The vessel leased by ExxonMobil to drill for gas off the coast of Cyprus was on November 1st 2018 en route to the island.

President Anastasiades expressed his government’s strong commitment to reinforcing the Cypriot maritime cluster and supporting the shipowners with vessels under the Cyprus flag.

The US Department of State, the US embassy in Cyprus, and the American centre at the University of Nicosia are welcoming applications from all over Cyprus for a prestigious two-day TechCamp titled ‘Digital Citizenship in the Disinformation Age’ that will take place from December 7 to 9, 2018 at UNic’s premises in Nicosia.

Cyprus has once again recorded the largest annual decrease in unemployment rates in the EU, from 10.2% in September 2017 to 7.4% in September 2018.

Cyprus recorded a General Government surplus of € 769.7m or 3.7% of GDP, in the period January-September 2018, according to data released by the Statistical Service of Cyprus.

The stock market (CSE) said it has suspended trading of Hellenic Bank shares at the lender’s request, as it expects its profit after tax for the first nine months of 2018 to be higher than expected due to the inclusion of assets and liabilities acquired from the cooperative bank.

Economic growth is expected to exceed 3% over the next three years, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades told MPs recently.

Hellenic Bank requested suspension of trading of its shares on Monday 29 October 2018, as it expects its profit after tax for the first nine months of the year to be significantly higher than expected due to the inclusion of assets and liabilities acquired from the cooperative bank.

The government has started preparations for inviting new tenders for the construction of a marina in Paphos at Potima Bay in Kissonerga.

The Republic of Cyprus will proceed with its energy plans, exactly as foreseen, Minister of Energy Yiorgos Lakkotrypis said recently from Paphos.