Show me the money! In Europe, it’s in Germany, France and Russia
The latest buzzword in wealth management these days is ‘decoupling,’ because most of us in the normal world are still dealing with the effects of the pandemic crisis.
But the ...
Plan to make Cyprus an ICT hub – Ministry official
“Our vision is to create a sustainable growth environment that is driven by research, innovation, and technological advancement. This means creating a new incentives framework for science and technology companies. ...
UK receives 6 million applications to EU settlement scheme before deadline
Britain said on Friday it had received 6 million applications to its settlement scheme for European Union nationals before a June 30 deadline passed, including a surge of more than 400,000 in the ...
Sony buys Housemarque, maker of ‘combat’ game Returnal
Sony has added to its already impressive lineup of in-house studios by acquiring Finnish game developer Housemarque on Tuesday.
Housemarque, the makers of April’s eighth-best selling game Returnal, a ...
Nissan bets on UK ‘renaissance’ with battery plant and new vehicle
Nissan bet on Britain to supercharge its European electric future on Thursday, pledging $1.4 billion with its Chinese partner to build a giant battery plant that will power 100,000 vehicles a year ...
Ryanair adds new routes this summer from Cyprus
Ryanair on Thursday announced that six new routes are being added to its summer schedule from Paphos.
The new routes are to Bologna, Bari, Corfu, Marseille, Rhodes, and Venice.
Speaking ...
Banks still have essential role to play — Economist – Cyprus Economic Society
Do we still need banks? What role do they play in our society today?
The role of banks today has not changed, despite the many changes we have gone through, ...
Challenge to Brexit protocol for Northern Ireland rejected
Northern Ireland’s High Court on Wednesday rejected a challenge by the region’s largest pro-British parties to part of Britain’s divorce deal with the European Union, saying the ...
Teenage entrepreneur creates innovative new companies in Cyprus
Arian Adeli started his first company when he was sixteen. The company has been successful, and so Arian has written a book to go with it. Since then, he and ...
EU plans new safety rules for the workplace wherever it is
The European Commission plans to update its rules on worker safety to reflect the shift millions of employees made to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and to reflect ...
Cyprus must reduce the burden of debt with foreign immigration
By Pavlos Loizou, Managing Director, WiRE FS
It is a paradox that currently only a handful of people in Cyprus are still concerned with the matter of NPLs. Maybe they ...
Cyta maintains development with innovative projects
“Cyprus needs a concerted effort by all stakeholders, including ministries, regulators, the local industry and other actors in the economy. The success of this will eventually allow our country to ...
Cyprus fintech sector needs developers — MUFG Investor Services
“Our main focus at the moment is to provide more benefits, and also create a relocation package so that we can bring people in from outside. So we offer as ...
Tracking Cyprus’ progress as a development hub
Over the years, Cyprus companies have developed a strategy and an offer to bring developers to the island, Katerina Andreou tells the story
Post 2012 and the bank collapse, we lost ...
Why Chia isn’t as green a coin it claims to be
Chia, a newcomer into the cryptocurrency market, has tried to differentiate itself from Bitcoin by flaunting its green credentials. But what exactly is Chia and what are the ramifications of ...
Facebook rejects talks with Australia publisher, may test online law
Australia’s competition watchdog is looking into a claim that Facebook Inc (FB.O) refused a publisher’s request to negotiate a licensing deal, the regulator told Reuters, setting the ...
UK to publish plans to lift travel curbs for fully vaccinated
Britain will next month publish plans to allow fully vaccinated people to travel unrestricted to all countries except those with the highest Covid-19 risk, in a boost for a travel ...
Britain’s Prince Charles joins insurance firms in climate push
Britain’s Prince Charles and the Lloyd’s of London insurance market launched a task force on Thursday to help the industry make the transition to a net zero economy.
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Lebanon’s Kataeb party calls for ‘neutrality and decentralisation’ as alternative to meltdown
The Kataeb party is trying to unite the opposition around a coherent economic policy.
By George Eid and Andrew Rosenbaum
Lebanon is in desperate need of a viable economic policy.
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More airlines join legal action against UK over travel curbs
More airlines on Wednesday joined legal action against the Britain over its travel curbs, adding to pressure on the government to relax restrictions that are putting businesses and jobs on ...
Little change expected in UK ‘Green list’ countries on Thursday
The UK government is to review the Traffic Light classification system for travel destination countries on Thursday, but reports say that little change is expected.
The PC Agency, an old ...
Recovering tax take helps narrow UK public borrowing chasm
British public borrowing fell in May from the sky-high levels of a year earlier when the government was ramping up a huge spending response to the pandemic, and there are ...
Airlines back to 50% of pre-pandemic level — Ryanair leads
On Sunday, the number of traffic flights in European airspace on a weekly basis again rose above 50 percent of the pre-corona level. With 19,826 flights, Friday was already the busiest day ...
As Lebanon battles crisis, coastal city Batroun thrives on local tourism
While businesses across Lebanon are fighting to survive a monumental economic meltdown, the coastal city of Batroun is thriving as a tourist destination for Lebanese whose summer plans have been ...