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Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting February 23: Cyprus and Serbia have agreed to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation in tourism in the coming months, ...

Sustainable and resilient tourism will be a key priority of the EU council presidency, Deputy Tourism Minister Kostas Koumis said on Friday, addressing a European conference in Nicosia on climate ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) will hold its annual gala dinner on March 6 at the Four Seasons hotel in Limassol, bringing together the political and industry leadership of one of ...

Withdrawals from Cyprus’ 405 automated teller machines (ATMs) reached €2.5 billion in the first half of 2025, according to data published by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC), with higher average transactions offsetting ...

Lawmakers on the House Interior Committee on Thursday urged that a legislative proposal regulating the purchase of real estate by foreigners be brought to the plenary for a vote before ...

Parliament on Thursday approved Cyta’s €597.9 million budget for 2026 with 33 votes in favour, while also backing an amendment that requires prior scrutiny by the House Finance Committee before 17 senior officer ...

Cyprus’ tourism sector posted a record year in 2025, with its share of GDP rising to 14 per cent from 13.1 per cent, emphasising its role as a core contributor to economic growth, ...

Cyprus’ tourism sector posted a record year in 2025, with its share of GDP rising to 14 per cent from 13.1 per cent, emphasising its role as a core contributor to economic growth, ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Thursday chaired the first General Affairs Council on Cohesion Policy under the Cyprus EU Presidency, stressing the policy’s central role in strengthening competitiveness and ...

Total employment in Cyprus rose to 531,062 persons, representing 65.2 per cent of the population, in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the Labour Force Survey released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (...

The Cyprus Industrial Production Index rose to 113.0 units in December 2025, marking a 3.5 per cent increase compared with the same month a year earlier, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). ...

Cyberattacks targeting the global maritime industry surged 103 per cent in 2025, rising from 408 incidents in 2024 to 828 incidents last year, as threat actors moved beyond data breaches and began targeting the core ...

Cyprus’ economic climate weakened in February, as a downturn in the services sector weighed on overall sentiment, while economic uncertainty rose among consumers and most businesses, according to the University ...

One in three people and more than half of businesses in Cyprus were hit by cyberattacks in the past 12 months, according to two nationwide surveys by the Communications Commissioner and ...

Deputy Minister to the President Irene Piki travels to London on Wednesday to attend the international investment forum ‘Investing in Cyprus: Risk, returns and FDI flows in the innovation corridor’. ...

Cyprus’ annual inflation rate stood at 1.2 per cent in January 2026, remaining below the euro area and EU averages as price pressures across the bloc continued to ease, according to data ...

Cyprus’ investment funds sector continued to record positive momentum, with the number of active entities reaching a new high and Assets Under Management (AuM) rising to €11.4 billion, according to the ...

Cyprus’ office of the Commissioner for Gender Equality this week launched a new public dialogue series with a discussion focused on women’s participation in science, bringing students and journalists ...

Cyprus’ housing market is entering a new phase, with Build-to-Rent and structured student accommodation emerging as potential tools to ease pressure on young people, according to Elena Orfanidou and Dimitris ...

Cyprus sits in the lower half of Europe’s wealth ranking, with average net wealth per adult at €102,315 in 2024, according to the Global Wealth Report 2025 by UBS, reflecting a sharp ...

Cyprus is recalibrating its higher education model, as universities upgrade programmes, expand research structures and strengthen links with industry, while the government increases student sponsorship in a bid to improve ...

Cyprus is tightening oversight of influencer marketing, as authorities step up inspections to ensure that paid social media promotions are clearly labelled as advertising, in a global market projected to ...

Cyprus marked the 20th anniversary of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) on Sunday, with the Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) joining global celebrations as the official representative of the island’s ...

Cyprus is experiencing increasingly frequent and intense dust episodes and, against this backdrop, a new scientific study has quantified their direct impact on solar energy production. The study found that ...