#European Union

The European Union is offering €1.5 million in scholarships to Greek and Turkish Cypriots to study at European colleges and become peace advocates for the reunification of Cyprus. According to the ...

European Union leaders will argue on Thursday over how to prop up their countries’ industries, which have been whacked by soaring energy prices since the outbreak of war in Ukraine ...

European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili, a suspect in an investigation into money laundering and corruption at the parliament, has denied receiving money from Qatar, one of her lawyers said ...

French President Emmanuel Macron will be hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden next week in a rare state visit aimed at highlighting Franco-American friendship rather than the bitter economic ...

Cyprus could supply the European Union with natural gas much earlier, if Brussels strengthened its support for the development of the supply infrastructure, President Nicos Anastasiades said in an interview ...

House speaker Annita Demetriou departs for Athens on Monday, 28 November, to take part in an event marking the November 25 International day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. A press ...

Both two-states and a loose federation do not work if we wish to remain part of the EU A fundamental mistake committed by the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and ...

A meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is a continuation of the government’s effort to create the conditions for the resumption of dialogue on the ...

France, Germany and Spain have reached agreement on starting the next phase of development of a new fighter jet dubbed FCAS, Europe’s largest defence project at an estimated cost ...

Energy companies, hit by soaring power and gas prices related to the war in Ukraine, can secure public guarantees exceeding 90% coverage from EU governments to cover margin call requirements under ...

Countries other than those accused of surveillance should also be investigated, including Cyprus, according to MEP and member of the European Parliament’s inquiry committee investigating the use of Pegasus ...

Cyprus-based research and development company SignalGeneriX announced its participation in three EU funded defence projects with a funding total of €65 million, describing this as a major success for itself and ...

The regulation actually goes beyond halting biodiversity loss to push for ecosystem restoration, for ‘bringing nature back’ At first sight the positive tone of this column may seem rather out ...

A big proportion of the Cyprus Republic’s population does not have a positive picture of the European Union. According to the Spring survey of the Eurobarometer, only 42 per cent ...

Sometimes it’s hard to know if the pollsters in Brussels actually believe the things they hear from the people they survey in member states from time to time, or ...

The government and opposition parties appeared to have made some progress on Monday regarding legislation to be forwarded to the European Commission and which, if given the nod, would unlock ...

Europe has all the tools needed to succeed and prosper, French ambassador Salina Grenet-Catalano, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the council of the European Union, tells the ...

The United States and the European Union pledged on Monday to work to ensure gas supplies can respond to disruptions in pipeline gas flows, as tensions rise over the massing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...