Cyprus Business Now: Freedom, tourism, Oev, shipping, innovation, BoC, ICS

On a cool evening in Paphos, as the world’s top chess players gathered for one of the sport’s most prestigious tournaments, a parallel conversation was unfolding about a very different kind of game.

It was not played on a board, but across markets, technologies and continents.

Speaking to the Cyprus Mail on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournaments on March 28 at Cap St Georges Hotel and Resort, Freedom Holding chief executive officer Timur...