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CSC demands release of MSC Aries crew

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber has called for the immediate release of all 25 crew on board the Portuguese-flagged containership MSC Aries that was seized by Iran on Saturday, in retaliation for Israel’s

15th April 2024

Cyprus/Maritime/Middle East

Steinmeier calls for ‘bold steps’ and compromise

Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on both sides on the island to show a mutual willingness to compromise, stating that bold steps should be taken to find a solution. Speaking after

12th February 2024

Cyprus/Europe/World

UBS: Oil market remains complacent on supply risks

The weekend US strikes in the Middle East are reminders that a fluid geopolitical situation may compound an oil market already in deficit, UBS said in its latest Investment Research report. Recent

6th February 2024

Energy/Markets/World

Economic growth slows, to pick up from 2025

Real GDP growth in Cyprus is estimated to have slowed from 5.1% in 2022 to 2.4% in 2023, with economic growth projected to stay at 2.4% this year and to improve to

27th January 2024

Cyprus/Economy

Geopolitics shaping inflation, growth expectations

Geopolitics always played a role in the global economy long before the Great War. However, since the end of the Cold War, its significance was almost undermined and economists and policy makers

21st January 2024

Columnists/Comment/World

First dispatch of Gaza aid ‘within days’

The first dispatch of humanitarian aid to besieged Gaza from Cyprus by sea is expected to depart the island within days, said a government spokesperson Tuesday. “In the coming days, the first

28th November 2023

Cyprus/Middle East

Playing the long game

With only weeks away from the festive holiday splash, Cypriots are not in the party mood as they shy from the Black Friday ‘giveaways’ and keep their pockets zipped. There hasn’t been

25th November 2023

Comment/Cyprus

End of Palestine’s ‘great idea’

Six weeks after the dramatic events of October 7, when Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis and took hostage 240 Israeli civilians, the two sides agreed to a four-day ceasefire to allow for humanitarian

25th November 2023

Comment/Middle East

Cyprus waiting for go ahead to ship Gaza aid

Cyprus is ready to “immediately” begin shipping large quantities of humanitarian aid to Gaza in vessels that can navigate shallow water once conditions on the ground allow for it, President Nikos Christodoulides

21st November 2023

Cyprus/Middle East

Cyprus-Israel in ‘final stage’ of opening Gaza aid corridor

President Nikos Christodoulides said Friday that Cyprus and Israel were in the final stages of agreeing to a humanitarian air corridor from the island to besieged Gaza. “We are in contact with

17th November 2023

Cyprus/Middle East