Property transactions in Cyprus rose an annual 23% to 403 in October, three months after the parliament passed a tax breaks package aiming at boosting activity in the real estate sector, after a 10% slump in August and a stabilisation in September, the department of land and surveys said.

French energy giant Total is rushing to meet a deadline in a last ditch effort to discover oil and gas deposits in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone southern part which borders Egypt’s rich ‘Zohr’ plot.

A European Union official says the economy of bailed-out Cyprus is projected to grow 2% annually until 2020.

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) announces its investment in supporting the professional AML and financial crime prevention sector in Cyprus.

Development expenditure is up by 12% for 2016 in the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment.

The new local airline Tus Air is expected to start flying soon, according to Transport Minister Marios Demetriades.

The Cyprus government sold €100 mln worth of 13-week Treasury Bills on November 1 2015, with the Finance Ministry’s Public Debt Management Office saying that bids were six times oversubscribed, pushing yields further down.

A Troika delegation (IMF, EC, ECB) returns to Cyprus on November 3 2015 for the eighth evaluation of the island`s adjustment programme which ends on March 31, 2016.

Cyprus ranks in the top three destinations for a new and growing breed of global tourist – the solo traveler – according to a study by tourism professionals, and Paphos is making it a top priority to attract as many as possible.

Israel’s Delek Group has accepted a request by the Cyprus Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA) to postpone the period of validity of a proposal for the supply of natural gas to Cyprus via pipelines until December 18, 2015, it said.