Visa moves to allow payment settlements using cryptocurrency
Visa said on Monday it will allow the use of the cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its payment network, the latest sign of...
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UAE, Israel postpone visa exemption deal over Covid-19 worries
The United Arab Emirates has postponed the implementation of a visa-exemption agreement with Israel after Israel required anyone entering from the Gulf state to be...
Cyprus high on Russian credit-card spending list
The biggest increase in Russian credit card transactions abroad this summer compared to last year will be observed in Cyprus, Tunisia and Georgia, according to...
BoC confirms end of AmEx cards
THE Bank of Cyprus (BoC) confirmed on Thursday reports that it would stop issuing American Express cards, due to a change in the policy of...
Turkey’s Erdogan, in Berlin, pledges EU visa push
Turkey aims to win easier access to the European Union for its citizens, President Tayyip Erdogan said in Berlin on Friday. On the second day of...
Baby Zoe’s father moved to Menoyia detention centre
The lawyer of the father of a baby who had a life-saving operation in Israel in 2013 after the minister of health stepped in, is...
Golden visa supervisor to start accepting applications from providers
The ministry of finance said Friday that a committee for the supervision and control of the government’s citizenship-by-investment programme will start accepting applications from providers...
Visa says it is suffering service disruption in Europe
Payments firm Visa said on Friday it was experiencing a service disruption preventing some transactions in Europe being processed. “Visa is currently experiencing a service...
Cultural images for new BoC cards
The Bank of Cyprus on Wednesday introduced the public to their newly designed Visa and Mastercards. The bank expects to hand out 600,000 of the...
Cyprus not added to US visa waiver, embassy says
The USA denied reports on Thursday that Cyprus had been added to the country’s Visa Waiver Programme. A written statement from the US embassy in...
Give us EU visa freedom in Oct or abandon migrant deal, Turkey says
By Michelle Martin and Humeyra Pamuk Turkey could walk away from its promise to stem the flow of illegal migrants to Europe if the European...
Why all the fuss about visa-free Turks?
By Hermes Solomon Let’s all welcome Turkey into the European Union with open arms. Why play games with numbers? There are 79 million of them...
All eyes on Brussels and Turkey visa deal
Nicosia insisted on Monday that as long as Turkey does not fulfil its obligations to the EU, including Cyprus, visa restrictions for Turkish nationals cannot...
Visa liberalisation for Turkey only when all prerequisites are met, says EU Commission
VISA liberalisation will be granted to Turkey only when all 72 legislative prerequisites are fulfilled, including Ankara’s Cyprus-related obligations, European Commission Chief Spokesperson Margaritis Schinas...
‘Turkey reaffirms non-recogntion of Cyprus Republic’
A few hours after Turkey and the EU agreed last Sunday on a package of incentives for Ankara to help the bloc with the migrant...
Cyprus and Portugal neck and neck as ideal second-home spots
By Angelos Anastasiou A head-to-head comparison of Cyprus and Portugal as options for people wanting to own a second home found that Portugal fares better...
Filipino woman dies after fall attempting to evade immigration check
A 27-year-old Filipino woman died from injuries suffered during a fall in Nicosia while trying to evade police, reports said on Saturday. The woman, who...
No more paperwork at crossing points (update 4)
By George Psyllides Filling a ‘visa’ slip will no longer be required by the Turkish Cypriot side at crossing points, it was announced on Friday,...