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Workers in Cyprus have been working harder, with more hours and fewer absences, according to a recent report, but incomes are declining. And, in spite of all that, economic sentiment ...

Britain will next month publish plans to allow fully vaccinated people to travel unrestricted to all countries except those with the highest Covid-19 risk, in a boost for a travel ...

Britain’s Prince Charles and the Lloyd’s of London insurance market launched a task force on Thursday to help the industry make the transition to a net zero economy. ...

Oil prices dipped on Thursday but still held close to their highest in almost three years, supported by drawdowns in US inventories and accelerating German economic activity. Doubts about the ...

Volvo Cars plans to make lidar sensors standard equipment in a new generation of its XC90 SUV next year as part of a strategy to deploy more advanced safety and ...

Malta has been put on a grey list by the world’s money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog (FATF), Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Wednesday, in a move that ...

The firm that will manage the privatisation of the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) will be announced in two weeks, Board Chairman Marinos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. A consultive firm will ...

The Kataeb party is trying to unite the opposition around a coherent economic policy. By George Eid and Andrew Rosenbaum Lebanon is in desperate need of a viable economic policy. ...

Warren Buffett on Wednesday resigned as trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations, as he delivered another $4.1 billion worth of ...

Only 10 per cent of institutional investment firms surveyed by JPMorgan trade cryptocurrencies, with nearly half labelling the emerging asset class as “rat poison” or predicting it would be a temporary ...

More airlines on Wednesday joined legal action against the Britain over its travel curbs, adding to pressure on the government to relax restrictions that are putting businesses and jobs on ...

Hellenic Bank announced on Wednesday at their Annual General Meeting for 2020 that the appointment of the new CEO Oliver Gatzke is awaiting the approval of both the European Central Bank ...

Gold prices rose on Wednesday after US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pledged to keep interest rates near zero for some time, although gains were capped by a slight uptick ...

Turkey is in talks to secure currency swap agreements with four countries and is close to a deal with two of them, Central Bank Governor Sahap Kavcioglu said at a ...

With 30 days to go and the Covid-19 pandemic far from being contained in Japan and the world, the Tokyo 2020 organizers have believed that the Games will take place on the ...

The UK government is to review the Traffic Light classification system for travel destination countries on Thursday, but reports say that little change is expected. The PC Agency, an old ...

The radio broadcasting industry in Cyprus has remained strong while in most of the EU it is declining. Cyprus has 37 broadcasters, the European Union’s statistical service (Eurostat) noted in ...

Google’s YouTube won its latest copyright infringement challenge after Europe’s top court said online platforms are not liable for users uploading unauthorised works unless the platforms failed to ...

The European Union is not intent on stealing business from the City of London, but future access for Britain to the bloc’s financial market will hinge on whether it ...

British public borrowing fell in May from the sky-high levels of a year earlier when the government was ramping up a huge spending response to the pandemic, and there are ...

Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is offering tourists free COVID-19 vaccinations that were previously restricted to UAE citizens and residency visa holders. There is no indication ...

With all eyes on the US central bank this week, some investors are looking to a parade of Federal Reserve speakers to calm market volatility, saying the reaction to the ...

Next Thursday, July 1, was supposed to be a day of celebration for Tesla: the opening of its new high-volume electric vehicle production plant in the tranquil German municipality of Gruenheide, ...

Bitcoin regained some ground on Tuesday, a day after touching a two-week low after China’s central bank reaffirmed a crackdown on cryptocurrencies and restricted trading channels for Chinese residents. ...