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. By Peter Leonidou, Head of Sales at Alpari FS On Monday, June 25, Cyprus became the fifth country to request a euro zone bailout, out of the 17 countries that use

. A lot has been said about the “evil” Troika inspectors and the conspiracy by “Troika-supporters” to demolish all that has been achieved in the labour market of the past few decades.

. By Shavasb Bohdjalian Certified Investment Advisor and CEO of Eurivex Ltd. Global share prices and the euro rallied sharply, boosted by expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve and European Central Bank

. By Dr. Jim Leontiades Cyprus International Institute of Management Paul Krugman, the Noble Prize winner has written a new book which questions the wisdom of the economic austerity policies frequently prescribed

. By George Theocharides Associate Professor of Finance and Director of MSc in Finance & Banking, CIIM In the last couple of weeks we have experienced another unfortunate event in the ongoing

. The Internet and joining the EU common market have allowed for the holiday home business to flourish in Cyprus, becoming the main driving force for the developers to build more and

. By Shavasb Bohdjalian Certified Investment Advisor and CEO of Eurivex Ltd. As the negotiations with the Troika representatives start in earnest to decide on the price tag of the bailout that

.  * Emergency Cyprus bank funding leaps to EUR 8 bln * The reliance of Cypriot banks, or perhaps just one Cypriot bank, on emergency funding from the Central Bank of Cyprus

A Crisis of Trust Threatens Economic Paralysis BY THEODORE PANAYOTOU Cyprus International Institute of Management We don’t trust the EU and we don’t trust our government; we don’t trust our parliament and

. Apart from the discovery of natural gas, we haven’t heard positive economic news here in Cyprus for a good while. For the past two years, local companies have been challenged with