Our View: EU unanimity has become our only weapon
A few days ago, Disy president Annita Demetriou added her voice to the issue of EU unanimity, following a vote by the European Parliament to implement a number of reforms ...
Evangelou discusses investments in society at EU meeting
The importance of social investments, the role of Cyprus in the development of the European Disability and Parking Cards, and the actions taken in the country to tackle structural racism, ...
European Parliament votes to abolish member states’ veto
The European Parliament voted in favour of a bill to implement a number of reforms to the bloc’s treaties, including an almost absolute abolition of the principle of unanimity, ...
AI and the US-China race for supremacy
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides
In recent years, advances in machine learning algorithms, combined with an unprecedented increase in the volume of data and the underlying strength of computing ...
European Commission greenlights Cyprus’ modified green transition plan
The European Commission on Thursday gave a positive assessment of Cyprus’ modified recovery and resilience plan, which includes a REPowerEU chapter. The plan is now worth €1.22 billion – €0.2 billion in loans ...
Christodoulides advocates EU unity, strategic autonomy in Berlin
President Nikos Christodoulides emphasised the necessity for unity in the face of the current wars and crises affecting Europe and the world.
The President made comments during a working dinner ...
Christodoulides says open to discussing dropping EU veto (updated)
The Republic of Cyprus would be ready to discuss the issue of abolishing the need for unanimity in EU foreign policy, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, a day before ...
‘EU is part of the Cyprus problem’
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar slammed the European Union on Friday following the release of the EU-Turkey report on Wednesday.
“The EU has become a prisoner of the Greek Cypriot ...
Turkey says EU is ‘unjust and biased’ on membership bid
The European Commission’s annual report on Turkey’s long-stalled EU membership bid is “unjust and biased”, the Turkish foreign ministry said.
The report by the European Union’s executive ...
Von der Leyen hails Kyiv’s ‘excellent progress’ in EU accession efforts
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday that Ukraine had made “excellent progress” towards EU accession, days ahead of a key report on Kyiv’s membership bid.
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Budget must meet EU obligations, says minister (updated)
Protecting the economy and safeguarding human-centred sustainable development should be at the forefront of economic policy, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Tuesday while speaking at a forum on the ...
Cyprus now a net receiver, not contributor, of EU funds (Updated)
By Nick Theodoulou and Elias Hazou
Cyprus has become a net recipient of EU funds, reversing a long-standing position of being a net contributor, as the country’s EU funding ...
Qatar supplies gas to Europe, vying with US to replace Russia supply
Qatar has agreed to supply Shell (SHEL.L) in the Netherlands with gas for 27 years, the second such deal with a European buyer in a week, as the Gulf state ...
EU countries break deadlock on power market subsidies
European Union countries’ energy ministers struck a deal to reform power market subsidies, Spain’s energy minister said defusing a stand-off between France and Germany over the future competitiveness of ...
Ioannou pushes for deputy ministry of migration (Updated)
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou informed the House interior committee of his plans to create a Deputy Ministry of Migration and Asylum on Thursday.
He said the creation of such a ...
EU’s Borrell: Israel has to adhere to international law
Israel has the right to defend itself but some of its decisions would breach international law, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters on Tuesday.
In response to ...
EU backtracks on aid freeze, reflects longstanding division within bloc over the Israel-Palestinian conflict
The European Union backtracked in disarray on an announcement that aid to Palestinians had been suspended in response to the attack on Israel by Hamas after EU countries complained the ...
Hungary, Poland rail at EU migration policy as bloc leaders meet
Poland accused Berlin and Brussels of imposing a migration “diktat” on the European Union and Hungary said the bloc was forcing through a deal as EU leaders gathered to tackle ...
EU watchdog scrutinises banks’ defences after SVB, Credit Suisse woes
Most leading euro zone banks have met a January 2024 target for issuing special debt to replenish capital in a crisis, but some need to do more to ensure they can, ...
China and EU hold talks on AI, cross-border data flow amid renewed tensions
China and the European Union held talks on topics including artificial intelligence and cross-border data flows on Monday in Beijing, amid disputes over an EU probe into China’s electric ...
President lauds EU’s Turkey report, as Ankara and north dismiss it
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday condemnation from Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot ‘government’ of the EU parliament report was “nothing new,” while he said the government holds “particularly dear” ...
Government forms team to address irregular migration issue (Updated)
By Jonathan Shkurko and Elias Hazou
The government on Thursday decided to set up an interdepartmental team as a focal point for drawing up policies to stem the tide of ...
Turkish EU accession depends on it ‘changing course’ (updated)
Unless the Turkish government “drastically changes course”, Turkey’s EU accession process cannot resume, the European Parliament said on Wednesday, passing the progress report for the country.
The report was ...
Talat’s son blames ‘foreign minister’ for Greek Cypriots entering EU alone
Current Turkish Cypriot member of ‘parliament’ and son of former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, Ongun Talat has hit out at the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu, saying ...