As the price of Bitcoin hit all-time highs over the weekend, regulation must now become a major priority for financial watchdogs, according to the CEO of a leading independent financial advisory. The
By Filippo Grandi Ten years of the Syrian crisis have inflicted unimaginable human suffering and pain. The world has failed Syrians. As the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, leading a response to
By Margrethe Vestager and Josep Borrell This week, the European Commission presented its vision for a European “digital decade.” With policy targets for 2030 focusing on the four cardinal issues of skills,
In a show of military cooperation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Cyprus took part in joint manoeuvres with the Israel navy, Greece, the US and France, practising anti-submarine warfare, search-and-rescue operations. The
Cyprus has held back a batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines which Austria put on ice after the death of a woman from blood clots and hospitalisation of a second person days after
By Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Concerns over rising inflation have been dominating Wall Street and the financial markets over the past few weeks. Most stocks in growth sectors with
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said American diplomacy under new President Joe Biden will be “fully engaged” in the Cyprus issue while testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Responding to
The ambitious €6 bln EastMed natural gas pipeline could be built and ready within the next five years, Israeli Energy Yuval Steinitz told the Cyprus News Agency in an interview. “In Israel,
Cyprus will assume the first official Presidency of the Cairo-based Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) on January 2022, following Egypt’s inaugural term. It was decided at the fourth ministerial EMGF meeting in
Cyprus GDP grew by 1.4% in the last quarter of the coronavirus-struck year of 2020, compared with the previous quarter, while the rest of the European Union recorded a decrease of 0.5%,
