By Panicos Demetriades Soon after the report on the ‘citizenship by investment’ scheme, fellow economist George Koumoullis convincingly made the case that Cyprus is a kleptocracy – a system of government in
By Tom Brookes & Gernot Wagner Nowhere are the limitations of neoclassical economic thinking – the DNA of economics as it is currently taught and practiced – more apparent than in the
With the spread of coronavirus getting out of hand, the government and business community conflict with health experts, who want harsher measures re-introduced before the situation becomes a thunderstorm. The administration, under
Historically, at this stage of a tournament, England football fans are usually drowning their sorrows in what might have been, as the Three Lions disappoint again. But manager Gareth Southgate has created
Demetra Kalogerou, the current chairperson of CySEC, is due to leave her post in September after ten years in office. Within months after taking over at the helm of the country’s top
There is an evident effort to upgrade the quality of local hotels and entertainment places, both in terms of building and service quality; we now note the Tourism Ministry is encouraging organised
By Mateusz Morawiecki We live in amazing times. But, unfortunately, the last dozen or so months have been marked by health concerns and fears about the future. Many Poles wondered whether they
There we were thinking the government would turn the page on its transparency record by reshuffling the Cabinet to herald a bright new dawn in Cyprus politics. The parliamentary elections sent a
Another company prepares to enter the non-performing loans (NPLs) market in Cyprus. Themis – the Goddess of Justice – will own and take over the management of NPLs the global giant Pimco
After weeks of coronavirus seemingly under control, daily cases below 100 and no new deaths reported, hospitalisations at low levels, the recent spike calls for drastic measures to prevent a new wave
