After several weeks of postponements, parliament voted on Thursday a controversial bill that shuts large department stores on Sunday and designates some areas exempt from the bill as “tourist areas”, prompting supermarket
The Consumer Price Index for April recorded a marginal increase of 0.03 units or 0.03% to 115.34 units compared to 115.31 in March. Increases were recorded in the prices of certain clothing
By Alex Gurr, Market Analyst at FXTM The European Services data has been very positive for struggling Eurozone nations, with Spain leading the way after achieving a number not seen since November
* EC Spring forecast: Progress on structural reforms promises new steam to a delayed economic recovery * The recession in Cyprus moderated significantly in 2014 with the second half of the year
A united Cyprus that would be compatible with EU standards would be to the benefit of both Greek and Turkish Cypriots, the UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide said on
The Finance Ministry’s Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) has accepted tenders for 150 mln euros, with at average yield of 2.47%, during Tuesday’s 13 week Treasury Bills Auction. In all, tenders for
Cyprus Defence Minister Christoforos Fokaides and his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Bin Saud Bin Hareb Al Busaidi discussed issued of mutual interest in humanitarian missions and search and rescue operations. Fokaides’ visit
The UN’s chief mediator for Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, arrived on Monday in an effort to restart the peace talks that were stalled last year when Turkey sent a survey ship into
The government is confident that after the successful €1 bln bond issue last week, a stability in public spending and the favourable comments by rating agencies, it will return to its development
Just over 9,000 volunteers took part in the annual “Let’s do it Cyprus!” over the weekend, collecting 22,848 kilos of rubbish that included 2,950 kilos of recyclables. In all, 9,442 people took
