International

Murex, the global leader in trading, risk management and processing solutions for capital markets, will bolster its regional footprint in the Europe-Middle East-Africa region with a new physical presence in ...

Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, fell as much as 14 per cent to $51,541 on Sunday, reversing most of the big gains it made over the past week. Bitcoin was last ...

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, consumers around the world have saved an additional $5.4 trillion, and gained confidence that they can spend it as businesses reopen, Moody’s said ...

Environmental scientist Laura Garcia Velez cut her teeth on projects to help Ethiopian farmers insure crops for drought and connect remote Colombian communities to the electricity grid before working for ...

Facebook (FB.O) will announce a series of products under the umbrella of “social audio” on Monday, including its take on audio-chat app Clubhouse and a push into podcast discovery ...

The euro zone economy is still standing on the “two crutches” of monetary and fiscal stimulus and these cannot be taken away until there is a full recovery, European Central ...

Over 400 financial firms in Britain have shifted activities, staff and a combined trillion pounds ($1.4 trillion) in assets to hubs in the European Union due to Brexit, with more pain to ...

Silver saw a long rally last year, and it looks to continue to gain value throughout this one. Global demand for silver will rise to 1.025 billion ounces in 2021, its highest ...

Cyprus has seen its public debt increase sharply in 2020, and even more in 2021, but the plan to service the debt is working. According to a report by the Public Debt ...

As the Turkish lira slides closer and closer to 10 to the euro, the Turkish central bank last week banned the use of cryptocurrency in transactions, in a desperate attempt to ...

The Dogecoin cryptocurrency surged more than 90 per cent to a record high on Friday, putting its gain for the week at almost 300 per cent. The latest rally in Dogecoin came ...

NASA awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024, the agency said on ...

New Zealand said on Friday it has agreed to give Amazon extra rebates on its expenses for the filming of “The Lord of the Rings” TV series in the country, ...

Turkey’s central bank banned the use of cryptocurrencies and crypto assets to purchase goods and services, citing possible “irreparable” damage and significant transaction risks in a move that cooled ...

Twenty thousand users are fighting to get their vaccine of choice within a single second. That’s what is making the Vaccination Portal crash, explains Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation ...

In Cyprus, 39 per cent of farm animals are still kept in cages, according to the not-for-profit organisation End the Cage Age. This is, however, far better than Austria and Luxembourg ...

Tensions over a build-up of Russian troops on Ukraine’s eastern border have pushed up the cost of raising domestic debt and prompted the government to accelerate efforts to secure ...

Self-drive automaker Cruise, backed by General Motors Co (GM.N), on Thursday said it raised $2.75 billion in its latest funding round with additional investment from Walmart Inc (WMT.N) and ...

Hellenic Bank has announced the hiring of Antonis Rouvas as its new Chief Financial Officer. Rouvas will replace the previous CFO Lars Kramer who has since moved to ABN AMRO. ...

The UK’s largest tour operator TUI has called for authorities in Cyprus to provide free or reduced-cost Covid-19 tests to encourage tourists to visit this summer, TTG reported on ...

The economy has solid ground on which to recover, according to a report by the University of Cyprus Economic Research Centre. The report notes, however, that this is contingent on ...

The Turkish central bank has held its key interest rate at its current level of 19 per cent, the bank announced on Thursday in a statement. The central bank has been ...

The Tech Island Association launched on Wednesday to bring together government, business and all other stakeholders in the eco-system : More than 65 tech companies based in Cyprus have come together to ...

The United States will announce sanctions on Russia as soon as Thursday for alleged election interference and malicious cyber activity, targeting several individuals and entities, people familiar the matter said. ...