Consumer price inflation picked up in April to reach 3.1% compared with the same month of 2004, compared with a rate of 2.9% in March. On a month-on-month basis, the consumer price index rose by 0.9% to 120.67, its highest monthly rise since October. According to the Statistical Service CYSTAT, the price increase were mainly

The mid-rate between the spot exchange rates at the close of the fixing session of the Cyprus Foreign Exchange Market on Thursday was 0.5797 Cyprus pounds per euro. This was 0.96% stronger than the Cyprus pound’s euro central rate in the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM2) of 0.585274 per euro. Within ERM2 Cyprus has an official

With the Trust Battery Power Tester PW-2050, every common type of battery can be quickly tested to see how much power it has left. By placing a battery in the tester, the three status indicators on the product make it clear within a second whether the battery is empty, half full or full. The most

Taipei (dpa) – Taiwan police have shut two suicide websites which recruited 150 members and helped several people kill themselves. Kaohsiungg County police remanded a young man and a young woman for prosecution on charges of helping people to commit suicide, the Broadcasting Corp of China (BCC) said. “They launched the suicide websites separately around

Singapore (dpa) – Members of a chatroom created a scam using a fictitious 15-year-old girl called “Sharon” who lured men into meetings in which they were robbed and beaten up. Two of the youths, who were sent for reformative training, got five other boys to go along with their ploy, according to The Straits Times.