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By Yiannis Seitanidis The life insurance sector maintains its momentum and the overall premium generation rate remained in double digits in 2021. According to the latest data from the Association of ...

Real estate agents being granted access to property price data is beneficial to property buyers, Council for Registration of Real Estate Agents president Marinos Kineyirou said on Wednesday. This refers ...

Cyprus’ booth at the Dubai Expo 2020 utilises a hologram of the goddess Aphrodite to greet guests, while special sensors filled the space with scents from the island, including jasmine and ...

The Russian rouble slumped on Wednesday, hitting a near two-year low past 81 to the dollar as sanctions and invasion fears hammered Russian assets, with bonds and stocks feeling the force ...

The United States is poised to unleash a wider array of sanctions against Russia if Moscow escalates the conflict in Ukraine, denying key Russian financial institutions and companies access to ...

The United States, the European Union and Britain announced new sanctions on Russia on Tuesday after Moscow’s recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine as independent entities. Chief among ...

London’s Heathrow said passenger numbers fell to 19.4 million last year, the lowest since 1972, as it was hit by COVID-19 travel restrictions. Britain’s biggest airport, which recorded a pretax ...

The mission of the International Monetary Fund is starting its work in Ukraine for the second review of the Fund-supported programme, the global lender said on Wednesday. Ukraine hopes that ...

With more and more of our transactions now taking place online, the issues of cybercrime and identity theft prevention have become increasingly hot potatoes in financial circles. New legislation – at ...

The coronavirus pandemic has had less of an adverse on mergers and acquisitions across the world, according to a report on global trends by professional services network Lex Mundi. “The ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will oversee the signing of a number of partnership agreements, in the form of Memoranda of Understanding (MoU), between the Republic of Cyprus and the United Arab ...

European banks on Tuesday were bracing for fallout and fresh sanctions after Russia ordered troops into breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine, with HSBC warning of market contagion and Austria’s ...

The rouble tanked on Monday, slipping past 80 against the dollar, while stocks plunged to their lowest in over a year as Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the immediate recognition ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz put on ice the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline designed to bring Russian gas to Germany on Tuesday after Russia formally recognised two breakaway ...

Bitcoin miners are feeling the heat – and the pain’s rippling downstream to pressure prices. The cryptocurrency’s spectacular rally in 2021 drew thousands of entrants into mining, or producing new ...

HSBC (HSBA.L) aims to cut emissions associated with loans made to its oil and gas clients by 34 per cent this decade, the bank’s sustainability chief told Reuters, marking ...

Global stocks tumbled while safe-havens rallied and oil surged on Tuesday as Europe’s eastern flank stood on the brink of war after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into ...

Investors were bracing for a torrid day for Russian, Ukrainian and wider global markets when they reopen on Tuesday, after Vladimir Putin upped the ante in a crisis the West ...

The Russian central bank on Tuesday said it was ready to take all necessary measures to support financial stability, as Russian assets were hammered after Moscow sent what it called “...

President Nicos Anastasiades, who is heading a big delegation of ministers and business leaders on an official trip to the United Arab Emirates, is set to meet the Crown Prince ...

Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) expects to have factories producing exclusively electric vehicles (EVs) by the second half of the decade but will steer clear of building EV-only plants, instead keeping production ...

The Bank of Cyprus posted an after-tax profit of €30 million and a profit after tax and before non-recurring items of €91 million in its financial results released on Monday. “2021 saw a ...

The government wishes to increase the stature and sales of Cypriot wines, both internationally and domestically, Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Monday in an address to an event examining ...

The digital transformation of the Housing Finance Corporation, including to its internet banking services, is underway and scheduled to be completed by 2023, acting general manager Vassiliki Vassiliou said on Sunday. ...