A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will arrive in Cyprus at the end of March 2017 for talks with Cypriot officials and bankers as part of the island’s post bailout programme surveillance.

A total of five expressions of interest for the development of the Larnaca port and marina have been received according to the government.

TUS Airways will launch direct flights from Paphos to Israel in the summer, it was announced recently

The government approved contracts that granted three energy companies concessions for gas exploration in Cyprus' continental shelf, Minister of Energy, Yiorgos Lakkotrypis has said.

Standard & Poor’s rating agency upgraded its assessment of Cyprus to BB+ from BB, with a stable outlook.

At the end of March the Cyprus economy, its fiscal reforms and the financial system will go through the standard tests of the Commission and European Central Bank which are conducted every six months.

Cobalt has announced that it will be operating scheduled flights from Larnaca to Zurich, Switzerland as from April 14 2017.

The upgrade of Cyprus’ rating by Standard and Poor’s constitutes a reaffirmation of the economy’s growth prospects, as well as the stable and sustainable course of public finances, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said recently.

Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said the government would not take any fiscal measures that would undermine the economy`s growth prospects, despite the European Commission`s view that Cyprus should implement measures to comply with the Stability and Growth Pact targets concerning the structural balance in 2017.

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