Cyprus, despite the financial crisis, can offer foreign and local investors an excellent platform for export trade, President Demetris Christofias has said. Addressing a ceremony for the 2011 Export Awards, Christofias said
The Cabinet has approved the establishment of the Energy Policy Council with a view to hold regular briefings and exchange of views between the Minister of Commerce and parliamentary parties on energy
The Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA) announced Monday that 8 Interested Parties submitted Monday their binding proposals, for the Expression of Interest procedure which was initiated on 27th September 2012 for the
The number of building permits authorised by municipal authorities and district administration offices fell by 7.8% over the year earlier in November 2012 to 554. The total area authorised fell by 6.5%
The pace of decline in retail sales eased to 3.2% over the year earlier in November, according to preliminary figures. Retail sales had dropped over the year earlier by 3.8% in October
The industrial production in November 2012 reached 79.7 (base 2005=100), recording a decrease of 11.3% compared with November 2011 according to the Statistical Service. The manufacturing subindex fell in the same period
**Sleight of hand in EUR 1.2 bln deduction for cocos** By Fiona Mullen, Director, Sapienta Economics Ltd Digging into the figures reported by Monday’s Phileleftheros (full story in hard copy only) reveals
Two Russians and an Italian have been freed in Syria in exchange for three captured rebels after being held hostage for nearly two months, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The
Ferrari president Luca Di Montezemolo will have more than a moment's hesitation in answering his mobile if Felipe Massa rings on Tuesday. The memory of last year, when the Brazilian Formula One
Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou called on Sunday for the termination of terrifying scenarios and speculations concerning the amount needed for the recapitalisation of the banking sector, maintaining that in any case the
