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Tourist arrivals to Cyprus surged in November, according to the state statistical service (Cystat), highlighting the sector’s continued strength and its importance to the island’s economic performance.
The presence of American multinational energy corporation Chevron in Cyprus’ maritime exclusive economic zone (EEZ) constitutes a “vote of confidence” in the energy potential of both Cyprus and Europe, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday.
Cyprus stepped onto one of the world’s largest maritime stages this month, making its debut with a national pavilion at MARINTEC China 2025, as the government stepped up efforts to promote the country’s shipping and maritime technology sector internationally.
Tourist arrivals to Cyprus surged in November, according to the state statistical service (Cystat), highlighting the sector’s continued strength a ...
Cyprus’ complete and successful return to the financial markets hinges upon the authorities’ determination to maintain prudent fiscal policy, bank restructuring and structural reforms, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) said.
Three companies have been shortlisted to proceed to the next phase in the tender for the development of Larnaca port and marina, the Transport Ministry announced recently.
The new venture is expected to create a significant number of Cyprus seated high-tech jobs over the next three years and facilitate the company’s desire to contribute to the local start-up culture.
The job vacancy rate in Cyprus was 1.2% in the first quarter of 2017, up from 0.6% recorded in the previous quarter and 1.0% in the same quarter of 2016, according to figures published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
The number of tourist arrivals rose last month 15% to 418,732 compared with the respective month of 2016, which is an all-time high for the month of May, the statistical service said.
Discussions on a national strategy for tourism will commence in July 2017, with an ambitious plan to have Cyprus an all year tourist destination, attracting over six million visitors annually by 2030, President Nicos Anastasia's said recently.
The Finance Ministry said that it intends to issue a 7-year government euro denominated bond “in the near future depending on market conditions,” and use receipts to buy back outstanding securities.
In October 2016 the Income Tax Law was amended to bring its provisions on taxation of income from the use or sale of intangible assets into line with the “modified nexus” approach.
The East Med pipeline taking gas to Europe from reserves in Israel, Cyprus and south of Cyprus was a visible possibility, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a press interview published recently.
The IMD World Competitiveness Center in Switzerland has recently published the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook of 2017, in which Cyprus is ranked 37th out of 63 countries in terms of the competitiveness of its economy.
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