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Monthly Archives: August, 2014

The plan

Following a vote in the Cyprus parliament to adopt the Euro, a banker, a government minister, a property developer and a lawyer meet at a restaurant and discuss the plan for the island's future.

Banks oppose interest rate regulation

A bill aimed at clamping down on banks that profiteer by arbitrarily increasing their margins has been rejected by the banks who argue that it will impede the execution of foreclosure procedures.

False Immovable Property Tax declarations

There is evidence that a property developer has made false Immovable Property Tax declarations to the authorities, which has resulted in his customers receiving IPT notices from the Inland Revenue.

Property prices continue to fall

Residential property prices across Cyprus continued to fall during the second quarter of 2014 with the greatest falls being recorded in Paphos where apartment and house prices fell by 2.8% and 2.1% respectively.

Cypriots are not fools

The government's attempt to enforce a bad law may turn out to be the straw that broke the camel's back. Cypriots are not fools and certainly can no longer be fooled by politicians again

Construction sector worst non-payers

Half the businesses in Cyprus are failing to repay their loans, with the construction sector being the worst offender as non-performing loans reached 72 percent in June according to the Central Bank.

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