Cyprus social grants to continue

The Cypriot government is committed to social grants to help low income families, in response to the self-restraint and the responsible behaviour working people have shown in the overall effort to meet

EMU has no impact on Cyprus and Malta: S&P

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that the European Commission’s and the European Central Bank’s proposal to the EU Council that the Republic of Cyprus (A/Positive/A-1) and the Republic of Malta (A/Stable/A-1)

S&P dowgrades Latvia to BBB+

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today it lowered its long-term sovereign rating on the Republic of Latvia to ‘BBB+’ from ‘A-‘ due to the increasing risk of a hard landing and

CSE wants to modernise, revamp operations

The newly appointed Chairman of the Cyprus Stock Exchange wants to modernize the exchange and improve operations further aimed at attracting even more institutional investors to the market. Georgos Koufaris, the new

Marfin Popular raises profit forecast

Marfin Popular Bank has raised its profit forecast for 2008 and 2009 with the average growth in profitability now estimated at 39.6% and significant improvements noted in other ratios. Earlier, Marfin Popular