Cyprus economy
Cyprus ranks fifth among EU member states as regards absorption from the EU cohesion funds, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Saturday. He added that...
Petrides welcomes findings of Eurgroup’s post-programme surveillance report on Cyprus
Cypriot public finances improved due to increased growth, although they are expected to be adversely affected due to a projected slowdown in the next few...
Anastasiades refuses to get drawn in by union demands ahead of departure
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday night stressed that his government will not give into new demands that will affect the financial stability of the island...
AdTech Open Hackathon with a focus on improving life in Cyprus and technological advancement
The HackAdTech Open Hackathon, dedicated to solving AdTech and MarTech challenges, with an emphasis on improving life on the island will open its doors on...
Tech fund aims to help overhaul Cyprus’ economic model
Cyprus has good applied research and that churns out technologies, but it’s missing the funding. A venture capital fund aims to change all that One...
Sahel region poses a real challenge for the EU
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The Sahel zone is located south of the Sahara desert and it stretches from the west coast of Africa...
Fear of ‘chaos’ over CoLA fight
Unions and employers brace for fight over wage rises Unions and employers’ organisations are on a collision course over the cost of living allowance (CoLA),...
Anastasiades confident that he is passing on a Cyprus in better shape than he found it
Outgoing president Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday claimed that he was handing over a Cyprus “better than the one he received”. In an interview with ‘INSIDER’...
Unrealistic and inadequate budget for 2023
Government more interested in pleasing credit-rating agencies than citizen welfare By Les Manison In presenting the government budget for 2023 to the House of Representatives...
Credit card transactions in the north by G/Cs more than double pre-pandemic levels in first 8 months of 2022
Credit card transactions during the first eight months of 2022 in the occupied areas by Cypriot citizens residing in the south more than doubled, reaching...