Although 2019 is a difficult year for tourist there is no reason to panic deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios said recently, adding that positive developments may be expected with regard to covering losses from flights that no longer operate to and from Cyprus.

We cannot link efforts for the solution of the Cyprus problem with the issue of hydrocarbons in the Cyprus EEZ, Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said in a recent interview with Greek media.

The initial round of tariffs imposed by the US government on China imports has started to make significant and demonstrable impacts on global trade, according to PwC’s Global Economy Watch.

Fig Tree Bay in Protaras has been listed third in a list of the top 50 beaches in the world for 2019 by the Big 7 Travel website, behind Croatia’s Zlatni Rat and Australia’s Whitehaven Beach.

Residential property prices rose an average 0.2% in Q4 2018 continuing a positive course for a tenth consecutive quarter, with signs that the upward trajectory will continue this year, the Central Bank of Cyprus said.

The credit profile of Cyprus (Ba2 stable) reflects its small but wealthy economy, improved economic resilience and the government's fiscal outperformance in the wake of the country's banking crisis, Moody's Investors Service has said in an annual report.

Finance Minister Harris Georgiades has quickly dropped his proposal to increase the corporate tax rate from 12.5% to 15% after Cyprus business leaders strongly opposed the idea.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced recently it is to acquire a 10% stake in global storage terminal owner and operator VTTI BV (VTTI), which also has interests in Cyprus.

Greece, Israel and USA expressed their full support to Cyprus’ sovereign right to exploit its energy resources, during the First Energy Ministerial Conference, that took place recently in Athens.

Finance Minister Harris Georgiades recently defended a decision by Hellenic Bank to start charging large depositors 0.4%, arguing that it was a consequence of the failure to fully collect the loans that were given.