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Cyprus COVID spike tightened corporate lending in Q4 2021

The rise in daily Covid-19 infections and heightened uncertainty over the impact on the real economy led Cyprus banks to tighten the lending criteria for corporate loans in the fourth quarter of

4th April 2022

Business

More price shocks after Easter

According to retailers, consumers can expect more nasty price shocks as the cost of essential goods and petrol will continue to soar. Prices of essential goods, already on the rise due to

4th April 2022

Cyprus

Cyprus doing its best to help Ukrainian refugees

Despite large migrant inflows and the pressures created in their asylum process, Cyprus heeded the EU’s call to assist and support the Ukraine people, said Interior Minister Nicos Nouris. He told reporters

4th April 2022

Cyprus

Cyprus embassies must get pro-active

A country’s diplomatic mission abroad functions as a mirror of back home. In the business world, embassies should promote the interests of the country they represent, keeping an eye on opportunities. It

3rd April 2022

Comment/Cyprus

Toxic fallout from RCB closure

Some 400 RCB employees and 11,000 customers are in limbo as the bank’s winding down process is not going as smoothly as the Central Bank had predicted. RCB Bank had embarked on

2nd April 2022

Business

Is education producing thinkers?

Ask any high school student in Cyprus the whereabouts of Donbas, Kyiv, or Crimea, and most of the time, you’ll get a numbing reply. And ask them to point to these areas

1st April 2022

Cyprus/Editorial

Lufthansa celebrates 40 years flying to Cyprus

German airline Lufthansa has been flying to Cyprus for 40 years, as it commemorates its first landing at Larnaca airport on 31 March 1982, when a Boeing 727 touched down from Frankfurt.

31st March 2022

Cyprus/Life & Society

Cyprus gas more attractive during energy crisis

An oil and gas crisis sparked by the Ukraine war may positively affect Cyprus’ exploration program, said Energy Minister Natasa Pilides. She said Cyprus’ gas search is being ramped up after positive

31st March 2022

Energy

11% of Cyprus residents are nationals of other EU countries

Cyprus is one of the few EU states in which the percentage of residents are citizens of other countries is higher than 10%, coming third after Luxembourg and Malta, according to Eurostat.

31st March 2022

Cyprus/Europe

Thirteen femicides in Cyprus from 2019-20

Some 13 femicides were committed in Cyprus between 2019 and 2020, with the victims in two hate crime cases being young girls. Almost all were perpetrated by current or ex-husbands or partners,

30th March 2022

Cyprus/Life & Society