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The EU plans to put an end to rampant online phenomena such as “only two seats left at this price” and other misleading advertising tricks that often prompt consumers to ...

The price of a standard pack of cigarettes in Cyprus could rise to between €6 and €6.50 if the EU goes ahead with a planned overhaul of tobacco taxation, customs department spokesman ...

European Commission Cyprus problem envoy Raffaele Fitto on Tuesday said that the commission is “encouraged” by the results of Monday’s meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader ...

An Irish MEP has asked the European Commission to explain who is responsible for policing pornographic websites that are based in Cyprus and Ireland, as Brussels investigates whether the sites ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel has accused the European Union and the United Nations of losing their neutrality and becoming “mouthpieces for Greek Cypriot and Greek political positions”, following ...

Cypriot member of the European Parliament Loucas Fourlas on Wednesday offered terse words for European Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos, after she characterised Turkey as a “strategic partner” of the European ...

Turkey on Wednesday rejected the European Commission’s criticism of its policies in Cyprus, accusing the EU of adopting the positions of Greece and the Republic. In a statement responding ...

The European Union could conclude accession negotiations with Montenegro by the end of this year and could sign an accession treaty with the country as soon as June 2027, the European ...

The European Commission on Wednesday called on Turkey to “normalise” its relations with the Republic of Cyprus, as it presented its annual report on the country’s progress towards accession ...

The European Commission urged member states on Thursday to apply for loans from a €21.3 billion ($23.74 billion) pot available through the European Union’s SAFE defence funding programme to boost their ...

There needs to be a fundamental shift towards energy and water infrastructure, higher-productivity industries, fairer taxation and better incomes This opinion piece focuses on the challenges for the government in ...

Cyprus is among eight EU member states that reported having a fully designated national contact point for the cross-border referral of victims of human trafficking, a report published on Monday ...

The European Commission on Friday dismissed speculation that Australia could be next in line for a new “associated member” status with the EU, insisting the initiative currently concerns Canada exclusively. ...

President Donald Trump has threatened to take action against the EU if it moves forward with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal to make Canada the bloc’...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday she wanted to open the door to Canada becoming the EU’s first “associate member,” in a significant policy shift ...

By Kyriaki Stinga and Adonis Zachariou On September 3, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgement in Case C-798/24, Jautiva, addressing the compatibility of unrestricted public ...

The European Commission has declined to pass comment on the matter of the cancellation of a children’s football camp organised in the occupied north under licence by Spanish footballing ...

The years 2025 and 2026 were marked by intense geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East, with adverse worldwide effects on the cost of living and economic growth. The policy responses of EU ...

European Commission executive vice president Raffaele Fitto will visit Cyprus on Friday for the first time since being appointed the EU’s special representative for the Cyprus problem, the Commission ...

Cyprus is continuing to fall short on key rule of law reforms, with the European Commission cautioning that delays in overhauling the legal service, slow moving courts and weak oversight ...

Cyprus is among ten countries that believe the EU should reconsider a new carbon price on fuel, a stance that could divide the bloc. Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, the ...

Only one in four workers in Cyprus obtained learning experience at the workplace in 2025, according to a European Commission report to the European Council, made public on Friday. The report ...

Cypriot members of the European Parliament on Wednesday demanded that the island be offered more protection from the consequences of wildfires as the Strasbourg plenary session discussed the European Union’...

Cyprus was wrapped over the knuckles by the European Commission yet again on Wednesday for failing to implement EU waste recycling targets, its restrictive energy-installation policies, and its failure to ...