#European Union (EU)

Lawmakers on Monday discussed how to tweak a government bill on VAT on houses so as to make it compatible with EU law. The matter relates to a bill tabled ...

By Achilleas Demetriades Climate change is on our doorstep. There is an urgency to address this global concern and Cyprus cannot drag its feet on this any longer. No individual ...

A woman has to work until February 6 to reach the same wage as a man received in the preceding year, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Sunday. Emilianidou said that ...

The relaxation of the Covid measures we expected this week did not materialise, the higher number of cases, compared to the previous week, and relatively high positivity rate making the ...

Cyprus has called for EU sanctions on airlines allegedly used by irregular migrants to gain access to the government-controlled areas via the north and Turkey. The Republic has consistently accused ...

The partnership between Cyprus and the US, and the prospects for regional cooperation on energy issues were discussed during a meeting Thursday in Washington between Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides and ...

Progressive reduction of fossil fuel-based plastics is crucial to tackling climate change, the EU‘s top environmental official said, ahead of a United Nations meeting to launch talks on a ...

Cyprus signed an agreement with the EU on Tuesday to regulate the return of migrants, with further cooperation to be announced shortly. Deputy Director-General in charge of the ‘Task Force ...

The Foreign Ministers of the European Union had an exchange of views on the situation in Ukraine and Russia’s threats to the country’s security with US Secretary of ...

Minister calls on EU partners to help finance physical barriers along buffer zone Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Friday urged his EU counterparts to support Cyprus’ call for the financing ...

The EU’s executive on Monday rejected suggestions it waited until New Year’s Eve to publish divisive proposals to allow some natural gas and nuclear energy projects to be ...

Around 70 per cent of Europeans lived in homes they owned in 2020 while the rest lived in rented housing, according to a Eurostat study published on Thursday. The numbers for Cyprus, 68.6 ...

The European Union and the Executive Vice-President for an Economy that Works for People Valdis Dombrovskis launched an initiative this week to further restrict tax evasion through the use of ...

The number of first time asylum seekers applying for international protection in the European Union rose by 58 per cent year-on-year in September 2021, with Cyprus receiving 1,120, according to monthly data published ...

Sleeping on mattresses in a Belarusian warehouse, hundreds of Middle Eastern migrants are still clinging to the hope of a future in western Europe as the year draws to a ...

The European Commission has in the last quarter of 2021 signed 11 new contracts with different Turkish Cypriot civil society organisations for a total of €1.8 million as well as a direct grant ...

The European Council has acknowledged the magnitude of the problem facing the Republic of Cyprus due to the extremely high migration flows it receives, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on ...

Though 35 per of Cypriots aged 16 to 74 saw untrue or doubtful information on news websites or social media, only 17 per cent verified its truthfulness, according to a survey carried this year, ...

The European Commission on Wednesday adopted a €30.7m action programme for the Turkish Cypriot community that includes substantial aid to help producers benefit from the halloumi PDO package by conforming ...

Point of sales (POS) terminals have seen a 15 per cent rise in Cyprus between 2018 and 2020, according to a survey of 14 countries in central and eastern Europe conducted by technology company ...

The referral by the EU foreign ministers of the options paper to Coreper for possible legal measures against those involved in the illegal activities in Varosha was not a negative ...

Local environmental NGOs were among more than 150 organisations that on Tuesday called on the European Commission to include the restoration of at least 15 per cent of land and sea area ...

The EU’s foreign ministers on Monday agreed to consider the possibility of measures against those involved in activities in the fenced area of Varosha, but also called for confidence-building ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The economy in the EU is gradually improving, despite the continuing pandemic. The historically unprecedented monetary and fiscal support was a decisive factor, which ...