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The number of registered unemployed stood at 11,664 persons at the end of April 2022, according to data released this week by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). The latest figure reflects a ...

The Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) on Wednesday released the preliminary budget results for the period January-March 2022, with the report showing a general government surplus of €239.3 million. The surplus corresponds to 1 ...

President Anastasiades earlier this week said that Turkey’s ban on Cyprus-flagged vessels is an ongoing source of frustration for the local shipping industry, labelling the embargo a ‘thorn in ...

Cyprus’ Fiscal Council on Tuesday announced that it has approved the forecasts and estimates submitted through the Stability Programme. The council also warned that if there is any delay in ...

Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) president Christodoulos Angastiniotis earlier this week said that the local businesses are now focused on enduring the current economic crisis. “The business community’...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios earlier this week said that small, local communities are at the heart of the national tourism strategy moving forward. Perdios’ comments were part of ...

Adolfo Laurenti, Principal European Economist for multinational financial services firm Visa, earlier this week participated in an event co-hosted by the Cyprus Economic Society, as well as the Cyprus Association ...

The Famagusta Tourism Board (Etap) on Thursday night held an event designed to showcase the district’s tourist product to Polish tour operators. The presentation took place at the Thalassa ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus in March 2022 amounted to 128,840, with arrivals for the first quarter of the year reaching 244,705, according to data released on Thursday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). ...

The Cyprus Computer Society announced this week that the inaugural edition of the European Coding Challenge will take place in Cyprus next month. The event, which is being held in ...

Students from the Paphos Technical School won first prize among their peers for creating and implementing the best innovative business idea in the ‘Ideodromio – Creativity, Innovation and Business Idea’ programme. ...

The Paphos branch of the association of hospitality venues (Sikap) on Wednesday announced that venue capacity in Polis Chrysochous reached 60 per cent during April. Ntinos Paraskeva, one of the association’...

The Cyprus Institute of Certified Management Consultants (Sesek) on Wednesday announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM). The partnership entails Sesek ...

The hotel occupancy rate in the Paphos district during the Catholic and Orthodox Easter period stood at 60 per cent, according to the president of the Paphos hoteliers association (Pasyxe) Thanos ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit in January of this year amounted to €523.6 million, compared to €434.3 million in the corresponding month of 2021, according to data released on Tuesday by the Cyprus Statistical Office (...

The global smartphone market has been hit by adverse business conditions, contracting by 11 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report released this week by technology ...

Deputy Minister for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriacos Kokkinos on Thursday met with the Paphos Chamber of Commerce and Industry to discuss a number of issues, including digitisation, entrepreneurship, ...

Hellenic Bank on Thursday posted its financial results for the previous year, showing a loss of €11.7 million for 2021. This primarily reflects impairment losses related to the completion of Project Starlight, ...

Global information technology and other related professional services revenue is estimated to grow by 5.6 per cent in 2022, according to a report by industry analysts International Data Corporation (IDC) released this ...

Association for the Protection of Borrowers (Syprodat) director Tzeni Papacharalambous on Wednesday met with Hellenic Bank head of retail banking Andreas Assiotis, discussing a range of issues. Points of discussion ...

Property sales in Cyprus reached €1.3 billion during the first quarter of 2022, according to a report by the land registry released on Tuesday. “The land registry data reflects the dynamic momentum ...

KPMG Cyprus on Tuesday announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with AI specialists EBO. EBO is one of the leading companies in the field of customer engagement ...

The rejuvenation of the central square and adjacent roads in Paphos’ Mandria village was recently completed and delivered to the public, Paphos District Governor Mary Lambrou said on Saturday. The ...

Police in the north have remanded four men of African descent for attempting to illegally cross into the Republic. The four men reportedly paid a Turkish national to smuggle them ...