Bureau Veritas has been appointed as the control body in charge quality control of the island’s traditional ‘halloumi’ goat’s cheese, lifting the final obstacle for the semi-soft white cheese to secure the long awaited protected designation of origin (PDO). This means that dairy producers on both sides of the island’s divide will be able to

The number of tourist arrivals breached the 1 mln level in the first half of this year, for the first time in almost a decade, according to official statistics, suggesting that the drop from Russia has been compensated by a an increase from the U.K. and Germany. The Cyprus Tourism Organisation said this was “encouraging

Bank of Cyprus has finally disposed of its Russian subsidiary Uniastrum, albeit for a cash deal of €7 mln, but ridding itself of about €700 mln in risk weighted assets. Following the deal, the last overseas subsidiary earmarked for sale in an effort to deleverage the bank from “non-core assets”, including a similar sale in

 * Hopes to visit ‘reunified’ island next year * European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker concluded a two-day visit to Cyprus on Friday and appealed to communities on both sides of the divide to keep up with the present momentum of peace talks and reach a solution the soonest possible. He said that he hopes to

PwC Cyprus, the biggest of the ‘Big Four’ firms in the number of employees, has admitted into partnership three senior executives – Vassilios Vrachimis, Varnavas Nicolaou and Christos Charalambides. They join the existing body of partners, whose number now rises to 42, three of whom are women. Vassilios G. Vrachimis has been with PwC team

In an effort to deepen specialisation and build capacity in the fight against cybercrime, trafficking and possession of child pornography, the Cyprus Police organised a workshop entitled "Fighting Cyber Crime", in collaboration with Microsoft Cyprus and NetClean. The main goal of the workshop – held on July 8 – was the training of police officers