The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) announced on Wednesday that the country’s Foreign Direct Investment stock remained positive in 2020, despite registering a decrease over the FDI stock in 2019.

Cyprus will tap the international markets on Thursday by issuing a €1 billion ten-year European Medium-Term Note (EMTN) to cover fiscal needs arising from the pandemic.

As the Investment Funds Industry in Cyprus continues to prolifically expand and record growth, the responsibility for high standards of ethical professionalism becomes more pertinent than ever before. Investment professionals across all levels within the Funds Industry must demonstrate high ethical behaviour as to mitigate risks of not acting in the best interest of their clients.

Property sales in the Larnaca district nearly reached €3 billion in value over the past five years, a report from independent real estate asset management and advisory firm WiRE has shown.

The total stock of Portfolio Investments (PI) assets dropped to €22.8 billion in 2020 marking an annual reduction of 7% compared with €24.5 billion the year before, reflecting the decrease recorded in equity and investment fund shares and to a lesser extent in short-term debt securities investments made by residents abroad, the Central Bank of Cyprus has said.

The transition of Cyprus to the digital age requires high levels of cyber security, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday.

The credit profiles of Cyprus’ two largest banks are improving due to significant progress with plans to offload non-performing exposures (NPEs), Fitch Ratings said.

October 2021 was the most profitable October for the tourism sector as income from tourists holidaying on the island hit an all-time high for the month.

Passengers aged 12 years old and over who arrive in Cyprus as of January 14 at 0500 local time, will have the option of presenting a PCR test carried out up to 72 hours before their departure or an antigen rapid test carried out up to 24 hours before their departure.

"The rapid deterioration of epidemiological data recorded in Cyprus in recent weeks due to the predominance of the Omicron variant leaves us no room for complacency.  As the Ministry of Health, we are constantly on  alert, and we have been evaluating all scientific and/or epidemiological data together with the Scientific Advisory Committee.