Our View: Productivity, not growth, is Cyprus’ real challenge

Low productivity is the main structural weakness of the Cyprus economy, according to the Cyprus Competitiveness Report for 2025. Professor Sofronis Clerides of University of Cyprus, who headed the research team and presented the report at a gathering last Monday, said that the issue of productivity remained a problem and Cyprus needed to attract more greenfield and other productive investments that create quality jobs and transfer know-how.

He said competitiveness could no longer be measured...