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The unemployment rate fell to 6.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2022, a fall of 2 per cent year-on-year, with total employment increasing by 28,659 people, according to a report by the ...

The Producer Price Index in Industry for the month of April 2022 reached 123.8 points (base 2015 = 100), recording an increase of 19.5 year-on-year, according to a report by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) released ...

A New York couple accused of laundering $4.5 billion in cryptocurrency tied to the 2016 hack of digital currency exchange Bitfinex are still negotiating a possible plea deal while reviewing more than 1.1 ...

Russian manufacturing activity expanded in May after three months of contraction and price pressures eased notably, but sanctions continued to dent client demand, a survey showed on Wednesday. The S&...

Some OPEC members are considering the idea of suspending Russia in an oil production deal as Western sanctions hurt the nation’s ability to produce more, the Wall Street Journal ...

Turkish state-owned energy importer BOTAS said on Wednesday it had raised natural gas prices for households, industry and electricity production, with the price for households raised by 30 per cent. Separately, ...

Refiners worldwide are struggling to meet global demand for diesel and gasoline, exacerbating high prices and aggravating shortages from big consumers like the United States and Brazil to smaller countries ...

For Oleg Kechin, owner of a chain of barbershops, forecasts that Russia will be plunged into its deepest economic crisis in a generation feel overdone. US President Joe Biden may ...

The Industrial Production Index for the month of March 2022 reached 135.7 points (base 2015 = 100), recording an increase of 6.9 per cent year-on-year, according to data released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (...

For a company’s business strategy to work successfully, it must be based on changes taking place in the economy and in each sector, on political developments and on the ...

Eurozone inflation rose to another record high in May, boosting government bond yields as markets saw the data as a challenge to the European Central Bank’s view that gradual ...

If you assumed crypto was just a young person’s game, think again. More people in the United States than ever before are turning to cryptocurrencies to help fund their ...

Turkey’s annual economic growth was 7.3 per cent in the first quarter, slightly more than expected data showed on Tuesday, driven by strong demand, manufacturing and exports even as fallout ...

Oil prices extended gains on Tuesday after the EU agreed to slash oil imports from Russia, fuelling worries of a tighter market already strained for supply amid rising demand ahead ...

British supermarket groups are set to enjoy a mini-boost to trade as Britons put aside their cost of living worries for a few days and prepare to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’...

Non-performing loans at the end of February 2022 fell to 11.3 per cent of total loans, according to data released by the Central Bank on Monday. This represents a 0.4 per cent month-on-month ...

The Democratic Labour Federation of Cyprus (Deok) on Monday called the government’s measures to curtail soaring inflation disappointing and inadequate. “Unfortunately, the long-awaited government measures to deal with the ...

The humble wire harness, a cheap component that bundles cables together, has become an unlikely scourge of the auto industry. Some predict it could hasten the downfall of combustion cars. ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reconfigured the global oil market, with African suppliers stepping in to meet European demand and Moscow, stung by Western sanctions, increasingly tapping risky ship-to-ship ...

Oil prices rose on Monday, hitting their highest in more than two months, as traders waited to see whether the European Union would reach an agreement on banning Russian oil ...

US cinema stocks took off on Friday amid soaring expectations for the Memorial Day weekend debut of the sequel to the Tom Cruise blockbuster, “Top Gun”. Cinemark Holdings (CNK.N), ...

Russia will prepare a settlement mechanism before June payouts that will allow it to service its dollar-denominated foreign debt, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said in a TV interview aired on ...

Germany’s Economy Ministry has refused to provide carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) with guarantees to cover new investments in China because of concerns over human rights violations in the ...

The first cruise ship to use Ayia Napa marina dropped anchor there on Sunday morning, the ministry of transport announced. “The decision of the ministry of transport to create an ...