The Co-operative Movement hopes to regain ownership of its banks within five years of their nationalisation, said outgoing general manager of the Central Co-operative Bank (CCB) Erotokritos Chlorakiotis yesterday.

With the former Laiki now BoC’s biggest shareholder, issue of how voting rights will be exercised is debated.

IMF confirms Cyprus' co-op banks will be recapitalised without a depositor ‘bail-in’.

The European Central Bank yesterday gave troubled lender Bank of Cyprus (BoC) the green light to resume drawing liquidity from the Eurosystem posting sovereign bonds as collateral.

President of the European Parliament (EP), Martin Schulz, has described the financial aid program adopted for Cyprus as painful, noting that justifiably it does not enjoy the full support of the entire European Union (EU), its Member - States and Cyprus itself.

Cyprus' programme is on track, according to the overall assessment of staff teams from the European Commission (EC), the European Central Bank (ECB), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which visited Nicosia during from July 17 to 31 for the first quarterly review of Cyprus’s economic programme, which is supported by financial assistance from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the IMF.

Cypriot Minister of Finance Harris Georgiades said on Wednesday he expects "no surprises" in the next Eurorgoup meeting the coming September, when the Euro area Finance Ministers will disburse the second tranche of the Cypriot financial assistance programme.

The Central Bank of Cyprus announces that significant progress has been made with the Financial Sector Reform Programme at the conclusion of the three week mission of the international lenders the Troika (EC, ECB, IMF).

Struggling national carrier Cyprus Airways (CY) will start turning a profit by 2015 if the latest restructuring plan prepared for the airline is given the thumbs up in Brussels.

Bank of Cyprus has officially exited from administration status, ending a period of uncertainty.