Akel submits proposals to boost tourism
Akel has drawn up proposals to boost domestic tourism as part of efforts to replace an anticipated shortfall of some 800,000 Russian and Ukrainian holidaymakers in the wake of Russia’s ...
Russia’s biggest cargo airline to suspend all Boeing flights
Russia’s biggest cargo airline Volga-Dnepr Group has suspended all flights using Boeing BA.N aircraft due to Western sanctions, it said on Friday.
Sanctions have cut off the supply ...
CAS upholds FIFA ban on Russian teams while court deliberates
Russia’s hopes of competing at the 2022 World Cup were effectively ended after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected a request from the Russian Football Union to freeze ...
Abramovich handed Chelsea director control of Cyprus-based firm on day of Ukraine invasion
By Andrew MacAskill and Paul Sandle
Russian businessman Roman Abramovich transferred a company he controlled with tens of millions of dollars of investments to a director of English soccer club ...
BoC says it has ‘limited direct exposure’ to Russia
The island’s largest lender said Thursday it has no banking operations in either Russia or Ukraine, having wound down its business there years ago.
In a statement released through ...
Amid tourism concerns, Paralimni warns against ‘turning area into Pournara’
Authorities are working on increasing occupancy on flights to mitigate the loss of visitors from Russia and Ukraine, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Thursday during a visit to Paralimni ...
Extradition of fraud suspect to Russia postponed
A 47-year-old Ukrainian man with Russian citizenship whom the Cypriot courts agreed to extradite to Russia has had the process postponed, due to the “force majeure” of the invasion.
The ...
Osadchiy warns that Moscow is keeping score, recording Nicosia’s positions
Russian ambassador to Nicosia, Stanislav Osadchiy has warned that Moscow is keeping score and will take everything that Nicosia does as regards the war in Ukraine into account when it ...
Cyprus GDP to suffer from Russian sanctions
Cyprus’ GDP could be affected by between 1.5 to 2 per cent during 2022 if Cypriot airspace remains closed to Russia for the entirety of 2022, rating agency DBRS Morningstar said on Monday.
The ...
Pro-Putin protest outside Nicosia embassy
A small group of people gathered outside the Russian embassy on Saturday in support of the country’s invasion of Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin.
A few dozen people waving ...
Rich Russians facing EU asset freeze (Updated)
Rich Russians who received Cypriot citizenship through the now defunct investment programme are facing an asset freeze under the EU and US sanctions push, as are many others with businesses ...
Keep Ukraine war out of the classroom, says minister
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Thursday asked for the war in Ukraine to “stay out of schools” saying children who are of Russian descent should not be victimised following recent ...
Ukraine should be a bridge between East and West, Chinese ambassador says
Chinese ambassador to Cyprus, Liu Yantao, told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), that Ukraine “should function as a bridge between the East and the West, not a frontier in big ...
Our View: Government must support Russian businesses, individuals in Cyprus
Last week, Russia’s embassy in Cyprus said it had received reports that Russian nationals were on the receiving end of threats, insults and calls to leave Cyprus. The source ...
Ukraine: Cypriots draw parallels with Turkish invasion – poll
The overwhelming majority of Cypriots believe that Russia’s attack on Ukraine is an invasion as opposed to a small number that called it a peacekeeping operation, according to a ...
Ministers assure tourism players Plan B in the works, latter not convinced
By Jonathan Shkurko and Antigoni Pitta
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos and Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios reassured hoteliers and local authorities in the Famagusta district on Friday that the ...
Akel MEP abstains during EP resolution seeking tougher response to Russia
Akel’s MEP Giorgos Georgiou abstained during a European Parliament (EP) resolution vote which seeks a tougher response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, arguing that it deepens Europe’s ...
Russian ambassador: Cyprus has shot itself in the foot with flight ban (Update 3)
Cyprus has “shot itself in the foot” by joining the EU’s ban on Russian aircraft into the bloc’s airspace, the Russian ambassador bluntly stated on Monday amid concerns ...
Cypriots still in Ukraine advised to find safe shelter
Cypriot citizens who are still in Ukraine were advised to stay at home or in safe shelters until the situation is reassessed to allow their movement, the foreign ministry announced ...
Impact of Ukraine crisis on Cyprus economy in focus
The impact of the war in Ukraine on an economy already struggling with rising prices was at the focus of a meeting on Friday between the leaderships of left-wing Akel ...
Protest in Limassol against Russian invasion of Ukraine (Updated)
Ukrainians of all ages protested in Limassol and Paphos on Friday, as part of a series of anti-war demonstrations in solidarity with Ukraine after Russian troops invaded and attacked the ...
Donation points open for Ukrainian people
Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine is a black page for the democratic world and Cyprus stands by the people of Ukraine, commissioner for the citizen Panayiotis Sentonas said on ...
Cyprus games writer denies links to malware found before Russian invasion
By Michele Kambas and James Pearson
A 24-year-old videogame designer who runs his small business out of a home next to an old Cypriot church in a quiet suburb of ...
Daily News Briefiing
In today’s episode, the House of Representatives has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling for an immediate ceasefire there and urging Russian troops to depart Ukrainian territory. President ...