Cyprus by the Numbers

Deficit spending will be the norm for the next three years, according to finance minister Constantinos Petrides who presented the state budget for 2022 to the council of ministers as well ...

The cabinet has appointed George Theocharides as the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission’s (CySEC) new chairman, promoting him from the post of vice chairman, which he held since July ...

Cyprus’ inability to join the group of Schengen countries has adverse effects on its economy, Paphos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) chairman George Mais has said. Speaking to the ...

CyprusInno has launched a new coworking space called The Base in Nicosia’s Ledra Palace buffer zone. The centre will not be limited to coworking elements as it wil also ...

The Maritime Cyprus Conference has been postponed due to logistical issues stemming from the coronavirus pandemic and the related precautions and safety measures currently in place for all physical events. ...

The total value of Assets under Management (AuM) of Collective Investments reached a record €10.7 billion in the first half of 2021, data from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission showed on ...

The Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry that its recently launched programme to boost Small-to-Medium sized enterprise (SMEs) competitiveness has received 453 applications through the designated system. The number of applications ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos expressed ‘total satisfaction’ with the progress of the Larnaca port and marina redevelopment project after visiting the site on Thursday, September 9. Karousos met with people from ...

The Cyprus-Greece Business Association will take part at the Thessaloniki International Fair which will take place between September 11 and September 19 of this year. The association’s president Iosif Iosif has ...

The Cyprus Statistical Service has released a report showing that the first six months of the year saw a total of 3,990 building permits being issued by the relevant municipal authorities, ...

Cyprus Shipping Deputy Minister Vassilios Demetriades met with his Egyptian counterpart Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir on Saturday, September 4, as part of the wider intergovernmental conference between the two governments. The ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) presented its annual report for the previous year to the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades. The presentation of the report ...

European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) representatives will begin their post-memorandum inspection of the Cypriot economy on September 13 and conclude the process on September 22. The inspection, which will include ...

Venus Minerals Managing Director Peter van der Borgh said that Cyprus has a ‘significant average gold content in a copper-rich area’ in Troodos. “The results of the sampling from the ...

The public deficit has fallen by 0.2 per cent in the first seven months of the year, with preliminary fiscal results by the Cyprus statistical service showing a General Government deficit ...

Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry Natasa Pilides has reiterated that the only way to improve the competitiveness of the Cypriot economy is through the liberalisation of the energy market ...

Tourism generated a total revenue of €135.8 million for Cyprus during June of 2021, a number achieved in spite of a number of travel restrictions still in place during that period. While ...

The new revised Master Plan for the unified development of the Port and Marina of Larnaca was presented on Wednesday, in a project that will create more than 4,000 jobs. The ...

The general manager of the Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (ΟΕΒ) Michalis Antoniou, speaking to StockWatch, said that there is a grave shortage of manpower that threatens the growth of the ...

The trade deficit in the first five months of 2021 recorded an annual increase of 10.2 per cent, according to data released on Monday from the Statistical Service of Cyprus. Total imports ...

KEDIPES is expected to move forward in its transformation into an asset management company (a ‘bad bank’), StockWatch reported on Monday. The company, which was set up to manage non-performing ...

The total assets of investment funds increased by 11 per cent in June 2021 from March 2021, according to data released Tuesday by the Central Bank of Cyprus. Total assets of the investment ...

Cyprus was among the smallest producer of potatoes in the European area, according to a recent report from EuroStat. Our island produced 80.3 thousand tonnes in 2020, the report showed, placing Cyprus ...

The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Friday informed the public that, at its meeting held on the 5th April 2021, CySEC decided to impose an administrative ...