Cyprus downgraded in US human trafficking report
Cyprus has been downgraded in the US State Department’s 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) after three years of being in the top tier, mainly...
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UNSG’s report ‘does not reflect the gravity of Turkish provocations’
The UN Secretary-general’s reports on Cyprus do not reflect gravity of Turkish provocations, the island’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Andreas Hadjichrysanthou has said....
More Chinese companies added to US economic blacklist
The Biden administration is set as early as Friday to add more than 10 Chinese companies to its economic blacklist over alleged human rights abuses...
First eight national guardsmen off to train in US
The US on Thursday welcomed in their Nicosia embassy, the first eight officers from the National Guard who are going to participate in the International...
EU-US to work for de-escalation in East Med, vaccinate two thirds of world by end of 2022
The EU and the US are set to endorse a joint declaration during their summit on June 15 in Brussels, for a “renewed transatlantic partnership”...
US: Turkey’s activities in region ‘deeply disturbing’
US President Joe Biden will have the opportunity to raise human rights and media freedom issues, along with Turkey’s activities in the Eastern Mediterranean during...
Biden letter expresses concern over Varosha opening, Koushos says
US President Joe Biden expressed concerns over the unilateral decision last October by the Turkish side to open part of the fenced area of Famagusta,...
US hikes its UN contributions for 2022, more money for Unficyp
The US State Department has proposed raising its contribution to UN peacekeeping by some $472 million for 2022, which will include an additional $5.8m for...
China bars U.S. evangelical in response to sanctioning of Chinese official
China said on Wednesday it had blocked an American evangelical leader and businessman and his family from visiting following the U.S. sanctioning of a Chinese...
Biden administration eyes cybersecurity funding after attacks
The Biden administration is intensifying its focus on cybersecurity spending after a wave of massive attacks, proposing new funding in the wake of the Colonial...
Bipartisan resolution calls on US President to make Cyprus solution top foreign policy priority
US Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) leads a bipartisan resolution calling on the Biden Administration to condemn Turkey for its illegal occupation of Cyprus and...
Recognition of Armenian genocide by US ‘would be of historic importance’
Vartkes Mahdessian, the representative of the Armenian community in the House of Representatives, is hopeful that US President Biden will recognise the Armenian genocide on...
Boy reunited with father for return to US
The five-year-old boy whom the court ordered must return to the US after his father took the mother in court for abducting the child in...
Young Cypriot hacker found guilty in US trial
A young hacker who became the first ever Cypriot citizen to be extradited to the US has been found guilty of committing cyber-crimes by a...
US Secretary of State nominee says will work to deepen ties between US and Cyprus
US Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken said if his appointment is confirmed by the US Senate, he will work to continue deepening ties between...
Christodoulides speaks with Pompeo
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and Foreign Minister, Nicos Christodoulides had a phone conversation on Friday and agreed that the strength of the US-Cyprus...
Bilateral co-operation with US on agenda of upcoming talks
US acting secretary of homeland security Chad Wolf will lay the foundation stone in Larnaca on Monday of the Cyprus Center for Land, Open Seas...
Biden ‘looks forward’ to a new meeting with Anastasiades
US President-elect Joe Biden has sent a thank you letter to President Nicos Anastasiades for the latter’s best wishes after his election victory, it was...
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine clears first U.S. FDA hurdle
Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to be set for regulatory authorization this week after U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff members did not raise any...
Trump issues formal threat to veto effort to block massive UAE arms sales
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a formal threat on Wednesday to veto congressional efforts to block his plans for $23 billion in military sales to...