Kyriacos Nicolaou

Cyprus’ retail trade turnover experienced a major surge in July 2026, growing by 11 per cent in value and 8.9 per cent in volume compared with the same month last year, according to ...

Allwyn AG announced this week that it has purchased 511,520 of its own shares on Euronext Athens between August 24, 2026, and August 28, 2026. The transactions were executed for an aggregate consideration of €7,281,686.71 under ...

Alpha Trust Holdings has submitted a request to the Hellenic Capital Market Commission for the delisting of its shares from Euronext Athens, following Alpha Bank’s acquisition of 100 per cent ...

Alkis H. Hadjikyriacos (Frou-Frou Biscuits) Public Ltd announced this week that its board of directors will convene on September 17, 2026, to examine and approve its latest financial performance. Directors will meet ...

Ellinas Finance Public Company Ltd announced this week that its board of directors has approved the appointment of Vera Neoptolemou as the company’s new senior compliance officer with immediate ...

Cypriot investment firm Demetra Holdings Plc has announced that it will issue its dividend payment to shareholders on September 29, 2026. The announcement comes following a previous corporate update issued by the ...

IKEA Cyprus is joining a new wave of price cuts announced on Tuesday as the Swedish furniture retailer seeks to revive demand amid rising housing costs and squeezed household budgets. ...

Greek systemic banks have been placed among the European banking sector’s strongest performers by UBS, which has issued a buy recommendation on all four major Greek banking groups and ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched a consultation on new rules covering investment firms whose assets exceed €30 billion, setting out how the threshold should be calculated and when firms ...

EU industrial production rebounded in 2025 after two consecutive annual declines, with the value of sold manufactured goods rising by 2.9 per cent in inflation-adjusted terms, according to a report from Eurostat. ...

Smartphone shipments across the Middle East excluding Turkey fell 19 per cent year-on-year to 10.6 million units in the second quarter of 2026, as rising prices, supply constraints and geopolitical uncertainty pushed vendors ...

Cyprus data expert says high-value services can rival software exports Cyprus can become a base for exporting high-value data expertise to technology companies across Europe and the United States as ...

Euro area consumers became slightly more optimistic about inflation and economic growth in July, although the latest European Central Bank (ECB) survey comes as Cyprus continues to face significantly stronger ...

The European Union recorded a €21.8 billion trade deficit during the second quarter of 2026, marking the bloc’s first negative balance since the middle of 2023, according to Eurostat. Goods imported from ...

Greece’s state budget recorded a €5.77 billion primary surplus in the first seven months of 2026, comfortably exceeding the €4.42 billion target, according to budget execution data released this week. The primary ...

The share of workers using artificial intelligence on the job has doubled in two years, reaching 52 per cent in 2026, while users report saving a median of three hours a week, ...

Satellite internet of things (IoT) connections are forecast to surge from 7.7 million in 2023 to 197.7 million by 2035, according to new research by Omdia, as businesses increasingly turn to satellite networks for ...

The global enterprise application market grew 13 per cent by mid-2026, but the latest figures show AI’s impact is being felt unevenly across software categories, according to IDC research. In ...

Demand in Limassol’s residential market is increasingly shifting toward homes that offer more than space and location, with buyers weighing wellness, community and daily convenience alongside traditional criteria such ...

The Association of Cyprus Banks (ACB) expanded its financial literacy initiatives during 2025 and the first half of 2026, supporting national efforts to improve financial education as Cyprus experienced strong economic growth ...

EU imports of goods from outside the bloc rose 9.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the previous quarter, while exports increased 5.4 per cent, according to Eurostat, as ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is moving ahead with plans to build an integrated European market for tokenised assets, Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said on Wednesday, warning that fragmented ...

Cyprus faces three credit rating decisions in September Cyprus is due to receive three credit rating decisions in September, with DBRS Morningstar, Standard & Poor’s and Capital Intelligence Ratings ...

RIF offers Cyprus startups support to attend Slush 2026 The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) on Wednesday opened applications for up to 15 Cyprus startups to take part in Slush 2026 in Helsinki ...