New British PM Sunak will not attend COP27 climate summit
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not attend the COP27 climate summit that begins in Egypt next month, his office said on Thursday, with other senior ministers going instead to ...
Hotel Rwanda – the end of the UK as a safe haven for asylum seekers?
Tragic development if the UK diverges from the European Convention on Human Rights
By Aylin Zeybek
In April 2022, the UK government announced a new immigration plan regarding the relocation of ...
How the Queen’s queue can be seen as a modern form of pilgrimage
Anne Bailey, University of Oxford
On Friday, September 16 2022, the day the queue to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state in Westminster Hall first reached its ten-mile capacity and had ...
Muted response to death of queen
A troubled history with the UK saw a distinct lack of reaction to the news this week compared to other countries around the world
Justifiably or not, the reaction in ...
Cyprus’ uneasy relationship with the British monarchy
Cyprus on Thursday joined the international community in offering condolences for the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, who during her long reign had not been received well by at least ...
New British bases administrator sworn-in
New Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) Administrator, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Peter Squires, was officially sworn in at Flagstaff House in Episkopi on Thursday.
Squires joined the RAF in 1989 will take ...
Britain’s leadership rivals, Truss and Sunak pledge support for Cyprus
The two rivals in Britain’s leadership race to replace Boris Johnson, foreign secretary Liz Truss and former finance minister Rishi Sunak have both pledged support for Cyprus in separate ...
Britain’s PM hopefuls promise to get tough on illegal migration
Britain’s two contenders to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister promised on Sunday to tackle illegal immigration as a priority, with both backing the government’s policy of sending ...
Prince Edward and wife Sophie touch down in Cyprus
The Earl and Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie arrived in Cyprus on Monday to start their visit to the island and the Sovereign Base Areas of ...
Tatar ‘disappointed’ at royal snub, calls into question UK’s sincerity on Cyprus
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is “disappointed” at being excluded from the visit to Cyprus of the Earl and the Countess of Wessex, which begins on Monday and said it ...
Prince Edward and wife Sophie to visit Cyprus from Monday to Wednesday next week
The Earl and Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie will visit Cyprus and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia between Monday June 20 and Wednesday June 22, ...
Prince William visits UAE as Britain seeks to deepen ties
Prince William, second in line to the British throne, on Thursday visited the United Arab Emirates at a time when the former British protectorate has faced an unprecedented though mostly ...
UK’s rich and poor face similar inflation – but different economic pain
Britain’s rich and poor alike are experiencing surges in inflation, official data showed on Friday, although soaring food and energy prices mean low-income households stand less chance of avoiding ...
Get back to the office, Britain’s business minister says
People should get back to the office to benefit from in-person collaboration because the world must learn to live with the coronavirus after a pandemic that has wiped trillions of ...
Russia, China, Britain, U.S. and France say no one can win nuclear war
China, Russia, Britain, the United States and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and a nuclear war should be avoided, according to a joint statement by ...
Visiting British MPs focus on Turkey and Cyprus
Turkey’s drift from the West and how it should be dealt with was discussed on Wednesday during a meeting at the House foreign affairs committee with the participation of ...
UN Cyprus envoy appointment was not part of British meeting
The appointment of a UN Secretary-General’s envoy for Cyprus was not on the agenda of the meetings with British foreign office senior official Ajay Sharma on Monday and Tuesday ...
End of furlough brings uncertainty for UK jobs and economy
By David Milliken
More than a million British workers face an uncertain future this week as the UK becomes the world’s first big economy to wind up its Covid-19 ...
Boris Johnson’s Global Britain on the case
The new cabinet does not have the intellectual and political heavyweights that Britain needs to carve out her new role after Brexit.
Government reshuffles in Britain are as fascinating as ...
Britain says its final civilian flights will soon leave Afghanistan
British troops will end their evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan on Saturday and many hundreds of Afghans entitled to resettlement in Britain are likely to be left behind, armed forces ...
Two Britons killed in Thursday’s Kabul attack, UK foreign minister says
Two British nationals and the child of a third British national were killed in Thursday’s attack at Kabul airport, British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Friday.
“These were ...
UK’s Johnson plans G7 meeting on Afghanistan, steps up evacuation effort
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to host a virtual meeting of G7 leaders to tackle the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and has stepped up efforts to evacuate UK nationals ...
Security Council members want clear reference to basis for Cyprus solution
All members of the UN Security Council asked Britain for a clear reference to the basis for a Cyprus solution during discussions on Tuesday on the second draft of the ...
Hotels struggle as little ‘pick up’ from the UK
With an expected boost in bookings not seen, industry professionals are now hoping to just break even
With July coming to a close hotel bookings in Cyprus from the British ...