A broken plastic chair, a printer box, old tyres and other discarded waste are loaded into the back of United Nations pickup trucks in the buffer zone that divides Cyprus.
Cyprus government to reduce VAT on electricity bills to 5% for vulnerable households
The Cabinet decided on Thursday the reduction of VAT to 5% from 19% on Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) bills for vulnerable groups or people in order to mitigate the burden of electricity price …
Cyprus begins discussions over the adoption of a minimum wage
The Cyprus government and the social partners (trade unions and industrialists and employers) held the first session of the Labour Advisory Body for the adoption of a minimum wage by the end of 2021.
Small islands will be washed away unless they harness a greener off-shore finance
The recent leaks in the Pandora Papers shine a disturbing light on offshore finance in island jurisdictions like Samoa, the Bahamas, the Seychelles, British Virgin Islands and Cyprus. The Offshore …
Small islands will be washed away unless they harness a greener off-shore finance
The recent leaks in the Pandora Papers shine a disturbing light on offshore finance in island jurisdictions like Samoa, the Bahamas, the Seychelles, British Virgin Islands and Cyprus. The Offshore …
iFX EXPO International 2021- Highlights from the Cyprus Show
FX EXPO International 2021 Cyprus, kickstarted our Q4s with great panels, updates and networking. A headline event in the fintech and finance calendar, the show brought us all back to basics, back to …
Council of Europe: Government in Cyprus ‘too centralized’
Cyprus remains a “very centralized country” where local authorities are too dependent on state hand-outs and where laws don’t ensure adequate financing to provide municipal services, a new report from …
Fintech and the payment ecosystem: Cyprus and the world
Xenia Kalogirou and Ioannis Sidiropoulos of Elias Neocleous & Co consider how Cyprus is faring amid the accelerated pace of e-commerce development across the globe …
The rise and rule of zombie banking in Cyprus
Led by the government, politicians in Cyprus accommodate banks using any means at their disposal, to the detriment of the economy and taxpayer By Savvakis C. Savvides In a country like Cyprus where …
Why South Africans are flocking to Cyprus
There’s been a record-breaking number of South Africans looking to emigrate or move their businesses abroad in the past few years – and Cyprus is increasingly emerging as a favoured destination.