Cyprus Airways has begun operating flights from Larnaca to Bratislava in Slovakia on a twice weekly basis, every Saturday and Tuesday.

Cyprus’ annual trade deficit widened appreciably in the first three months of 2019 rising by €360.7 million on the back of declining exports.

A new 90-metre high building going up in the centre of Nicosia owned by Israeli-Cypriot billionaire Teddy Sagi will be completed in 2020, it was reported recently.

Kissonerga has welcomed the recent suggestion by President Nicos Anastasiades that the long-proposed new marina at nearby Potima bay could include a docking facility for cruise ships.

French giant CNP Assurance has bought out the remaining 49.9% stake in local insurers CNP Asfalistiki and CNP Cyprialife from Bank of Cyprus, having paid €97.5 million for the company the Cypriot lender reluctantly acquired when Laiki Bank was shut down during the 2013 bailout debacle.

Riding on the Cyprus construction boom of recent years, Vassiliko Cement Works has seen its cement sales to local industry increase by 17% in 2018, continuing a steady but upward 4-year trend.

The Cyprus economy will continue to grow, fiscal performance is solid, but external headwinds are increasing and significant domestic vulnerabilities remain, while key reforms, including justice have been delayed, according to the Post Program Surveillance report on Cyprus released recently in Brussels.

A contract paving the way for the construction works for the EuroAsia Interconnector, which will connect the electricity networks of Cyprus, Israel, Crete and Attica in Greece has been signed at the Energy Ministry, it was announced recently.

The Cyprus economy loses €180 million annually because of counterfeiting and piracy, a new report by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has said.

Hellas Direct, the next-generation insurance company, and PrimeTel, the fastest-growing telecommunications company in Cyprus, join forces and plan to further promote innovative home insurance solutions for the Cypriot consumer.