International banking giant and investment house HSBC, during a pre-election period, issued a report which deals with Greek political uncertainty and how it could hurt the debt relief efforts.

Farmers may have been hit in the face with the government's tax measures , but their rally in Athens was relatively uneventful, with more than 4,000 present.

A year in the island's bail-in plan, Russian offshore companies are still an important client of the Cypriot banking system.

The President of the ETEKA group and Atromitos F.C. Giorgos Spanos, has been arrested for his involvement in an illegal fuel smuggling ring.