growth rising in real terms by 0.4% over the previous quarter in April-June according to the Statistical Service’s ‘flash estimate’. Cyprus clambered out of recession in the first quarter with a q/q growth rate of 0.3%. The Statistical Service said that the
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A Passenger Mobility survey in short distances (less than 100 km) conducted by Cyprus Statistical Service (CyStat) during the period of May – July 2009 showed that 97.2% of the enumerated households own and use motorized transport modes. According to the survey, 20.0% of households own and use non motorized transport modes and 75.8% of
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