https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/over-23-000-applications-filed-for-suspension-of-loan-payments
More than 23,000 persons have applied to the island’s two largest banks for a suspension of loan repayments, as retail borrowers and companies are trying to preserve disposable income amid the economic activity shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/employers-and-employees-in-the-age-of-covid-19-a-looming-battle
In modern times the world community has not faced a situation like the present, created by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Republic of Cyprus is among many countries fighting desperately to minimize damage on all fronts....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/euro-zone-ministers-look-for-economy-quick-fixes
Euro zone finance ministers are likely to converge on Tuesday on three quick options to support the economy in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, officials have said, with some discussion also of longer-term ideas to aid a recovery....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israel-cyprus-medical-cooperation-and-innovation-in-the-time-of-coronavirus
The world’s population is currently facing a major crisis. Governments are taking drastic measures to curb the spread of the Coronavirus. The first priorities are to take preventive measures, to provide the best possible life saving medical care and to maximize the scientific capabilities to face the epidemic. Steps are taken also to minimize the economic impact....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/corporate-social-responsibility-and-corporates-response-to-covid19
The long-term debate over CSR is concerned with whose interests should be attended to, shareholders or stakeholders, and this is actually the debate of the two competing theories over the purpose of the modern business firm...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-okays-drugs-with-one-big-caveat
The Cypriot health minister says a special committee is moving forward with procedures to make drugs available against the COVID-19 disease, while warning that no medicines have been approved for treatment of the novel coronavirus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/tax-alert-cyprus
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-evaluating-effectiveness-of-choroquine-drug-against-coronavirus
A consultative committee of experts at the Cyprus Ministry of Health is evaluating the effectiveness against coronavirus of the drug chloroquine, used to treat coronavirus in China and widely available in Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/loan-payments-to-be-suspended-for-nine-months
After over two weeks of discussions between the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Labor, the Central Bank, the Association of Cyprus Banks and other financial entities to minimize the impact of coronavirus on the Cyprus economy, white smoke has emerged with all parties agreeing that payoffs for all types of loans are to be suspended for nine months....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-considering-to-give-banks-€2b-in-state-guarantees-to-unlock-credit
The Cyprus government is considering a plan to provide state guarantees to banks amounting to €2 billion, in a bid to unlock credit to self-employed, small and medium-sized enterprises and large corporations hit by the coronavirus epidemic....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/financial-measures-tackle-coronavirus-in-cyprus
Measures of Financial Support to address the Impact of the Coronavirus have been announced by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officials-cave-in-after-airport-tension
Government officials got a taste of their own medicine on Monday after students who flew in without complying with the latest coronavirus guidelines were granted an exception after hours of tension at the airports and inside the plane...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/flights-booked-solid-before-6pm-deadline
Daytime flights from Athens to the Republic of Cyprus were sold out on Monday after the government said new arrivals on evening flights after 6pm would not be allowed into the country without a valid health certificate...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-confirms-three-new-coronavirus-cases-total-hikes-to-10
The Republic of Cyprus saw three additional confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday evening, raising the total to 10. A second COVID-19 case was also confirmed in the north earlier in the day...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-to-step-in-with-financial-injections
The Finance Minister is expected to announce a bundle of support measures for companies, consumers, and workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak on the island....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-minister-issues-decree-banning-gatherings-of-over-75-persons
A decree issued by the Health Minister on Wednesday solidified the government decision to ban public and private gatherings of over 75 persons....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-participates-in-teleconference-on-covid-19
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades participated on Monday along with seven other heads of government in a teleconference to discuss measures to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mixed-reviews-for-cyprus-anti-money-laundering
A US State Department anti-money laundering report on Cyprus includes fewer negative references but still points to vulnerabilities in the island’s financial services and gaming sectors...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eac-vows-to-credit-back-overcharges
An undisclosed number of property owners in the Republic Cyprus were overcharged on their electricity bills in recent months, with the Cyprus Electricity Authority vowing to right a wrong in future billings...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fourth-italian-dies-from-coronavirus-in-worst-flare-up-outside-asia
A fourth person infected with the coronavirus has died in Italy, officials said on Monday as the government struggled to contain an outbreak of the illness and financial markets slid on fears over the economic impact....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-and-norway-prepare-to-sign-energy-mou
Cyprus and Norway began preparations on Friday to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on energy issues, that will contain provisions for the exchange of expertise in relation to the national hydrocarbon fund (sovereign fund), among other things....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/85-uefa-red-notices-received-by-cyprus-police-since-2011
Cyprus police have received a sum of 85 red notices from UEFA since 2011 over football match fixing suspicions, Chief of Police Kypros Michaelides told the House Ethics Committee, which convened to discuss the urgent matter of establishing a National Action Plan to combat corruption in sports....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-a-central-hub-of-european-match-fixing-network
An extensive and revealing report published in the Spanish news outfit El Confidencial identified Cyprus match-fixing as a central hub of European football corruption....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-us-ties-and-the-east-med
By Lieutenant General Thomas Trask
On the occasion of his meeting last month with President Donald Trump in Washington, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis remarked how the US-Greece relationship “is the best it ever was. But it can become even better.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israeli-investment-announced-for-larnaca-port
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos hinted at a deal with Israeli investors, saying they are ready to throw 1 billion at Larnaca’s port project...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-clothes-makers-see-orders-shifting-from-coronavirus-hit-china
Several fashion retailers that manufacture clothing in coronavirus-hit China are in talks with Turkish firms about shifting production to Turkey, two sector officials told Reuters, with one predicting new orders worth up to $2 billion....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/football-and-money-laundering
It has been identified years back at European and global level, that sports and especially football is being used by criminals to launder dirty money and derive illegal income...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-diplomats-to-impose-sanctions-on-two-turks-over-cyprus-eez-drilling
Cyprus, Turkey, EU, drilling, EEZ, sanctions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/accounting-profession-the-pillar-of-powerful-economies
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-lebanon-begin-preparations-for-first-trilateral-summit
Cyprus and Lebanon have begun preparations for the first Trilateral Summit at the level of Heads of State and Government, to be held in Nicosia in the spring, the Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides announced on Friday...