EDITORIAL: Wind of change

When the ruling centre-right Democratic Party (Diko) elected Marios Karoyian as its third and youngest leader on Sunday with the support of the old guard who set up the party three decades

Positive verdict on EU accounts,

The European Commission has welcomed the Court of Auditors’ positive statement of assurance on the EU 2005 accounts, drawn for the first time under a new accounting system, but questioned some of

IMF delegation meets with Central Bank Governor

A four-member International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation held a meeting with the Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Christodoulos Christodoulou, on the course of Cyprus’ economy.Τhe meeting focused on the economic

CSE closes on high note

The Cyprus Stock Exchange closed its last trading day before the launch of the Common Trading Platform on high note, with the main index recording a new fresh closing high on a

Cypriot students abroad approaching 20,000

One-quarter of children in private schools   The number of Cypriot students abroad approached 20,000 in the academic year 2004/05, according to the latest education statistics from the Statistical Service, while almost

Λαϊκή και ο Ανδρ. Βγ&#949

Το Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο της Λαϊκής Τράπεζας με ανακοίνωση του ομόφωνα καταδικάζει και διαψεύδει τις χθεσινές δηλώσεις του κ. Κίκη Λαζαρίδη, ο οποίος τον περασμένο Ιούλιο παραιτήθηκε από τη θέση του προέδρου της Τράπεζας.

CTC sells 28.3 mln of Ermes shares

Cyprus Trading Corporation Pcl (CTC) announced that the Ermes Department Stores Public Ltd public offer was successfully completed as the acceptance rate of the Public Offer reached 34.3%. The public offer concerned

CSE Custodian applicants reach 13

The Cyprus Stock Exchange announced that it has received applications from 13 firms to offer Custodian services. The applicants are       1.      BNP Paribas Securities Services       2.      Citibank International Plc –