Polexit: Poland playing a very risky game of chicken with the EU
It’s possible that the tide which brought hard-right populist governments to power in a number of Central European countries is starting to go out again....
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Cyprus guilty of the ugly greenwash within EU farming
The catastrophic failure that is the EU’s agricultural policy, CAP By Martin Hellicar Farmers should receive state support because they are vital to a vital...
Russia to be affected the most by EU carbon border tax
The world’s first carbon border tax proposed by the European Union is likely to hit Russia the hardest but leave Chinese trade relatively unscathed, according...
Our View: We need firefighting aircraft not military helicopters
Defence has always been something of sacred cow. Everyone has the patriotic duty to support our military and applaud government expenditure on defence equipment, whatever...
EU looking into new possible side-effects of mRNA Covid-19 shots
Three new conditions reported by a small number of people after vaccination with COVID-19 shots from Pfizer and Moderna are being studied to assess if...
East Med energy: re-assessing common interests
We can rediscover our common interests only after a reality check In the East Med we have been side-tracked by the fallacious promise or...
Responsibility for refugees must be shared EU wide
By Αnna Kythreotou The refugee crisis is an ongoing humanitarian crisis, which has an impact on Cyprus as well as the rest of Europe. The...
UCY offers information centre on workings of the EU
The University of Cyprus (UCY) has established a new Europe Direct centre at the Stelios Ioannou library, aiming to provide information about the European networks...
EU’s planned digital levy to cover hundreds of firms, Vestager says
A digital levy to be proposed by the European Commission in the coming weeks to fund its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will apply to...
EU plans new safety rules for the workplace wherever it is
The European Commission plans to update its rules on worker safety to reflect the shift millions of employees made to working from home during the...
Existential threat to natural gas in Europe
Any new gas infrastructure runs the risk of becoming a stranded asset It is ironic that at a time when natural gas is under...
Reimagining a Cyprus settlement
A parallel state of the Republic in northern Cyprus is one where it is not power that is shared with the RoC, but values, laws...
Fish and cheese: UK inks trade deals with Norway, Iceland
* Britain-Norway trade worth £20 bln in 2020 * Britain-Iceland trade worth £558 mln in 2020 Britain has clinched post-Brexit trade agreements with Norway, Iceland...
Should smartphones come with pre-installed apps?
by Kyriacos Nicolaou Both iPhones and smartphones using Google’s Android operating system come bundled with pre-installed applications, but is this beneficial to the consumer? An...
Coronavirus: Challenges in productively absorbing EU funds
Cyprus will not be able to take full advantage of ample EU covid aid unless it is willing to undertake major reforms In recent...
EU executive recommends letting in more foreign travellers (updated)
The European Union’s executive recommended on Monday that foreign citizens fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and those coming from countries with a good epidemiological situation be...
From coal and steel to carbon-free and digital: the EU reaches turning point
By Jan Strupczewski Years from now, 2021 may be seen as the moment the European Union took a leap forward from its post-World War Two...
Facing ‘crisis of century’, EU threatens ban on Covid vaccine exports to UK
The European Union on Wednesday threatened to ban exports of COVID-19 vaccines to Britain to safeguard scarce doses for its own citizens facing a third wave of the...
Proposal for a Covid buffer zone hospital
Open letter to Mr Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from Nicosia lawyer Achilleas Demetriades Honourable High...
Cypriots want bigger role for EP, say EU membership ‘a positive move’
Cyprus tops the list of EU member states which want the European Parliament to play a more important role in future, the latest Eurobarometer figures...