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The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is set to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday as concern deepens over the impact of the Middle East war on commercial shipping, with thousands ...

Cyprus is taking part in Global Money Week 2026, the annual Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)-backed initiative aimed at helping children and young people build stronger financial literacy, ...

The Eurosystem recently unveiled the Appia roadmap, a strategic initiative aimed at shaping the development of a European tokenised financial ecosystem. The initiative seeks to ensure that central bank money ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Tuesday ruled out discussions on a blanket freeze of foreclosures, following a meeting with a Disy delegation led by party president and house speaker Annita ...

Global hedge funds sold shares of bank, insurance, fin-tech and trading companies in ​the week to March 13, making financials the most sold stock ‌sector this year, said Goldman Sachs (GS....

Limassol mayor Yiannis Armeftis has proposed expanding the Polemidia Forest Park in Ayia Fyla into land used by the Limassol recruitment training centre (KEN), in what he described as a ...

Britain will invest an additional 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) to ‌unlock jobs for young people, the government said this week, part of a drive to reduce the nearly 1 million 16- to 24...

Columbia Group’s president and chief executive Mark O’Neil has called for a shift away from the traditional ship management model towards a more integrated partnership approach, arguing that ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Tuesday ruled out discussions on a blanket freeze of foreclosures, following a meeting with a Disy delegation led by party president and house speaker Annita ...

Cyprus-based Top App Games, a rapidly growing mobile game developer, has reported that its PvP strategy game LUDUS achieved a 74.6 per cent year-over-year revenue increase, while also confirming the game’...

Cyprus’ housing market is being driven by demand for new apartments, while the construction sector is under pressure to modernise and expand its reach, speakers said at the 20th Real ...

ERB Asfalistiki, the largest general insurance company in Cyprus and a member of Eurobank, recently held a health and safety presentation on fire protection in Nicosia. According to an official ...

Labour costs in Cyprus rose significantly in the final months of 2025, according to official figures, adding further pressure to the country’s inflation outlook. Specifically, the Cyprus Statistical Service, using ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus reached 146,516 in February 2026, up 9.5 per cent from 133,760 in the same month last year, according to the state statistical service (Cystat). For the first two months of ...

Cyprus’ real estate sector is being reshaped by changing social needs, urban pressures and investor demand, speakers said at the 20th Real Estate, Property Development & Construction Conference & Exhibition. ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Tuesday presented the government’s latest housing policy measures, outlining a housing drive that will see 2,500 new homes built across Cyprus over the next two ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has published updated aggregate Cyprus banking sector data for the year ending December 31, 2025, showing that the banking sector’s profitability declined in 2025. Specifically, profitability ...

Cyprus’ cabinet approved a proposal on Monday to strengthen the role of the Financial Commissioner and introduce new safeguards for primary residences, with Finance Minister Makis Keravnos saying the measures ...

The Paphos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evep) recently took part in the second meeting of the European programme EnoGastroDest-Interreg Europe, which was held in Pecs, Hungary. The chamber, as ...

The Famagusta district used its presence at tourism exhibitions in Belgrade, Berlin and Poland to promote its year-round tourism offer and present what officials described as the real picture in ...

Cyprus and Ethiopia moved to deepen business ties at the recently-held Ethio–Cyprus Investment Forum 2026 in Nicosia. The event saw investors, officials and business leaders discussing opportunities across sectors, ranging ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) recently announced the adoption of European guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers, while it also issued a reminder regarding updated stress test ...

The European Union recorded a €36.3 billion trade surplus in transport services in 2024, reflecting the bloc’s strong position in international transport markets, according to Eurostat. According to the data, EU ...

The Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) on Monday expressed “deep disappointment and strong concern” over the postponement by the House health committee of the examination of two legislative amendments ...