An Iranian private sector company has launched the country’s first cloud data centre at an opening ceremony in Tehran, attended by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi. The completion of the project took about 3 years and had a cost of USD 13 million. The government has funded nearly USD 5 million […]

China is planning to invest $3 billion in Iran’s fisheries in the southern island of Queshm and in the southern port city Bandar Abbas. Apart from China, South Korea has recently announced its readiness to make similar investment in Iran’s fishing industry and further investors from France, Russia, Norway, Iceland and Thailand voiced their interest […]

On the 9th of September 2016 the Europol, Interpol and the Basel Institute of Governance (BIG) have formalized the establishment of a tripartite partnership for a working group against money laundering with virtual currencies. According to the announcement of Europol, the main objective of the collaboration is to: – gather, analyse, and exchange non-operational information regarding the […]

Lady Godiva stripped naked and rode on a horse through the streets of Coventry to force her husband abolishing the oppressive taxation that he imposed on the people. Lady Godiva by John Collier, c. 1897, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Leofric, Earl of Mercia (Kingdom in the region of the English Midlands), first half of […]

The editors of the Global Finance Magazine and Infosys selected Hellenic Bank as the country winner of 2016 World’s Best Digital Banks Award! The evaluation of banks was done by Infosys, a global player in consulting, technology and outsourcing, while Global Finance made the selections for the first round of selections. According to the publication’s announcement, […]

Mr Stefan Nolte, the Managing Director of Shanda Consult Ltd. was pleased to attend at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission which was held at the Presidential Palace on the 5th of July 2016. The celebration was hosted by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, with […]