Hellenic Bank announced recently that Marinos S Yannopoulos is its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Trade deficit recorded an increase of 7.9% in the period January-June 2014, amounting to €1.607,0 mn, compared to €1.488,6 mn in the corresponding period of 2013, according to data released by the Statistical Service.

Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis is currently in Amman, Jordan, on a one day working visit.

Bank of Cyprus (BoC) shares could resume trading on the floor of the Cyprus bourse by end-October 2014, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) said recently.

Seven new flights a week operated by airline Germania will connect Paphos with five German airports from March 2015.

Sales documentation submitted to the Land Registry since the start of 2014 indicate the property market is stabilising with an average increase of 23% in numbers for January to August compared to same period in 2013.

The Cypriot economy shrank by 2.4% in 2012 compared to growth of 0.5% in 2011, according to a report released recently by the Cyprus Statistical Service entitled 'Labour Statistics' for the year.

DISY MEP Christos Stylianides will be the next Cypriot in the new European Commission headed by President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker, it was revealed recently.

The foreclosures bill was recently passed by the House of Representatives, which will facilitate the next tranche of bailout funding to Cyprus by the troika of international lenders.

An award-winning innovation promising to provide sustainable energy at highly competitive prices is being introduced to the island.