HE Hussain Ahmad Al-Homaid, Qatari ambassador to Cyprus, speaks to former Cyprus ambassador Dr Andrestinos Papadopoulos.

Larnaca will welcome an additional six new hotels in the summer of 2015, in the hope of gaining more tourists to the town.

The software necessary for running the Cyprus National Health Service (NHS) plan could be ready in 2016, or at least a part of it.

The Support Group for Cyprus (SGCY), which coordinates technical assistance requested by Nicosia to help it implement specific reforms set out in its economic adjustment programme and develop new sources of economic growth, lays emphasis on taxation, insolvency and energy.

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) and GXG Markets (GXG) have struck a deal to promote dual and parallel listings on the GXG Main Quote Market and the ECM Market of the CSE, an agreement that is expected to boost liquidity for Cyprus bourse following the banking fallout in 2013 and the Troika bailout.

The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) contributed to the 13-year-long international research effort to decode the first human genome, the head of the institute Dr Leonidas Phylaktou said recently, in his address to mark World DNA Day, celebrated on April 25.

US firm Realty Group International (RGI) has announced plans to move forward with a proposal to build a ‘Super Casino’ on the outskirts of Larnaca that would be "a leading resort destination in Europe".

The Spring 2015 Multinational Finance Society (MFS) conference will be held in Larnaca on 17-19 April, 2015 under the auspices of the Cooperative Central Bank with special emphasis this year on banking and shipping.

House prices fell by 3.0% in Cyprus, rose by 1.1% in the euro area and increased 2.6% in the EU in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared with the same quarter the previous year, according to figures released by Eurostat.

Ankara’s recent issuing of a new marine advisory for seismic research drew a kneejerk reaction in Nicosia, despite the fact the area reserved does not encroach into Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).