ENERGY: DEFA to seek Cyprus LNG imports

The state-owned Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA) will launch two separate tenders this year for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to facilitate the use of LNG for electricity generation by January

CYPRUS: The Troika is back

 Five years after Cyprus was on the brink of bankruptcy and a 10 bln euro bailout deal was struck, a delegation from the Troika of international lenders is back for the fourth

Cyprus banks in rigorous restructuring programme

. By Yiannis Tirkides Manager Economic Research, Bank of Cyprus   Cyprus banks over the past five years have been implementing a rigorous restructuring programme, refocusing their operations, seeking to improve asset

CYPRUS: Retail bonds programme ‘will continue’

* Despite EU pressure, ‘investment-for-citizenship’ raised €650 mln   By Kyriacos Kiliaris   The retail bonds programme, launched in 2014 as a quick-fix to urgently raise funds for the cash-strapped government soon