Banking and Finance

The European Union will fast track approvals of coronavirus vaccines adapted to combat mutations, the bloc’s Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said in a newspaper interview on Sunday. “We have ...

Gold dipped on Friday with a firmer dollar, while platinum was headed for its biggest weekly rise since March 2020 on expectations for a revival in auto sector demand. “There’s ...

Ethereum’s ether (ETH), the world’s second-largest crypto asset, has long been overshadowed by its predecessor bitcoin. But it seems to finally be coming out on its own. Ether ...

The European Union’s executive wants Hungary to reform its public procurement laws to curb what it calls “systemic irregularities” before billions of euros from the EU pandemic recovery fund ...

Iridium has become the latest precious metal to undergo a spectacular price rally, after supply shortages and expectations it will be used to produce hydrogen to power a greener economy. ...

Dogecoin, the “joke” cryptocurrency, has suddenly gotten dead serious, as investors pile in funds, raising its market capitalisation to $9 billion. ‘It took about 3 hours to make’, said Billy Markus in ...

The Radisson Hotel Group is to open a string of new properties in Cyprus, according to a press release published on Friday. The planned Radisson Beach Resort Larnaca will offer ...

UK economic output fell 9.9 per cent in 2020, the largest drop in 300 years and more than twice the fall during the financial crisis, according to data released by the UK Office ...

Italy’s prime minister-designate Mario Draghi will struggle to restart the Italian economy, the most chronically sluggish in the euro zone. This will be his top priority, but he will ...

The European Union will strive for close co-operation with Britain on financial services but London cannot expect “equivalence-based” access to the EU financial market if it diverges widely on rules, ...

After long being shunned by traditional financial firms, bitcoin has finally entered the mainstream. Bitcoin on Thursday jumped to a fresh all-time high after BNY Mellon said it formed a ...

Cyprus will see economic growth at the same, relatively low rate of most EU Member States in 2021. There is, however, “light at the end of the tunnel,” according to an ...

Amsterdam surpassed London as Europe’s largest share trading centre last month, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The Netherlands scooped up business lost by the UK since Brexit. An ...

There is no reason why a bad bank would not work in Cyprus, as it has in many other countries. It all depends, experts say, on how it is managed. ...

Jet2 will not fly until well after the Easter holidays, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. “Due to the ongoing uncertainty and travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 ...

Hellenic Bank on Wednesday announced the resignation of Lars Kramer from the position of Executive Member of the Board of Directors. Kramer is to remain as Chief Financial Officer of ...

Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Cyprus during the first three quarters of 2020 were down a staggering 96 per cent compared with the same period in 2019, according to statistics from ...

Bitcoin extended gains on Tuesday to a record high as the afterglow of Tesla Inc’s $1.5 billion investment in the cryptocurrency had investors reckoning it would become a mainstream asset ...

Tesla Inc expects to allow customers to pay for its electric vehicles with bitcoin soon, the automaker said on Monday, a move that could expand how the most popular cryptocurrency ...

The Cyprus economy slowed in January, as the restrictions shut down many forms of economic activity. But a substantial rebound is expected after the vaccination programme is implemented, and economic ...

Cyprus’s Aphrodite gas field, located in located in Block 12 of Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone, and with reserves of 129 billion cubic metres, is expected to begin production in 2025. But ...

Libya’s parallel eastern administration welcomed Friday’s announcement of a new interim government to unite the country, but added it would only cede power if the eastern-based parliament approved. ...

Oil prices rose on Monday to their highest in just over a year, with Brent futures nudging past $60 a barrel, boosted by supply cuts among key producers and hopes for ...

Lazard Ltd, one of the world’s largest investment bank, reported a 147 per cent surge in fourth-quarter profit on Friday, powered by growth in its financial advisory business as corporate ...