Cyprus Business News

Regulated digital finance can become a new pillar of the Cypriot economy, alongside tourism, shipping and professional services, while creating more skilled jobs on the island, according to Stavros Vassiliades, ...

Cyprus will bring together senior government officials, international investors and technology executives in Nicosia on September 9 for a forum examining how technological and geopolitical changes are altering the country’s ...

Atlantic Insurance Company Public Ltd has announced that its board of directors will convene later this month to examine the un-audited consolidated financial results for the first half of 2026. The ...

Cypriot investment firm Demetra Holdings Plc announced on Monday that it repurchased a total of 2,713 of its own shares as part of an ongoing share buyback programme. The stock market ...

Cyprus-listed Globalwealth Group Plc has announced that it repurchased a total of 6,707 of its own shares as part of an ongoing share buyback programme. The stock market transaction was executed ...

Cyprus recorded one of the stronger rates of quarterly economic growth in the EU in the second quarter of 2026, with GDP expanding by 0.8 per cent, according to figures released by ...

UBS has given a positive assessment of Greece’s banking sector, identifying it as one of Europe’s more attractive markets because of its combination of strong credit growth, profitability ...

Alpha Bank S.A. announced on Monday that it has repurchased a total of 1,746,545 of its own shares for an aggregate consideration of €8,098,859.46. The transactions were executed on the Euronext ...

Total employment in Cyprus increased by 1.7 per cent year-on-year during the second quarter of 2026, reaching an estimated 525,167 people, according to the state statistical service (Cystat). The data showed that total ...

Cyprus Fiscal Council president Andreas Charalambous has described Morningstar DBRS’ decision to raise Cyprus’ credit outlook to positive as expected, while warning that pension reform and the approaching election period ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an official warning alerting investors that nine online trading and crypto platforms are operating without the required regulatory approval. The market ...

Lottery operator Allwyn AG announced on Monday that it has repurchased 645,398 of its own shares for a total consideration of €8,628,043.94. The transactions were executed on the Euronext Athens stock exchange ...

Regulated digital finance can become a new pillar of the Cypriot economy, alongside tourism, shipping and professional services, while creating more skilled jobs on the island, according to Stavros Vassiliades, ...

Eurobank S.A. announced on Monday that it has repurchased a total of 1,179,047 of its own shares for a total cost of €5,440,796.06 as part of its ongoing share buyback programme. ...

S&P Global Ratings has revised the outlook on Freedom Holding Corp and four of its core subsidiaries from stable to positive, citing an improved assessment of banking-sector risks ...

The consequences of cybercrime, online fraud and email scams can be far-reaching, affecting both finances and peace of mind, according to the Bank of Cyprus (BoC). The bank noted that ...

Cyprus shipping faces another period of uncertainty after four days of negotiations at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) ended without an agreed new text for the global rules intended to ...

Cyprus and Bahrain signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) on maritime cooperation, expanding ties across maritime safety, training, search and rescue and innovation following high-level talks in Manama on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with European Council President Antonio Costa on Friday, followed by his call for a political decision on Cyprus’ Schengen bid “as soon as possible”, has placed ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting August 31: Euro area consumers became slightly more optimistic about inflation and economic growth in July, although the latest ...

Two University of Cyprus researchers have secured European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants worth around €1.5 million each to carry out five-year cancer research projects, the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) ...

MEP Fidias Panayiotou’s initiative to reduce electricity prices by 20 per cent has sparked intense public debate. The government, professional bodies, and market stakeholders quickly disputed his calculations, particularly regarding ...

Cyprus-based venture capital firm 33East has invested in Piney, a Cyprus-founded property operations startup that has raised €1.6 million as it expands from Europe into the United States. 33East said Piney’...

Seafarers must not be drawn into geopolitical conflicts or used as leverage in disputes over international waterways, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) secretary-general Thomas Kazakos told shipping leaders in Hamburg ...