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Greece needs to reduce rampant construction and protect water resources and coastal areas if it wants to maintain a healthy tourism industry across its mountainous mainland and beach-lined islands, the ...

A surge of trading in some short-dated GameStop options contracts on Wednesday suggested to some market participants that Keith Gill, the stock influencer known as Roaring Kitty, may have sold ...

New US sanctions that forced Russia’s leading exchange to halt dollar and euro trading led to a range of varying prices and spreads as trading moved over-the-counter (OTC) on ...

Panagiotis Polydoros, Country Manager of Mastercard for Greece, Cyprus, and Malta, used a press conference held this week in Nicosia to underscore Mastercard’s confidence in Cyprus and its vision ...

Professional associations, who are members of the Cyprus Federation of Employers and Industrialists (Oev), this week met with the newly elected president of the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC), ...

In the exacting field of life sciences, where precision is paramount, Efevre Tech emerges as a leader in innovation. The brainchild of Dimitris Kyriakou, a seasoned molecular biologist with a ...

Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor Christodoulos Patsalides on Wednesday opposed the imposition of a windfall tax, emphasising that such a tax would harm the economy by disrupting the necessary ...

Wet weather helped bring Britain’s economic growth to a halt in April after a strong start to 2024, and the opposition Labour Party jumped on the figures to attack Prime ...

The Bank of England will start cutting interest rates in August, according to all but two of 65 economists polled by Reuters, and most of them expect at least one more ...

Gold’s lightning rally to successive record highs shows every sign of continuing in the second half of 2024 as the fundamental case for bullion remains firmly in place, though $3,000 per ...

Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor Christodoulos Patsalides on Wednesday opposed the imposition of a windfall tax, emphasising that such a tax would harm the economy by disrupting the necessary ...

The Office of the Commissioner for State Aid Control has advocated that Cyprus’ energy isolation and high energy costs, combined with other unique challenges related to the island’s energy ...

The European Commission notified car makers on Wednesday that it would apply additional duties of up to 38.1 per cent on imported Chinese electric vehicles from next month, a move likely ...

The international use of the euro remained broadly stable in 2023, with its share across various indicators of international currency use staying above 19 per cent. This stability, close to the average ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve), in conjunction with the Cyprus-Israel Business Association and the Embassy of Israel, has released a public invitation to a presentation on advanced ...

Eurobank Cyprus on Wednesday announced that it will soon proceed with the culmination of an initiative to support and reward its up-to-date mortgage customers by reducing the final interest rate ...

The Republic of Cyprus and Montenegro this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to mutually recognise the certificates of competency for officers on merchant ships, marking a significant step ...

Eurobank on Tuesday significantly increased its stake in Hellenic Bank by purchasing 503,934 shares at a total cost of €1.29 million, with transaction taking place on the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE). According ...

The World Bank on Tuesday said the US economy’s stronger-than-expected performance has prompted it to lift its 2024 global growth outlook slightly but warned that overall output would remain well ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Tuesday announced the official release of its regulatory sandbox, with the presentation of the launch taking place during an online event. In ...

OPEC on Tuesday stuck to its forecast for relatively strong growth in global oil demand in 2024, despite lower-than-expected use in the first quarter, saying travel and tourism would support consumption ...

General Motors (GM.N) on Tuesday announced a new $6 billion share buyback plan, more than a month after posting upbeat first-quarter results and raising its annual forecast, citing stable prices ...

Saudi Arabia began preparing more than a year ago to sell a new chunk of state oil giant Aramco, targeting foreign investment that has lagged goals for years and is ...

Government employment in Cyprus reached an average of 54,835 individuals from January to May 2024, marking an increase of 2,684 persons or 5.1 per cent compared to the same period from the previous year, ...