EU ‘ready to engage with Turkey’, underlines importance of Varosha
The European Council is set to offer Turkey “readiness to engage” in “a phased, proportionate and reversible manner” while remaining fully committed to a comprehensive...
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Cyprus backs criticism of Hungary’s anti-LGBTI bill (Updated)
Saying discrimination has no place in the European Union, President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday expressed support for LGBTI persons after Hungary’s parliament passed a law...
YouTube wins user copyright fight in top EU court ruling
Google’s YouTube won its latest copyright infringement challenge after Europe’s top court said online platforms are not liable for users uploading unauthorised works unless the...
EU future relationship with City of London ‘hinges on trust’
The European Union is not intent on stealing business from the City of London, but future access for Britain to the bloc’s financial market will...
Borrell: EU impending summit unlikely to go deep into relations with Turkey
In a development that is likely to disappoint the Cyprus government, the EU’s top foreign policy chief said on Monday the bloc would not be...
New round of Cyprob contacts kick off on Tuesday
Discussions on the Cyprus issue will pick up momentum from Tuesday, beginning with a new round of contacts by UN envoy Jane Holl Lute who...
FM heading to Luxembourg for EU foreign ministers council
Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides, departs Sunday for Luxembourg where he is due to attend the meeting the EU Foreign Affairs Council ahead of the main...
Reforms: A race against time
Cyprus hopes to tap some €1.2 billion from the EU’s Resilience and Recovery Facility, in exchange for which it pledges to implement a series of...
EU must clarify if it will act against Turkish provocations, president says
The EU needs to clarify whether it will act against further Turkish provocation, president Nicos Anastasiades told EU leaders on Thursday in light of next...
EU-US to work for de-escalation in East Med, vaccinate two thirds of world by end of 2022
The EU and the US are set to endorse a joint declaration during their summit on June 15 in Brussels, for a “renewed transatlantic partnership”...
One in ten Cypriots fooled into buying counterfeits
One in ten Cypriots say they were misled into buying counterfeits, according to an EU-wide survey released as part of an awareness campaign by the...
Cyprus to invest €283m from EU recovery fund to drive digital era transition
Cyprus will invest €283m from an EU-backed recovery and resilience fund in a concerted drive to transition into the digital era aiming at stronger economy...
Fish and cheese: UK inks trade deals with Norway, Iceland
* Britain-Norway trade worth £20 bln in 2020 * Britain-Iceland trade worth £558 mln in 2020 Britain has clinched post-Brexit trade agreements with Norway, Iceland...
Lute due within June, defining developments in coming weeks
The UN Secretary-General’s special envoy Jane Holl Lute is expected to arrive on the island within June for consultations ahead of another five-party summit on...
Time running out on plastic ban
Businesses expect an extension to EU’s July 3 deadline to ban single-use plastics Business leaders have warned green-minded members of the public not to expect...
EU seeks large AstraZeneca fine for alleged contract breach
A lawyer for the European Union accused AstraZeneca on Wednesday of failing to respect its contract with the 27-nation bloc for the supply of COVID-19...
EU Commission agrees to tender changes for Cyprus-Greece ferry link
The European Commission has agreed to changes in the tender framework for a planned ferry link to Greece, raising hopes the long-discontinued service could attract...
Nouris describes migrant situation as a ‘state of emergency’
Cyprus has notified the EU it cannot accept any more irregular migrants, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Friday as authorities scrambled to accommodate some...
Govt ‘respects’ work of audit office, they should reciprocate, president says
The government does support the auditor-general but he ought to respect the work of other institutions, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday. He was commenting...
Portugal to allow EU and UK tourists with a negative coronavirus test
Portugal will allow tourist flights from European Union countries with low infection rates and from the UK, but passengers must show a negative coronavirus test...