Τhe US House financial services committee has said cooperation and coordination with Cypriot authorities in fighting illicit financial activity is beginning to pay off and expressed confidence that the island can achieve further progress.

Cyprus posted a fiscal surplus of €695.8 million or 3.2% of GDP from January – July 2019, compared to €488.5 million the same period last year, according to official data.

Cyprus said it had substantially restored its reputation tarnished by money laundering allegations after the US Congress Financial Committee said Nicosia’s cooperation was beginning to produce results.

July this year saw a further decline of unemployment in Cyprus to 7% (or 31,000 persons, down from 7.2% (32,000 persons) in June and 8.3% (36,000 persons) in July last year, Eurostat figures showed.

A 2.2% increase in industrial production was seen in the first six months of 2019, the Statistical Service said on Thursday.

New financial products that will dramatically alter the investment landscape for US expats living in Cyprus and across the globe have been launched.

Melco has announced new career opportunities at the Cyprus Casinos satellite located in Paphos, the last of the four to open and is scheduled to begin operations by the end of 2019.

EY is pleased to announce that Charalambos Prountzos, Partner and Head of the EY Law practice in Cyprus, has been appointed Law Leader of the Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia (CESA) region, effective July 1st, 2019.

The cabinet announced recently it has budgeted €22 million for new measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet EU objectives in tackling climate change.

S&P Global Ratings in its annual report on RCB Bank, confirmed its 'BB-/B' long and short-term counterparty credit ratings with stable outlook.