The benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price seems to extend its winning streak that began on March 27, buoyed by escalating geopolitical tensions and the looming possibility of disruptions in oil
Cyprus and the US embassy in Nicosia are strengthening their collaboration to combat money laundering and financial fraud, as the two countries’ authorities announced on Tuesday. A joint statement said that the
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
The Law Office has received complaints on possible sanctions violations running into double-digits, Attorney-General George Savvides told a parliamentary committee discussing the Cyprus Confidential expose. It involves millions of leaked files on financial transactions
The Council of the EU renewed its restrictive measures imposed in 2019 for an additional year in view of Turkey’s unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean. As stated in a press
Four more individuals and two companies related to Cyprus are included in a new US list of sanctions imposed for enabling Russia’s war on Ukraine. The US imposed sweeping new measures against Moscow over the
The US State Department official Erik Woodhouse is in Cyprus carrying additional evidence concerning sanctions on Russian oligarchs and Cypriot financiers assisting them. Woodhouse arrived on Wednesday on a two-day official visit
When the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in 1941, the Roosevelt administration embarked on an epic crackdown on Japanese Americans to limit their ability to spy for the enemy.
British High Commissioner Irfan Siddiq expressed his encouragement at the excellent collaboration with government and industry in Cyprus regarding UK sanctions of Cypriot entities linked to Russians supporting Moscow’s war. During a reception
The government sees no need to step in to support any sector of the economy from the fallout of the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia. At the House Commerce Committee,
