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The Limassol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evel) has paid tribute to businessman Andreas Laos, a long-serving member of the city’s business community and former chamber vice-president for industry, ...

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) has approved Eurobank Equities Investment Firm Single Member SA as a market maker for Globalwealth Group Plc shares, while also confirming that 20 million additional shares ...

Cypriot entrepreneurs flood RIF with proposals for early-stage funding The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) has received a record 284 proposals for its PRE-SEED programme, highlighting growing interest in creating and ...

Outgoing Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) chairman George Theocharides has singled out three changes which he believes defined his six years at the regulator, as a five-year review shows ...

GAP Vassilopoulos Public Ltd reported an 81.1 per cent increase in profit attributable to shareholders for the first half of 2025, despite only modest growth in revenue, according to its interim management ...

Demetra Holdings Plc repurchased 3,005 of its own shares on September 11, 2026, as part of an ongoing share buyback initiative. All four transactions executed during the trading session were processed through the ...

The Middle East’s oil map is being rewritten at sea, as attacks around the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea push exporters towards pipelines, alternative ports and longer tanker ...

Eurobank S.A. repurchased over 1 million of its own shares on Euronext Athens between September 7, 2026 and September 11, 2026, as part of its ongoing share buyback programme. The lender confirmed on Monday ...

Banks clear non-performing loans but private debt remains a problem, CBC analyst says Cyprus has largely cleaned up its banking sector’s non-performing loans (NPLs), but a substantial private debt ...

3.1 million unemployed people aged 15 to 74 in the EU moved into employment between the first and second quarters of 2026, while 7 million remained unemployed, according to Eurostat data. The 3.1 million people who ...

Businesses across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have largely moved beyond debating the importance of artificial intelligence, but many are struggling to deploy it at scale while keeping costs ...

Global tax cooperation is becoming increasingly fragmented, with businesses facing greater uncertainty as negotiations at the OECD and United Nations progress along different tracks while governments pursue regional and unilateral ...

Businesses are increasingly looking to secondary software licences as a way of controlling IT costs, as subscription-based models put pressure on budgets, according to an analysis by software broker Forscope. ...

EU market production fell in June, with construction and services driving a monthly decline despite a modest increase in trade, according to figures released by Eurostat. Compared with May, total ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will bring regulators, industry representatives and other stakeholders together in Paris on November 24, 2026, to examine how technology and better use of data can ...

Companies that can control the rapidly rising cost of artificial intelligence could gain a competitive advantage as AI models become increasingly commoditised, according to PwC. The professional services firm said ...

Global shipments of extended reality (XR) headwear fell 38.7 per cent year-on-year to 1.9 million units in the first half of 2026, as growing demand for XR glasses failed to offset a steep ...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting September 7: Cyprus and Bahrain signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) on maritime cooperation, expanding ties across maritime ...

Services production across the euro area fell in June as the sector’s recovery from the previous month’s growth lost momentum, while data from Cyprus showed a more mixed ...

Argentina’s rugged Patagonia is drawing increasing interest from investors searching for sites for mega data centers who are enticed by the region’s cool temperatures, renewable energy, shale gas ...

Are foreign nationals snapping up real estate in Cyprus at an increasing rate? Yes, the numbers show that unequivocally. Has the situation spun out of control, driving up property prices ...

Cyprus maintained one of the EU’s highest employment rates among people aged 20 to 64 in the second quarter of 2026, even as the overall EU rate edged up only slightly, according ...

The Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO) has launched an international artificial intelligence challenge aimed at finding practical solutions to water-sector problems, with innovators from Cyprus among those eligible to apply. Cyprus ...

Business & economy wrap-up from the day before Cypriot economists have warned that the European Central Bank (ECB) could raise interest rates further if the war in the Middle East ...