. Our comments about the harm that cowboy economists are causing by their mindless and often childish comments on TV and radio chat shows have fallen on deaf ears – these people are causing greater harm to the island’s banking sector and, potentially, to the formerly thriving financial services sector, than anything else before. The

. BY GEORGE MOUSKIDES President, Association for the Promotion of Property Development and Manager, FOX Smart Estate Agency The measures voted by the House of Representatives, in conjunction with other factors will lead to positive developments in the Cyprus economy during the second half of the year. Let us examine which are these other factors.

. Credibility and restoring confidence were the major themes at an event organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Cyprus (AmCham Cyprus) on the occasion of the upcoming Cyprus Presidency of the EU Council. After the opening speech by AmCham Cyprus President Miltiades Miltiadou, Deputy Minister for European Affairs, Andreas Mavroyiannis and Hendrik Bourgeois,

. During the 2012 Spring Semester a new course was offered at the University of Nicosia School of Business, Department of Economics and Finance, with a rather unusual title: Business Skills Beyond Borders. During the course, the eight students who were adventurous enough to sign up for the class joined lecturer Marina Theodotou for a

. Dr. Theodore Panayotou Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM) If Prometheus was still around he would have advised us to urgently, but voluntarily, join the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). We, Cypriots, may be good at many things but one thing we are not particularly good at is in anticipating events, scenario building and

. Just when we thought that the banking crisis issue had calmed down and that we were all turning a new leaf, looking forward to the next steps that need to be taken to save the economy, President Christofias decided to rekindle the attack on the banking sector, western capitalism and, of course, his pet

. By Onisiforos A. Onisiforou President of the Cyprus Institute of Internal Auditors Prevention Doctors advise us to have a healthy diet, exercise, take our medical tests regularly and so forth. What they are in fact telling us is that prevention is the best cure. Prevention, of course, is not desirable only in health matters.

. Dr. Jim Leontiades Cyprus International Institute of Management The recent Greek elections, which saw the rise of Alexis Tsipras and his Syriza party, initiated a tide of change in Greek politics and in the Euro zone financial crisis. Who would have thought that a career student protester from Greece would be the one to

. BY GEORGE THEOCHARIDES In the last few months, we have experienced a period of extreme uncertainty in our banking sector and the economy as a whole, mainly because of the massive losses of our banks from the Greek debt restructuring. An amount of about five billion euros has been wiped out from our banks’