Solar flares, prominences and CMEs are well known manifestations of solar a
ctivity. For many years, qualitative studies were made about the cyclical b
ehaviour of such phenomena. Nowadays, more quantitative studies have been u
ndertaken with the aim to understand the solar cycle dependence of such phe
nomena as well as peculiar behaviour, such as asymmetries and periodicities
, occurring within the solar cycle. Here, we plan to review the more recent
research concerning all these topics.