Posts tagged with "Brexit"

Every ministry in Cyprus preparing for messy Brexit, Christodoulides says Cyprus

Every ministry in Cyprus preparing for messy Brexit, Christodoulides says

March 21st, 20192044 Every government ministry is taking measures so that Cyprus can be prepared to tackle the impact of a messy Brexit, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Thursday. The minister, who briefed the House foreign affairs committee behind closed doors, said there was still time for an orderly exit of Britain from the EU but a lot...
Brexit backstop: arrogance is as breath-taking as the ignorance Opinion

Brexit backstop: arrogance is as breath-taking as the ignorance

March 17th, 20192306 By Gwynne Dyer The other Europeans are not laughing at the English for the most part. They are looking at them with pity and scorn. But also with a great deal of impatience. On Tuesday the British parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s ‘deal’ for Britain’s exit (‘Brexit’) from the European Union, painfully...
British expats living in Brexit limbo Cyprus

British expats living in Brexit limbo

March 17th, 20194515 By Bejay Browne It’s been a bewildering week for British expats living in Cyprus, with Brexit Day – March 29 – just days away, while three massive votes in parliament took the lumbering process right to the wire. Last Tuesday, MPs rejected Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement for a second time. Wednesday saw MPs vote to...
More time for expats to sort out post-Brexit residency status Cyprus

More time for expats to sort out post-Brexit residency status

March 17th, 20193744 By Bejay Browne Cyprus is preparing legislation to allow Britons already living in Cyprus a grace period of one year to get their residency status sorted out after the official ‘Brexit Day’ on March 29, according to the British High Commission in Nicosia. ”We welcome the news that in case of a ‘no deal Brexit’ there...
Amid Brexit uncertainty, Russia boosts tourism hopes Cyprus

Amid Brexit uncertainty, Russia boosts tourism hopes

March 13th, 20191315 Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Wednesday that the Russian market is expected to boost tourism this summer. Perdios is currently in Moscow holding meetings as part of the Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition. He said it seemed likely the tourist flow from Russia would be the...
Cyprus bracing for a no-deal Brexit Cyprus

Cyprus bracing for a no-deal Brexit

March 13th, 20193701 Cyprus is intensifying preparations to cope with the potential fallout of a no-deal Brexit, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, a day after the British parliament rejected yet another proposal. Ministry spokesman Demetris Samuel said Cyprus fully respected Tuesday’s decision by the UK parliament, which was disappointing,...
Theresa May seeks a deal in Strasbourg as Brexit crunch looms Brexit

Theresa May seeks a deal in Strasbourg as Brexit crunch looms

March 11th, 20191148 PRIME Minister Theresa May rushed to Strasbourg on Monday to seek a tweaked withdrawal deal from the European Union in a last-ditch effort to avoid another humiliating defeat in parliament of her plan to exit the bloc. Just 18 days before the United Kingdom is due to leave the EU, there is still no ratified divorce deal and talks with...
Cyprus wants SBA development to start this year Cyprus

Cyprus wants SBA development to start this year

March 5th, 20193366 Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday discussed bilateral issued, including the development of particular areas inside the British bases on the island. The meeting on Tuesday morning was described as “preparatory” ahead of one later in the afternoon between Prime Minister Theresa May...
Brexit would not be first referendum to cause a national tragedy CM Regular Columnist

Brexit would not be first referendum to cause a national tragedy

February 24th, 20193048 By George Koumoullis In the Brexit referendum of 2016 the question put to voters was so straightforward it could have been understood by a child in the first year of primary school: “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?” But, as has been proved, the issue was not so...
Christodoulides discusses Brexit with EU’s Barnier Cyprus

Christodoulides discusses Brexit with EU’s Barnier

February 18th, 20191684 The risk of the UK`s disorderly exit from the EU is growing as the non-ratification of the withdrawal agreement continues, the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier and Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said following a meeting on Monday morning in Brussels. During the meeting, held ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, the...
Me and U: the latest brush with bureaucracy for the UK expats Guest Columnist

Me and U: the latest brush with bureaucracy for the UK expats

February 17th, 20193303 Expat View by Clive Turner I wonder if some government denizen can be encouraged to emerge from his or her eyrie to enlighten us thousands of simple British expats who have been encouraged to apply to exchange the MEU 1 for a MEU 3 residence slip as part of Brexit procedures? What is the essential difference? It all rather smacks...
Anastasiades has phone call with May on Brexit Cyprus

Anastasiades has phone call with May on Brexit

February 17th, 20191920 President Nicos Anastasiades had a telephone conversation on Saturday afternoon with British Prime Minister Teresa May on Brexit. According to a written statement by Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou, Anastasiades and May exchanged views on Brexit. The two heads of state focused mainly on how to ensure  smooth conditions post...
Brexit - Open Letter to British Citizens in Cyprus Brexit

Brexit - Open Letter to British Citizens in Cyprus

February 15th, 20199750 Over the last few months my team and I at the British High Commission have had the pleasure to meet many of the British citizens who have made Cyprus their home. We spoke to hundreds of you at Brexit-specific meetings we organised in Oroklini, Paralimni, Limassol, Paphos, Peyia and Nicosia and we continue to hear from you through...
Rights of UK expats in Cyprus assured in case of no-deal Brexit Cyprus

Rights of UK expats in Cyprus assured in case of no-deal Brexit

February 13th, 201913808 In the case of a no-deal Brexit, British citizens currently residing in Cyprus will be able to continue residing and enjoying the same rights as provided for in Britain’s withdrawal agreement with the EU, the government said on Wednesday. The government informed the UK government of its decision on British citizens' rights after the...
Cyprus and Spain committed to upgrading bilateral relations Cyprus

Cyprus and Spain committed to upgrading bilateral relations

January 30th, 20191455  Spain and Cyprus are committed to upgrading bilateral relations, the foreign ministers of both countries pledged after talks on Wednesday in Nicosia. In his remarks, Spain’s Foreign Minister Josep Borell thanked Cyprus for defending the integrity of the Spanish state in the Catalan issue and said that Cyprus could count on Spain’s...
No cure for Donaldis Trumpitis Brexitisis CM Regular Columnist

No cure for Donaldis Trumpitis Brexitisis

January 27th, 20192152 A view of our current global woes using the words of Leonard Cohen By Andonis Vassiliades Recently, as I watched the news on the small screen: the political antics still going on in the US, UK, Europe and the world, but especially the Brexit and Trump pantomime; the ultra-right spreading its wings; taking the odd short stroll down...
Bases stockpiling provisions in case of a no deal Brexit Cyprus

Bases stockpiling provisions in case of a no deal Brexit

January 26th, 20193854 The British bases in Cyprus in addition to those in Gibraltar and the Falkland islands have stockpiled food, fuel and weapons to help face possible shortages in case of a chaotic Brexit. According to Sky News similar measures are also being taken by military bases on British soil. It reported that the aim of the stockpiling is to...
P&O confirms UK ships will get Cyprus flag ahead of Brexit Cyprus

P&O confirms UK ships will get Cyprus flag ahead of Brexit

January 22nd, 20193536 British ferry and shipping freight operator P&O will shift the registration of its UK vessels to Cyprus ahead of Britain’s departure from the European Union, in part to keep its tax arrangements in the bloc, the company confirmed on Tuesday. P&O currently has six UK-registered ships operating on the English Channel route to...
Uncertainty for British in Cyprus after May’s deal crushed Main

Uncertainty for British in Cyprus after May’s deal crushed

January 17th, 20198739 With UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal in tatters, the looming prospect of a no-deal arrangement will bring a world of uncertainty to Brits living in EU countries, including Cyprus. The British High Commission said on Wednesday the situation would depend on developments and could offer no information apart from what has...
Back my Brexit deal and let Britain 'turn a corner,' says May Brexit

Back my Brexit deal and let Britain 'turn a corner,' says May

January 2nd, 20191192 British Prime Minister Theresa May urged lawmakers on Monday to back her Brexit deal, promising that it would allow the country to "turn a corner" and let the government focus on solving domestic problems such as housing and a skill shortage. May made the appeal in a New Year's message little more than two weeks before a make-or-break...
Keep calm as UK and EU approach cliff edge Opinion

Keep calm as UK and EU approach cliff edge

December 23rd, 20183450 In the sixteenth century, English tradesmen doing business in the Ottoman Empire adopted a pragmatic approach to life as immigrants. Some were even known to convert to Islam for the duration of their sojourn in Constantinople, reverting back to Christian ways as and when they returned to England. When in Rome do as the Romans do – a...
UK may seek ‘managed no-deal’ Brexit, ‘can still hold new vote’ Brexit

UK may seek ‘managed no-deal’ Brexit, ‘can still hold new vote’

December 20th, 20181060 Britain could seek to agree a further "minimalist" withdrawal deal with the European Union if British lawmakers reject Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce agreement, House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom said on Thursday. Britain will leave the EU in 99 days time on March 29 and if parliament cannot pass the divorce terms agreed by...
Europe has haunted British politics and its leaders since the 1970s CM Regular Columnist

Europe has haunted British politics and its leaders since the 1970s

December 16th, 20182355 By Alper Ali Riza Margaret Thatcher was having dinner at the Élysée Palace when the mice in Westminster scurried to remove her from power in 1990. She had been in talks with European leaders and took a break to talk to reporters and told them she would allow her name to go forward to the second round. By contrast Theresa May was...
The EU has brought peace between former enemies Letters

The EU has brought peace between former enemies

December 16th, 20181869 The premise underlying Mr Shouler’s article titled ‘Brexit deal a betrayal’ appears to be that there is something intrinsically pernicious about cooperation by continental Europeans, presumably underpinned by the visceral dislike of the inhabitants of the continent prevalent among older British people which manifested itself in the...
British minister warns Brexit is stuck as no-deal Brexit

British minister warns Brexit is stuck as no-deal

December 15th, 20181255 Britain's exit from the European Union was heading for an impasse, one senior minister said on Saturday, after a week in which Prime Minister Theresa May failed to win EU assurances on her deal and pulled a vote because UK lawmakers would defeat it. With just over 100 days until Britain leaves the bloc on March 29,Brexit remains up...
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