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The total number of government-employed people increased during July, with 92 additional people joining the public sector, the Cyprus Statistical Service said in a report. This represents a 0.2 per cent year-on-year ...

Thousands of small and medium Kuwaiti businesses could go to the wall after being walloped by the pandemic, potentially torpedoing a private sector central to the country’s efforts to ...

People care what their avatars are wearing. When the virtual world Decentraland said in June users could make and sell their own clothing for avatars to wear on the site, ...

Soccer star Lionel Messi’s signing on fee at Paris St Germain includes some of the French club’s cryptocurrency fan tokens, in the latest big name endorsement for new ...

Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh announced on Wednesday that the central bank will lift subsidies on fuel imports, al-Jadeed local TV channel reported. “The Central Bank of Lebanon ...

A new study by Saga has revealed that more than a third of Britons (36 per cent) have been unable to book a staycation in the UK this summer, TTG reported ...

Beer deliveries in Cyprus have increased year-on-year during the first seven months of the year, a report by the Cyprus Statistical Service has shown. According to the service, 19.49 million litres ...

For the euro area, as in the world as a whole, output is recovering back toward the pre-pandemic trajectory, economists have predicted. “While the Delta variant means the picture could ...

Samsung Electronics unveiled its latest high-end foldable smartphones on Wednesday with lower prices than last year’s offerings in a push to expand foldable demand beyond niche devices. The tech ...

Britain’s John Lewis Partnership said on Wednesday it has signed a deal to lease a 1 million square food distribution centre from supermarket group Tesco (TSCO.L) to help meet ...

Coinbase Global Inc reported a more than 1,500 per cent jump in quarterly trading volumes on Tuesday, as the US cryptocurrency exchange consolidated its huge expansion at the start of this ...

The Cyprus statistical service has released data showing that the trade deficit increased during the first half of the current year. The trade deficit for Cyprus increased by €573.6 million during ...

Due to years of fiscal mishandling and skyrocketing operational costs, Lionel Messi, arguably the greatest player of all time has left Barcelona – the club he called home for 21 years. “We ...

Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently, with long commuters hit harder, according ...

Apple Inc on Monday said that iPhone users’ entire photo libraries will be checked for known child abuse images if they are stored in the online iCloud service. The disclosure ...

Fans attending Premier League games are set to face random spot checks of their COVID-19 status at some stadiums in the opening weeks of the new season. Ticket holders should ...

Mobile phone operator Vodafone said on Monday it would reintroduce European roaming fees for new and upgrading British customers in January, following the lead set by rival EE. Roaming charges ...

Ryanair has announced a new base opening in Newcastle for Summer ’22, with a new roundtrip route added to Paphos. Ryanair said that there is “massive demand,” in a statement on ...

Hellenic Bank has accumulated a property portfolio worth €300 million and is now looking to sell it. The properties were the result of borrower debt and related debt restructuring initiatives and ...

Germany’s Delivery Hero (DHER.DE) has taken a 5.09 per cent stake in online food delivery rival Deliveroo (ROO.L), driving the British company’s share price to its highest ...

Siemens Gamesa and GRI Renewables Industries will invest more than 260 million pounds ($360.70 million) into offshore wind manufacturing facilities in northeast England, the British government said on Monday. Siemens Gamesa will ...

Turkish e-commerce firm Trendyol, backed by Chinese internet giant Alibaba, said on Monday it had entered into agreements to raise $1.5 billion from a number of high-profile investors, valuing the company ...

Broad inflation risks are beginning to cast a shadow over the European economy, though analysts say the trend is still not serious enough to spark changes in monetary policy. Eurostat, ...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) on Saturday said many of its businesses are enjoying strong recoveries from the early depths of the coronavirus pandemic, fueling rebounds in ...