Property transactions rose 24% in January to October to 3703 compared to the respective period a year ago, the department of lands and surveys said causing reactions among real estate professionals ranging from optimism to scepticism.

Cyprus general government accounts achieved a surplus of €274,9 million for the period of January – October 2014.

The Consumer Price Index for October 2014 increased by 0,61 units or 0,52% to 118,10 units compared to 117,49 in September 2014.

The Central Bank governor said recently that all capital controls in currency outflows abroad would be lifted once the island’s banking system stabilised, saying she anticipated that could be soon.

The transport sector recorded an increase of 0.8% for the period July - September 2014, compared to the corresponding period last year, the Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus announced recently.

RCB Bank Ltd., one of four local systemic banks that underwent stringent capital stress tests by the European Central Bank in October 2014, has topped the Cyprus Banks Reliability Rating, an index conducted by RAI for the portal Stockwatch.

Cyprus is expected to return to growth in 2015 and this year’s slowdown should be shallower than expected, its central bank governor said recently.

VTTV recently took delivery of phase one of its fuel terminal at Vassilikos that boasts a storage capacity of 544,000 cubic metres and a jetty, which can service 500 tankers a year.

Bank deposits marked a fifth consecutive decline in October 2014, figures released by the Central Bank of Cyprus show.

Minister of Energy George Lakkotrypis and German Ambassador to Cyprus Nikolai von Schoepff have agreed to work on bringing more manufacturing companies to Cyprus.