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Nothing contributes more to the unification of Cyprus than expanding trade and business ties and providing the infrastructure to support them, the UN Secretary-General’s Special...
A Cyprus settlement entails challenges and long-term opportunities, IMF and EC say
A settlement of the Cyprus problem would entail “tremendous” investment opportunities in the long term but would be accompanied by short-term challenges, the European Commission...
Anastasiades sees reunification as most important structural reform (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades said that a probable settlement of the Cyprus Problem would be “the most important” economy-boosting structural reform in the coming decades, in...
ECB’s Coeure: NPLs Remain a Concern
European Central Bank executive council member Benoit Coeure said on Tuesday that while Cyprus’ systemic banks were able to become part of the ECB’s single supervisory ...
Georgiades wants bailout financing re-established
By Stelios Orphanides Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said he intends to ask his colleagues at the next Eurogroup meeting to re-establish Cyprus’ bailout financing after...
ESM’s Regling warns: don’t over-rely on hydrocarbons
By Stelios Orphanides Cyprus must continue its reform efforts even after it completes its adjustment programme, and not to over-rely on its hydrocarbon findings, the...
Georgiades: recession seems to have run its course
The finance minister said on Tuesday the downturn on the island appeared to have bottomed out, after the economy showed an improvement over the past...
Anastasiades: focus now will be on structural reforms
By Jean Christou President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday the road to full recovery and the restoration of trust in the economy would be long...
Governor says Cypriot banks have turned the page
By Stelios Orphanides Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) Governor Chrystalla Georghadji said on Tuesday the Cypriot banking system had achieved a “turning point” after it...
EC: like Icarus’ wings, the economy was doomed to fail
By George Psyllides CYPRUS’ economy was like the mythological figure Icarus, whose waxen wings melted when he flew too close to the sun, a European...