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...
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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...
UK IT systems not yet ready for Brexit
With the United Kingdom and the European Union reportedly not being able to bridge any gaps in negotiations over a deal on the future relationship...
UK will explore every avenue for EU deal, PM Johnson tells France’s Macron
Britain will explore every avenue for a trade deal with the European Union but progress to bridge significant gaps needs to be made in the...
EU support to tackle illegal fishing in Cyprus’ EEZ
The EU’s Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) and Frontex have assisted the government’s efforts to tackle illegal fishing with air surveillance, their first airborne mission provided...
European Union moves ahead with digital tax plans
European Union president Ursula von der Leyen confirmed on Wednesday that the bloc will move ahead with its plans to impose a digital tax sometime...
EC selects consortia under RISE programme
THE European Commission has bolstered its efforts to support international and cross-sectional cooperation by selecting 74 consortia as part of its Research and Innovation Staff...