#European Union (EU)

Forthcoming environmental taxation, commonly known as ‘green taxes’, are “very difficult to cancel” in their entirety despite efforts in Europe to water them down, according to reports on Friday. The ...

The European Union has “an opportunity” to achieve the unimpeded flow of urgent humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. To this end, he added, ...

The EU’s ‘substantive and more active involvement’ in the efforts to resume negotiations on the Cyprus problem could have a high added value for the efforts of the UNSG’...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said Cyprus is counting on the European Union’s support to bring about a return to negotiations on the Cyprus problem. Speaking after his meeting ...

European Union envoy for the Cyprus problem Johannes Hahn is to arrive in Cyprus on Monday – his first visit to the island since being appointed to the role a month ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Monday called for de-escalation of what he described as an “unprecedented” conflict in the Middle East. Speaking ahead of the day’s European Union foreign ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will travel to Brussels on Sunday to take part in Monday’s meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, the Foreign Ministry announced. Key topics on ...

The European Union’s diplomatic service said on Friday there were indications that Israel had breached its human rights obligations under the terms of a pact governing its ties with ...

A new EU-funded solar energy system at the Haspolat Wastewater Treatment Plant was formally announced on Friday, marking a step forward for renewable energy and cooperation across Cyprus’ divide. Officials ...

Lithuania stands in solidarity with Cyprus’ positions on the island’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the country’s president, Gitana Nauseda said on Friday. In joint statements with President Nikos ...

Israel and Iran’s air war entered a second week on Friday and European officials sought to draw Tehran back to the negotiating table after President Donald Trump said any ...

The European Union has imposed a € 392.2 million fine on Greece over a major scandal involving the mismanagement of agricultural subsidies by a government agency between 2016 and 2022. The bloc’s Executive ...

The situation in the Middle East “remains extremely critical”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told an extraordinary meeting of the European Union’s foreign affairs council on Tuesday. He also told ...

By Emilios Charalambous and Maria Aristidou In February 2025, the European Commission presented the Omnibus Simplification Packages, a new bundle of legislative proposals aimed at easing the sustainability-related compliance obligations imposed ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Sunday called for the European Union’s foreign affairs council, a meeting of the foreign ministers of the bloc’s 27 member states, to convene over ...

By Euripides L Evriviades It is time to bring the Cyprus question back to the centre of Europe’s conscience The recent appointment of former European Commissioner Johannes Hahn as ...

Slovakia will block any European Union sanctions against Russia that damage its national interests, the country’s Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Sunday after its parliament approved a resolution ...

Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna paid a working visit to Rome on Wednesday, in the context of preparations for Cyprus EU Presidency, in the first half of 2026. She ...

The European Commission said on Monday it would make a strong case this week for the United States to reduce or eliminate tariffs even after Donald Trump said he would ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Monday met with his Albanian counterpart, Igli Hasani, to discuss regional developments, including Albania’s accession to the European Union and the Cyprus problem. Kombos ...

A five-day seminar on European Union security and defence policy started on Monday in Larnaca. Fifty officials from 12 countries are taking part, including EU member states, Jordan, and the United ...

The European Union’s plan to ban lead in ammunition throughout the bloc has created conflicting opinions in Cyprus, with environmentalists and recreational hunters taking opposite sides. European Commission President ...

The government is doing everything in its power to secure a positive outcome in efforts to resolve the Cyprus issue, President, Nikos Christodoulides, said on Sunday, welcoming the visit of ...

The European Union is to finance the expansion of Nicosia’s Pedieos linar park into the north, the European Union’s infopoint in Nicosia announced on Friday. The infopoint explained ...