Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides joins his EU counterparts in Brussels on Monday at the Foreign Affairs Council to discuss regional moves by Turkey. The Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the
The European Commission’s downward economic forecast for Cyprus is in line with the government’s low expectations as the economy will not be making a full recovery in 2021 as initially expected. According
Cyprus is working with EU partners France and Greece to thwart Turkey’s ‘expansionism’ in the eastern Mediterranean where tension has escalated over energy rights, said President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday. Anastasiades said
Cyprus’ economy is under significant strain from the heavy impact of COVID-19 fallout on tourism with expected revenues only 25% of last year’s level, the European Commission’s economic forecast said. Revenue from tourism
After a 20-year absence, the Cyprus-Greece passenger ferry link will be reinstated after Nicosia received EU competition approval, the outgoing shipping minister said Monday. This development opens the way for a tender
Brussels has given Nicosia the green light to help out coronavirus-struck airlines flying to Cyprus with a €6.3 mln incentive scheme. The Ministry of Transport announced on Thursday that the state incentive
Nicosia has urged Brussels to take immediate action to buffer Turkish aggression in the region as tensions escalate while criticising Germany for muddying the waters. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades called on the
By Andreas Theophanous Health conditions and economic circumstances in most third countries have been worse than those of EU countries even before the pandemic. One of the questions that arise is whether
At 18% Cyprus has the EU’s second-highest share of foreign citizens behind Luxembourg with 47%, according to Eurostat data published Thursday. In 2019, 21.8 million citizens of a non-member country lived in
At 80% Cyprus had the EU’s largest proportion of debt held by non-residents, ahead of Lithuania (76%), Latvia (74%) and Estonia (70%), according to Eurostat data. The share of government debt held
