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The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) lead a delegation of over 40 participants from Cyprus, including 18 startups and scaleups, at Slush 2024, according to an official announcement released on Thursday. Slush is ...

President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Nadia Calvino will visit Nicosia on Friday to inaugurate the EIB’s new office in Cyprus, according to an official announcement. Calvino’s ...

Apartment prices and rents in Cyprus defied broader market declines during the third quarter of 2024, reflecting strong demand, according to a report from real estate analytics firm Ask Wire. At ...

Greece’s systemic banks—Alpha Bank, Eurobank, National Bank of Greece, and Piraeus Bank—plan to expedite the repayment of deferred tax credits (DTC) starting in 2025, a move that credit ...

Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis has officially announced the candidacy of the Republic of Cyprus for re-election to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). The Shipping Deputy Ministry ...

OPEC+ will have little room to manoeuvre on oil policy when it meets in December: it would be risky to increase output because of weak demand, and difficult to deepen ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Wednesday announced the complete disposal of the remaining shares held by Cyprus Popular Bank (Laiki) Public Co Ltd, which has been in liquidation. Following the ...

US inflation continues to ease, with wages and the job market cooling and excess price increases largely confined to housing, a situation in which it will likely remain appropriate to ...

HSBC (HSBA.L) is relaunching its ‘Premier’ wealth banking brand in Britain, targeting so-called mass affluent customers who have between 100,000 and 2 million pounds ($2.5 million) to invest. Jose Carvalho, HSBC UK’...

Sim4Flow, a Cypriot MedTech startup focused on intracranial aneurysm management, will present its groundbreaking AI-driven platform, IRIS, at Slush 2024 in Helsinki. The event, one of the world’s largest ...

Bitcoin rose to a record high above $94,000 as a report that Donald Trump’s social media company was in talks to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt (BKKT.N) boosted expectations ...

President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday cited the central bank’s year-end inflation forecast of 44 per cent and said Turkey will not let inflation crush people when asked about an expected ...

British inflation jumped by more than expected last month to rise back above the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target and underlying price growth gathered speed too, showing why ...

PwC Cyprus, in collaboration with Multimarine Services Ltd, SignalGeneriX Ltd, and Theophrastus Research Institute, has been awarded Project Symbiosis by the European Defence Agency (EDA). Announced this week, the initiative ...

The construction sector in Cyprus recorded a 4.7 per cent increase in production during the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, according to a report released on Wednesday ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Wednesday announced the complete disposal of the remaining shares held by Cyprus Popular Bank (Laiki) Public Co Ltd, which has been in liquidation. Following the ...

The Cypriot insurance sector recorded a notable increase in premiums during 2023, surpassing €1 billion in turnover for another consecutive year, it emerged this week. Specifically, total premiums for 2023 reached €1.204 billion, marking ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Tuesday announced that it has repurchased 50,000 of its ordinary shares with a nominal value of €0.10 each. The transactions were executed on November 18 on the Cyprus ...

Nvidia has bested lofty Wall Street revenue expectations for the past eight quarters, but as analysts expect a slower pace of growth, how the company overcomes delays and supply chain ...

Britons started new businesses last year at the slowest rate since 2010, a potential warning sign for longer-term economic growth and productivity, according to official data published this week. The number ...

Sony is in talks to acquire Kadokawa, the Japanese media powerhouse behind the “Elden Ring” game, two sources familiar with the matter said, as the technology giant looks to add ...

The Bank of Cyprus on Tuesday announced that it has repurchased 50,000 of its ordinary shares with a nominal value of €0.10 each. The transactions were executed on November 18 on the Cyprus ...

Cyprus’ Harmonised Consumer Price Index (HICP), a key measure of inflation, rose by 1.6 per cent year-on-year in October 2024, according to official data released on Tuesday. This figure reflects a modest ...

Snapchat is transforming how brands connect with digital-first audiences, leading the evolution of augmented reality (AR) in social media, according to Katia Maevskaia, Client Partner, CEE, at Snap Inc. Maevskaia ...