Cyprus hit with US, UK and Canada sanctions on Russia (Update)
Limassol shipping companies sanctioned by US
Companies registered in Cyprus were hit with sanctions on Friday, as the US, UK and Canada sought to toughen the crackdown on Russia, two ...
US sanctions official visits Cyprus (Updated)
A US Department of State official tasked with overseeing sanctions implementation is on a two-day official visit to Cyprus, it emerged on Thursday.
Erik Woodhouse, deputy assistant secretary for the ...
UK targets grain theft and energy sector with new Russian sanctions
Britain announced a new wave of sanctions against Russia on Friday, targeting companies connected to the theft of Ukrainian grain and those involved in the shipment of Russian energy.
Along ...
EU gets more cautious on hitting third countries over Russia sanctions
The EU’s latest draft of new sanctions against Russia would make it more difficult than originally proposed to cut trade with third countries over busting existing restrictions, a document ...
EU official says Russian assets frozen in Cyprus “relatively low”
The European Commission is puzzled about the relatively low amount of frozen assets of Russian oligarchs in Cyprus, the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said on Wednesday, a day ...
Russian sanctions cost Cyprus 20% of oil tanker fleet
Approximately 20 per cent of the oil tanker fleet registered in Cyprus have migrated to other registries since October 6, when the European Commission signaled its intention to cap the price of ...
Passports, Russia, reform: a very busy year for bar association
The challenges and achievements within the legal profession took centre stage on Wednesday as head of the bar association Christos Clerides said that he was proud of the body’s ...
Police oust squatters from Russian oligarch’s London mansion
Police on Monday evicted squatters who had occupied a London mansion belonging to the family of Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who was placed on Britain’s sanctions list last week ...