The Republic of Cyprus on Thursday joined other EU countries already accepting an EU-wide Covid certificate for easier travel, amid coordination challenges amongst members and a rampant Delta variant around the world.

New ideas and projects are core elements in business expansion, growth and profit generation.

A new initiative will see Larnaca’s beekeepers offer interactive programmes and tours to visitors, the Larnaca tourism board (Etap) announced on Tuesday.

A typical hotel which installs 80 solar panels will have energy savings from heating water of between 30 and 40%, an Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB) official told an online seminar.

Cyprus drilling programme will resume in November – December with oil major ExxonMobil expected to drill in block 10, Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry Natasa Pilides has said.

Cyprus Casinos “C2” celebrates three years since the first authorized casino in Limassol opened its doors in the Republic on 28 June 2018.

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Monday unveiled the second supplementary state budget for 2021, a stimulus package aimed at continuing support to businesses struck by the coronavirus-related measures – although the single largest spending item consisted of €45 million on military defence.

Cyprus’ tourism industry has much more to offer than just the sun and the sea, deputy minister Savvas Perdios said at an event to rebrand the island’s tourism profile.

The pilot version of the island’s e-Justice platform was finally launched on Tuesday with the objective of streamlining legal processes and doing away with the previous burdensome and time-consuming manual practices.

Hellenic Bank received a vote of confidence from a leading rating agency on Monday, days after Cyprus’ second-largest lender announced Q1 net profits of €12.9 million, the fourth consecutive quarter in positive territory despite the pandemic.