In a recent article I questioned the suggestion that the cost of a united Cyprus property settlement would be €30 billion and promised to explain how I get it down to less than €5bn.

On 9 October 2015, the General Partnerships Law was amended by Law 114(I)/2015. The amending statute introduced for the first time in Cyprus law the concept of a limited liability partnership with share capital (“Cyprus Limited Liability Partnership”) or (“LLP”).

Deposits in the Cypriot banking system in March 2016 reached €45.7 billion recording a net outflow of €95.5 million, figures released recently by the Central Bank of Cyprus show.

Relations between Cyprus and Russia remain of strategic importance, Minister of Finance Harris Georgiades said, addressing the business forum 'Russia and Cyprus: lessons from the crisis and prospects for cooperation' that took place in Moscow.

The Public Debt Management Office at the Ministry of Finance announced that the fifth series of the 6-year retail bonds (May 2016) attracted a total of €17,457,800, far above the monthly target of €10mln.

The privatisation of the Limassol port is a major new step for the government, whose potential positive results remain to be seen in the coming years.

President Nicos Anastasiades said recently that amid rapid changes both in the social and the economic fields, the energy sector in Cyprus is fundamentally changing with regard to its structure, organisation and means of exploitation.

Finance Minister Harris Georgiades heads a delegation, taking part in the 9th Summit of the Cyprus-Russian Intergovernmental Committee on Economic Cooperation.

While the employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 rose in Cyprus to 68% in 2015 from 67.6% the year before, it remains below the European Union’s target of 75%, the EU’s statistical agency said.

Loans in the banking system dropped in March 2016 by €617.6m in a month to €57.5bn, which is the lowest since December 2009, as deposits fell for the first time in four months, the Central Bank of Cyprus said.