EU sanctions tweak to unblock Russian oil deals with third countries
Russian state-owned companies Rosneft and Gazprom will be able to ship oil to third countries under an adjustment of European Union sanctions agreed by member...
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Only one out of two Cypriots agree with sanctions against Russia
Only one in two Cypriots agree with EU’s sanctions against Russia as opposed to a whopping 80 per cent EU average, according to the latest...
EU sanctions: Is geopolitics trumping economics?
The oil ban may not bring the pain to Russia that Brussels expects. The losers are the consumers The EU finally agreed on Thursday...
EU blacklists wife of Russian billionaire Melnichenko to curb bypassing sanctions
The European Union on Friday blacklisted Aleksandra Melnichenko, the wife of Andrey Melnichenko, a previously sanctioned Russian billionaire who Reuters revealed had reassigned his companies...
Anastasiades urges EU leaders to adopt targeted sanctions on Russia
President Nicos Anastasiades took part in a teleconference of EU leaders on Monday chaired by president of the European Council Charles Michel, centred on Russia’s...
Three Russians on latest sanctions list have Cyprus passports
A senior government official said Tuesday that three individuals subject to EU sanctions in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hold a Cyprus passport, adding...
EU to establish rapid reaction force with up to 5,000 troops (Updated)
EU foreign and defence ministers on Monday agreed a security strategy meant to boost the bloc’s military clout when war has returned to Europe, establishing...
Top-level meetings on economic impact of Ukraine invasion (Updated)
The problems Cyprus is facing from the EU ban on Russian flights, and other impacts on the economy from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are to...
EU ambassadors agree to freeze assets of Putin and Lavrov
The European Union is planning a third package of sanctions against Moscow, EU officials said on Friday, as Ukraine’s president pleaded with the bloc for...
Our View: Is government making further miscalculation over passports?
The government may have thought it could ride the storm caused by last year’s revelations about the citizenship scheme by announcing it would stop receiving...
