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Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis this week announced that the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to establish a new tourism promotion agency, with the goal of boosting Cyprus’ tourism ...

By Charles Ellinas Energy Minister, George Papanastasiou, initiated a debate around natural gas immediately following his appointment. In line with government goals, he has prioritized bringing natural gas to the ...

Students from the University of Pittsburgh had the opportunity to tour the facilities of Eurogate Container Terminal Limassol Ltd during a visit to Cyprus this week. According to a statement ...

In a recent working meeting between Cyprus and India held during the Best Invest Congress in Limassol, Marina Hadjimanoli, Deputy Minister of Shipping, emphasised the invaluable asset that shipping represents ...

Cyprus’ tourism revenue experienced a remarkable increase of 41.5 per cent in March 2023, according to a report released on Friday by the state’s statistical service. According to the report, Cyprus’ ...

Airlines will ride the crest of a faster-than-expected recovery and discuss ways of translating climate pledges into action at a summit buoyed by a return to business as usual next ...

Russian state-owned lender VTB (VTBR.MM) on Friday set the price for its secondary public offering (SPO) at 0.018225 roubles per share, implying a maximum capital raising of 196.5 billion roubles ($2.43 billion). ...

Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, told Reuters on Thursday that she has resigned from the social media company, which has faced criticism for lax protections against ...

Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) will start selling battery-powered versions of its VW bus in North America from 2024 onwards, the carmaker said on Friday, in what marks the reintroduction of the ...

Cyprus’ general government generated a surplus of €291.9 million in the first quarter of 2023, equivalent to 1 per cent of GDP, according to a report released this week by the Cyprus Statistical ...

Cyprus’ annual inflation rate in May decreased to 3.01 per cent, continuing its downward trend for the seventh consecutive month, mainly driven by a deceleration in the prices of petroleum products. ...

OPEC and its allies are unlikely to deepen supply cuts at their ministerial meeting on Sunday despite a fall in oil prices toward $70 per barrel, four sources from the alliance ...

Large US companies have been on a bond issuance binge but this rapid pace in supply may be hard to sustain ahead of expected volatility related to extending the US ...

Cyprus’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter of the year amounted to €6.2 billion, marking a 3.4 per cent increase on an annual basis when measured in volume and adjusted ...

Eurozone inflation eased more than expected last month as underlying price growth also slowed, fuelling a debate about the need for further European Central Bank rate hikes beyond an increase ...

After months of negotiations, Finland’s Nokian Tyres (TYRES.HE) was on the cusp late last year of finalising a 400-million-euro ($440.32 million) sale of its Russian business. Then Moscow changed ...

Eurobank Cyprus this week said that its five-year support programme for non-profit organisation Cyprus Seeds, which aims to bolster the island’s entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem, has borne fruit, with ...

Port management company DP World Limassol on Thursday released a statement announcing that Simon Pitout has been appointed as the company’s new chief executive officer, effective from June 1, 2023. The ...

Russian designers and brands are helping the retail sector gradually recover from a turbulent 15 months of store closures and slumping demand, with new labels plugging the gap left by foreign ...

CFA Society Cyprus and Central Bank Governor Constantinos Herodotou placed the issue of financial literacy at the centre of their discussion during a meeting held on Wednesday. According to a ...

Hundreds of Credit Suisse (CSGN.S)’s employees are resigning each week in a sign of uncertainty gripping the lender while it is being taken over by rival UBS (UBSG....

The US dollar rose strongly on Wednesday to a more than two-month high after data showed European inflation is cooling quicker than expected and China’s recovery is sputtering. The ...

A total of 1,929 apartments and 864 houses were sold during the previous year Cypriot firm Ask Wire on Wednesday released a report detailing real estate sales, including houses and apartments, in ...

In 2022, the unemployment rate of people aged 15-74 in Cyprus was 6.8 per cent, a little higher than the EU average (6.2 per cent), according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical ...