Cyprus 6th among EU countries with lowest prison population
With 69 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants, Cyprus ranks sixth among EU countries with the lowest number of prisoners, according to a Eurostat report published on...
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Cyprus under pressure to move on gun control
Despite staggeringly high levels of gun ownership, gun crime remains rare. Even so, the EU wants us to tighten our antiquated laws Winter in...
EU sets Cyprus’ annual quotas of bluefin tuna and swordfish for 2020
Annual quotas of 169 tonnes of bluefin tuna and 54 tonnes of swordfish for 2020, compared to 153 and 55 tonnes respectively in 2019 were...
EU leaders to reject Turkey-Libya deal -draft statement
An accord between Libya and Turkey mapping out maritime boundaries is a violation of international law, European Union leaders will say on Thursday in support...
Cyprus wants clear positions from EU on Turkey-Libya accord
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades expects “clear positions” from Cyprus’ EU partners as regards the agreement between Turkey and Libya on the delimitation of maritime areas, government...
Close to 1.5 pct Cypriots said couldn’t afford medical treatment
In 2018, 1.4 per cent of Cypriots reported they had unmet medical needs due to treatment being unaffordable, Eurostat reported on Wednesday on the occasion...
Cypriots say happy to stay in the EU
Cypriots want stronger representation at the European Commission, a Eurobarometer report revealed on Tuesday. Parliament’s autumn Eurobarometer survey, the Parlemeter 2019, commissioned by the European...
Erdogan: Greece will pay the price internationally for expelling Libyan envoy
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called Greece’s expulsion of the Libyan envoy an “international scandal” and said Greece would pay the price for its...
Cyprus’ green credentials only on paper?
CYPRUS may boast an impressive number of protected nature areas within the Natura 2000 network – on paper at least with 63 of them –...
RES rates paid to producers of electricity ‘biggest scandal of our time’
State-aid Commissioner Theophanis Theophanous on Thursday dubbed the “biggest scandal of our time” an affair relating to the rates paid to producers of electricity from renewable...
Cyprus’ budget passes muster with EU
Cyprus’ budget, along with those of Germany, Ireland, Greece, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands and Austria were found to be compliant with the Stability and...
Petrides says buffer zone a ‘black hole’ for irregular migration
The interior ministry and the foreign ministry will soon announce a package of measures to tighten controls both at crossing points and uncontrolled areas along...
Erdogan says talks with EU may end over Cyprus sanctions
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the European Union’s decision to sanction Turkey over drilling off the coast of Cyprus could disrupt talks with the bloc, and...
Over €200m in personal transfers sent from Cyprus to third countries in 2018
In 2018, flows of money sent by residents of the European Union (EU) to non-EU countries, referred to as personal transfers, amounted to €35.6 billion,...
EU FMs set to adopt measures against illegal Turkish drilling
EU Foreign Ministers will meet in Brussels on Monday where they are expected to adopt a regulation on restrictive measures in relation to illegal Turkish...
Car thefts in Cyprus on a par with Ireland per capita
The number of car thefts in Cyprus was on a par with Ireland per capita between 2015 and 2017 with 114 vehicles stolen per 100,000...
Cyprus’ overall tax-to-GDP ratio at 33.8 per cent, lower than EU average
The overall tax-to-GDP ratio, meaning the sum of taxes and net social contributions as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), stood at 33.8 per...
Disy hopeful freeze on direct trade regulation will be extended next week
It appears as if the EU will extend the freeze on the 2004 regulation that would allow direct trade between the bloc at the north...
Cyprus has lowest number enrolled in vocational education
Cyprus has the second-lowest number of pupils enrolled in vocational education at the upper secondary level in the European Union and the least percentage of...
Turkey in Syria and Cyprus EEZ on agenda of EU FMs meeting (Update 1)
EU member states will discuss how far they are ready to go on some measures that are on the table when it comes to the...
