The President of the Republic of Cyprus has announced a further package of measures to stimulate economic growth, reduce unemployment and bolster the confidence of foreign investors.

An article by Associate, Christiana Georgiou, recently featured in the Cyprus Mail. In it she addresses the post Brexit residency status and rights of UK nationals in possession of MEU1 or MEU3

Cyprus has enacted its first foreign direct investment screening regime, establishing mandatory notification and approval requirements for certain foreign investments that may impact national security or public order. The new law introduces a comprehensive framework covering sensitive sectors and sets out clear timelines, conditions, and penalties for compliance.

Not everything is entirely bleak in Cyprus's justice system. While public trust in the judiciary has declined in recent years, three recent developments highlight both the problems and potential for reform.

The 10th edition of the Inward Investment and International Taxation Review highlights global tax trends and provides useful guidance to the tax rules in various jurisdictions, including the taxation

On 1 March, the European Banking Authority (the ‘EBA') published its final revised Guidelines on Money Laundering (ML) and Terrorist Financing (TF) risk factors.

Our associate Pavlos Vassiliou recently published an article in Fileleftheros newspaper. The article analyses the important issue of the compliance of the public administration authorities with the...

The transition in the EU from the Third to the Fourth AML Directive has been over 10 years in the making and some would say overdue.

The European Union has adopted its 21st package of restrictive measures against Russia, introducing significant new sanctions targeting the financial sector, crypto-assets, energy industry, and shadow fleet operations.

In accordance with the decision of the Council of Ministers dated 13.2.2019 investors, who will submit an application on the basis of the Cyprus Investment Programme (Programme) from the 15th of May 2019

The Department of the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property of the Republic of Cyprus, announces that in accordance with the Companies...

The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) has reached to the conclusion that Cyprus is complying...

The new scheme provided by the Cyprus parliament which aims to enhance credit institutions' access to liquidity and help them to overcome the impact of the economic crisis.

Yesterday witnessed the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth of Nations of which Cyprus is a member.

The new bill will require all lobbying groups to be registered and records kept by the independent Authority against Corruption.

The Law repealing the Privatisation Law, Number 5 (I) of 2018, repeals the Privatisation Law, Number 28(I) of 2014, with immediate effect.

The Department of Administrative Law of the Litigation Department of Nicosia achieved a very important decision in the Recourse no. 299/2016, dated 10.12.2020.

The European Commission makes annual country-specific reform recommendations to each member state to guide national policy regarding structural reform.

The new Foreign Subsidies Regulation which has come into force in July 2023 triggers new obligations for enterprises that are active in the European Union and wish to notify a concentration.

The new EU framework for the screening of foreign direct investments has officially entered into force on 10 April 2019, following its adoption by the European Parliament and by the Council