The net demand for loans in Cyprus, both by enterprises and households, increased in the third quarter of 2018, while loan criteria for all categories remained unchanged.

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit Cyprus at end of January 2019 for the EuroMed7 meeting of seven Mediterranean countries, members of the EU, namely Cyprus, Greece, France, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain.

Cyprus’ creditworthiness is expected to be evaluated eight times in 2019, according to the next assessments scheduled by credit rating agencies.

The share of Cypriots with a tertiary level of educational attainment is among the highest in the EU, a Eurostat study found.

The government will continue to strengthen and deepen the current positive economic growth spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said recently, after the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) predicted that Cyprus’ economy will continue to grow at an approximate 3% rate until 2021.

Hungarian low-cost airline WizzAir is in negotiations with the Transport Ministry and Hermes Airports about the possibility of establishing a base in Cyprus.

Bank of Cyprus, the owner of the historic Berengaria hotel in Prodromos has put the hotel on sale for €2.36 million the press reported recently.

The leaders of Cyprus, Greece and Israel said recently they were ready to proceed with an inter-state agreement concerning the EastMed pipeline, following a trilateral summit in Beersheba, Israel.

Cyprus Casinos has opened ‘C2 Larnaca' at the airport, following the Nicosia opening this month and the Limasol casino earlier in the year.

Cyprus and the UK recently signed a double taxation elimination protocol which will allow individuals to choose within a set period of time, which basis of taxation they want to apply to their government service pensions.