#Ukraine

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 ...

A group of Russians living in Cyprus have called on their compatriots to participate in a meeting on Sunday to condemn the war in Ukraine and demand the withdrawal of ...

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing Co 9983.T and Japan Tobacco Inc 2914.T said they would suspend some operations in Russia, in a U-turn by the Japanese consumer giants which had indicated ...

President Nicos Anastasiades continues on Friday to take part in meetings of the informal summit of EU leaders at the palace of Versailles in France to debate the war in ...

Thousands of Ukrainian refugees, mostly women and children, knocking on Europe’s door are facing issues with identification and travel documents, as authorities are asking them to provide valid place ...

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 ...

Britain said on Thursday it had imposed asset freezes on seven Russian businessmen including Roman Abramovich, Igor Sechin, Oleg Deripaska and Dmitri Lebedev after they were added to the country’...

Almost 3,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Cyprus since February 25, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, rebuffing criticism that it had not adequately responded to the crisis. Russian invaded Ukraine on February 24. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nicosia will alert the European Commission to its annoyance with the fact that Turkey has not banned Russian aircraft from its airspace, something which also applies to the northern part ...

The government will buy 36,000 tons of barley and corn, in two shipments, to ease a shortage of grains on the market in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ...

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 ...

‘We need supplies urgently, so that our animals don’t die’ As importers and livestock farmers grapple with sky-high grain prices due to the Ukraine crisis, the government here will ...

Commissioner for the Citizen Panayiotis Sentonas on Saturday visited Limassol port where the biggest-ever humanitarian drive in Cyprus has collected donations for the war-torn people of Ukraine. The aid collected ...

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 ...

Legal, political and other consequences of the invasion of Ukraine on Cyprus were at the centre of a board meeting held on Friday at the presidential palace and chaired by ...

There are currently 50 Cypriot citizens still in Ukraine as well as 10 Ukrainian nationals who have a permit for residence in Cyprus, foreign ministry spokesperson, Demetris Demetriou said on Thursday. Demetriou ...

A minute’s silence was held in parliament to honour those killed in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, with House president Annita Demetriou saying that tragedy has broken out in ...

Ukraine’s defence lines were holding against the Russian attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his latest video on Thursday, adding there had been no respite in Moscow’s shelling ...

In today’s episode, the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues as we hear that local volunteers are helping out stranded tourists in Cyprus, as over 100 Ukrainians were ...

Cyprus has been named in an internal lending scam and money laundering scandal involving Ukrainian lender Privatbank, nationalised in 2016. In a case filed with the District Court, Southern District of ...

Turkey has warned both Black Sea and non-Black Sea countries not to pass warships through its Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was reported as saying on Monday. ...

Poland sought to ease passage into the European Union on Monday for around quarter of a million Ukrainians waiting at European border crossings in freezing conditions after fleeing the Russian ...