Cyprus Business News

The total number of employees in the general public sector reached 72,432 in the second quarter of 2022, marking an increase of 1.8 per cent compared to the corresponding period of 2021, according to ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Wednesday that Cyprus is expected to join the list of countries that have issued green bonds, with the first issuance of green loans expected to ...

Paphos tourism board (Etap) managing director Nasos Hadjigeorgiou on Tuesday said that despite the fact that certain hotels and tourist accommodation units will close during the winter, the district will ...

Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor Constantinos Herodotou on Tuesday delivered a speech at an event organised by the London Business School Alumni Cyprus Club, touching on a number of ...

Hellenic Bank on Tuesday announced its decision to terminate negative interest rates on non-household Euro accounts, with effect from October 3, 2022. From the aforementioned date, the interest rate on all non-household ...

Private healthcare company Laertes Health LTD on Monday announced that it has finally approved the necessary building permit for the construction of a private hospital in Nicosia. The hospital, a 4...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Friday described Cyprus’ impressive score in the Greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) performance index as exceptionally important for both jobs and incomes, particularly during the ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Keve) this week said that Eurochambers, the association of European chambers of commerce, has requested immediate support measures for businesses against the rising ...

Association for the Protection of Borrowers (Syprodat) this week welcomed the Central Bank of Cyprus’ call for tenders for a project to digitally verify the data of bank clients. The ...

Gear Education, a new boutique firm specialising in education technology services, earlier this month became Cyprus’ first and only Google for Education partner. The company works closely with schools to ...

Will now take part in European competition Non-profit organisation supporting the commercialisation of innovative scientific research from Cypriot academic institutions, Cyprus Seeds has been named as the national winner of ...

3D Global, a financial services and wealth management advisory firm headquartered in Limassol, has gone from strength to strength according to its new CEO. The company recently announced that founder ...

The bank employees union Etyk this week announced that it has reached an agreement with the Association of Cyprus Banks for the renewal of their collective agreement. Etyk said that ...

Paphos hoteliers association president (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides this week said that the hotel occupancy rate in the district is expected to hit 70 per cent during September. Michaelides said that in ...

Rating agency S&P Global Ratings this week announced that it has revised upwards its long-term issuer credit rating on the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) to ‘BB-‘ from ‘B+’, ...

Employment in Cyprus increased by 1.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the corresponding quarter of 2021, while actual working hours recorded a percentage increase of 5.2 per cent, according ...

A story by global media company Bloomberg released on Monday, in which it claimed a Cypriot airline was in danger of collapse due to higher fuel and labour costs, has ...

Private equity firm Lone Star, in a statement issued on Tuesday to the London Stock Exchange, said that it is considering its options in terms of submitting a revised offer ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Tuesday announced that it has recorded a tightening of lending criteria, combined with a decline in net demand for loans, during the second ...

A bill to regulate matters concerning start-ups and their investments is expected to be submitted to the House of Representatives within this year, according to an update received on Tuesday ...

An annual decrease of 1,320 persons was recorded among the unemployed, with their percentage dropping by 8.1 per cent at the end of August 2022, in comparison with August 2021. A slight increase was ...

Visitors to Cyprus would find it hard not to have noticed herds of goats chewing away on a dark, boomerang-shaped carob, or not sampled the dark velvety syrup, drizzled on ...

By Andreas Charalambous The Government of the Republic of Cyprus, following a prolonged dialogue with employers’ associations and trade unions, announced the adoption of a national wide minimum wage. The ...

The ARIS Innovation centre announced the successful completion of two ERASMUS+ projects on the topics of Female Empowerment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (FeSTEM) and the promotion of Social ...