On 11 February, the heads of the Greek Cypriot Republic and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (not generally recognized) held a symbolic meeting in the island´s “no man´s zone” to start a new round of negotiations on Cypriot reunification. The Joint Declaration adopted by the leaders contains ...

President Obama announced creation of $1 billion “climate resilience fund” during a meeting with farmers and ranchers in Fresno, California on Friday. 91.6 per cent of California was experiencing severe or exceptional drought last week. New fund should help farmers prepare for the effects of climate...

The Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) announced preliminary statistics of tourist industry. The statistics reveals that in 4Q/2013 7.6 million of guests were accommodated which is a 1.1 per cent year-on-year increase. Further, 2.9 million were foreign guests (an increase of 3.9 per cent y/y). Foreign ...

U.S. Department of Treasury is forced to resort to extraordinary accounting measures as temporary extension of the U.S. debt ceiling expired on Friday. The House of Representatives currently has only seven more legislative days scheduled through the end of February in which to pass an increase. The ...