A report on Cyprus by the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts for the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) is due in December 2019.

A new joint initiative between Ireland and Cyprus for a Centre of Excellence for Marine and Maritime Research has been awarded a €15 million grant from the European Commission, the Irish website afloat.ie reports.

Liquidity of banks in Cyprus is restored to April 2008 levels when no financial crisis was looming, according to Central Bank of Cyprus data.

With digital services now the leading priority for the telecommunications C-suite, it is little surprise that ineffective digital growth tops a new EY ranking, Top 10 risks for telecommunications operators. This ranking highlights the security requirements due to increased data protection regulation and the widening talent-skills gap as growing risks that demand a shift in approach.

Cyprus tourism is in for a rough ride this year with officials saying that maintaining 2018’s tourist arrival figures would be deemed a success.

A small increase of 0.4% in deposits in Cyprus banking institutions was recorded in April 2019 after a drop in March said the Central Bank, while loans recorded a decrease.

New career opportunities have opened up as Melco expands its Cyprus satellite casinos in Ayia Napa, Nicosia and Limassol.

The lifting of the restrictions imposed by Turkey on Cypriot-flagged ships would result in a win-win situation, Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Esben Poulsson said recently.

The law firms of STELIOS AMERICANOS & CO LLC and CH.P. SAVVIDES & ASSOCIATES LLC with great pleasure announce that they have merged. The law firm Stelios Americanos and Co LLC (the “Law Firm”) now incorporates by way of merger the law firm Ch. P. Savvides & Associates LLC and, as a result, the partners, lawyers and employees of Ch. P. Savvides & Associates LLC have become partners, lawyers and employees of Stelios Americanos and Co LLC and have moved to the Law Firm’s Nicosia offices.

A worsening of economic confidence in services, retail trade and among consumers in May 2019 saw the University of Cyprus Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI‐ CypERC) decline by 1.3 points from April this year.