Kyriacos Nicolaou

Alpha Bank has launched its first green senior preferred bond, seeking to raise up to €500 million from investors. The bond has a six-year maturity, though it is callable after five ...

Tourism Deputy Minister Kostas Koumis held a series of meetings in Brussels earlier this week, with a focus on the sustainability, competitiveness, and resilience of the European tourism ecosystem, ahead ...

The subjective poverty rate in the European Union fell to 17.4 per cent in 2024, an improvement from the rate of 19.1 per cent recorded in 2023, according to figures released on Thursday by ...

The Bank of Cyprus has completed one of the most extensive restructurings in Europe over the past decade, according to a new report by Eurobank Equities. The brokerage issued a ...

JP Morgan has reaffirmed its optimistic stance on Eurobank, suggesting the bank’s recent acquisition of Eurolife FFH’s life insurance operations will significantly boost profitability and returns over the ...

Figures released by Eurostat on Thursday show that labour market slack in the European Union stood at 11.7 per cent of the extended labour force in 2024. This represents 26.7 million people aged 15 ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) this week adopted new joint guidelines, requiring financial entities to estimate the aggregated annual costs and losses caused by major Information and Communications ...

Cyprus-based ASBISc Enterprises PLC, commonly known as Asbis, this week released its estimated consolidated revenues for September 2025, showing a significant increase in turnover compared to the same period last year. ...

Cyprus’s Consumer Price Index remained negative for the fourth consecutive month in September 2025, according to the latest data from the statistical service and the Consumer Protection Service’s Consumer ...

The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) on Wednesday announced that its 6th BoC Fintech Hackathon, held at the IDEA Innovation Centre from October 10–12, 2025, “concluded with resounding success”. According to the announcement, ...

Twenty municipalities across Cyprus will follow the precedent set in 2025 for their 2026 budgets, sharing a state grant totalling €117 million. According to a report by Philenews, this grant represents a significant ...

A new partnership between services firm Totalserve and crowdfunding platform Crowdbase aims to strengthen Cyprus’ startup ecosystem by combining expert advisory services with innovative funding options. The collaboration was announced ...

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) on Wednesday announced the admission for listing of 25,000 new 13-Week Treasury Bills of the Republic of Cyprus. These newly listed government bills, which represent the 10...

Paphos has been recognised among the world’s leading sustainable destinations after earning a place in the Top 100 Green Destinations Stories 2025, highlighting its success in fostering green and sustainable growth ...

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have issued joint guidelines designed to improve coordination, oversight, and information sharing between EU supervisory bodies under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which becomes ...

Greece’s National Bank of Greece (NBG) announced this week that an estimated €35 billion investment in infrastructure is urgently needed over the next decade for the Greek islands to secure ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has concluded a settlement agreement of €10,000 with MD&TR Consulting Ltd over a possible violation of the law regarding the provision of ...

The Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus (Anad) and the Nicosia Multipurpose Municipal Centre have signed a memorandum of cooperation, the two bodies announced on Tuesday. The partnership, originally formalised ...

Cyprus recorded one of the strongest budget surpluses in the entire European Union in 2024, coming in second only to Denmark and defying the deficit trend seen across the euro area ...

Government debt, measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), increased across the euro area and the wider European Union (EU) at the end of the second quarter of 2025, ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Tuesday reported total assets of €30.07 billion as of September 30, 2025, according to its most recent financial statement signed by governor Christodoulos Patsalides. The statement ...

Eurobank’s decision to reacquire full ownership of Eurolife FFH Life Insurance has been described as a credit-positive development for the Greek lender, according to a Moody’s assessment. In ...

Cyprus’ general government recorded a fiscal surplus of €1.44 billion in 2024, equivalent to 4.1 per cent of GDP, according to audited data verified under the European Commission’s Excessive Deficit Procedure. According ...

Demetra Holdings Plc announced that it has completed the repurchase of 6,370 own shares at a price of 1.64 cents per share on October 20, through the Cyprus Investment and Securities Corporation Ltd (...