Kyriacos Nicolaou

Cyprus-listed Globalwealth Group Plc has announced that it repurchased a total of 6,707 of its own shares as part of an ongoing share buyback programme. The stock market transaction was executed ...

Cyprus recorded one of the stronger rates of quarterly economic growth in the EU in the second quarter of 2026, with GDP expanding by 0.8 per cent, according to figures released by ...

UBS has given a positive assessment of Greece’s banking sector, identifying it as one of Europe’s more attractive markets because of its combination of strong credit growth, profitability ...

Alpha Bank S.A. announced on Monday that it has repurchased a total of 1,746,545 of its own shares for an aggregate consideration of €8,098,859.46. The transactions were executed on the Euronext ...

Cyprus Fiscal Council president Andreas Charalambous has described Morningstar DBRS’ decision to raise Cyprus’ credit outlook to positive as expected, while warning that pension reform and the approaching election period ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an official warning alerting investors that nine online trading and crypto platforms are operating without the required regulatory approval. The market ...

Lottery operator Allwyn AG announced on Monday that it has repurchased 645,398 of its own shares for a total consideration of €8,628,043.94. The transactions were executed on the Euronext Athens stock exchange ...

Eurobank S.A. announced on Monday that it has repurchased a total of 1,179,047 of its own shares for a total cost of €5,440,796.06 as part of its ongoing share buyback programme. ...

S&P Global Ratings has revised the outlook on Freedom Holding Corp and four of its core subsidiaries from stable to positive, citing an improved assessment of banking-sector risks ...

Finance chiefs are increasingly expected to shape corporate value but are struggling to translate that ambition into action, with leadership, skills and technology gaps holding back transformation, according to consulting ...

Businesses should reinvest the productivity gains created by artificial intelligence into new products, markets and customers rather than treating AI primarily as a way to cut costs, according to Paul ...

Technology is advancing rapidly, forcing businesses to confront a broader and increasingly complex cyber threat landscape, according to KPMG’s Cybersecurity considerations 2026 report. The report, drawing on insights from more ...

Global television shipments increased 3.6 per cent year-on-year to 48.8 million units in the second quarter of 2026, helped by demand surrounding the FIFA World Cup and the timing of Amazon Prime Day, ...

Goldman Sachs has placed Greek banks among its highest-conviction European banking picks for September and the final quarter of 2026, citing attractive valuations compared with other markets, particularly Spain. The US ...

Financial services firms are moving rapidly to adopt artificial intelligence but remain poorly prepared for the workforce changes it could bring, according to a PwC survey of more than 1,000 senior ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with European Council President Antonio Costa on Friday, followed by his call for a political decision on Cyprus’ Schengen bid “as soon as possible”, has placed ...

Airlines operated 6.9 million commercial flights across the European Union throughout 2025, according to a report from Eurostat. The annual total represents a 3.8 per cent increase compared with the 6.7 million flights recorded ...

Two University of Cyprus researchers have secured European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants worth around €1.5 million each to carry out five-year cancer research projects, the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to raise interest rates on September 10 for the second and final time in its shortest cycle of rate increases in 15 years, according to ...

Cyprus-based venture capital firm 33East has invested in Piney, a Cyprus-founded property operations startup that has raised €1.6 million as it expands from Europe into the United States. 33East said Piney’...

Greece is among the eurozone economies least exposed to the impact of prolonged high interest rates, despite its heavy public debt burden, according to a report by Morningstar DBRS. The ...

European Union member states produced 34.4 billion litres of beer throughout 2025, according to a report from Eurostat. The output figures represent a slight decline of 0.7 per cent when compared with the ...

Financial rating agency Morningstar DBRS published a commentary this week, highlighting that economic convergence is set to continue across several medium-income European economies. The process will be supported by faster ...

Piraeus Bank SA announced this week that its wholly owned subsidiary, the Ethniki Hellenic General Insurance Company SA, has successfully priced an inaugural dual-tranche subordinated bond issuance totalling €200 million. The ...