#European Union

By Emilios Charalambous and Maria Aristidou In February 2025, the European Commission presented the Omnibus Simplification Packages, a new bundle of legislative proposals aimed at easing the sustainability-related compliance obligations imposed ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Sunday called for the European Union’s foreign affairs council, a meeting of the foreign ministers of the bloc’s 27 member states, to convene over ...

Slovakia will block any European Union sanctions against Russia that damage its national interests, the country’s Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Sunday after its parliament approved a resolution ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Monday met with his Albanian counterpart, Igli Hasani, to discuss regional developments, including Albania’s accession to the European Union and the Cyprus problem. Kombos ...

The European Union is to finance the expansion of Nicosia’s Pedieos linar park into the north, the European Union’s infopoint in Nicosia announced on Friday. The infopoint explained ...

A review and the way forward By Andreas Theophanous When Cyprus joined the EU, there were high expectations in all aspects. First and foremost, there was the belief that the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has hailed Cyprus’s accession to the European Union as the country’s most significant political and diplomatic achievement, marking the 21st anniversary of EU membership with ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday met Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro during a short working visit to Lisbon, as Cyprus intensifies preparations for its upcoming presidency of the council of ...

The cross-border digital health services are in the final stage of implementation, Constantinos Pattichis, president of the National e-Health Authority, confirmed on Friday. The first phase will include two key ...

Cyprus is “shocked and horrified by Russia’s strike targeting Sumy on Palm Sunday,” the foreign ministry said on Sunday night. In a post on X, the ministry said “such ...

The European Commission said on Monday it had offered a “zero-for-zero” tariff deal to avert a trade war with US President Donald Trump as EU ministers agreed to prioritise negotiations, ...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged EU leaders on Thursday to pledge €5 billion ($5.4 billion) for artillery shells for Ukraine to strengthen its hand in peace talks, amid divergences ...

Talk of Cyprus joining Nato or an affiliated organisation has fizzled out in recent weeks – no surprise there, as the future of Nato itself seems to hang in the balance. ...

European Union member states must strengthen cooperation between each other on the matter of defence, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. He was asked about his position on the joint ...

By Marios Eliades Eighty years have already gone by since those who conceived the European idea, Jean Monnet, Robert Schumann, Altiero Spinelli, Winston Churchill, Konrad Adenauer and others, laid the ...

Conservation works have officially commenced at the historic mosque and cemetery in Tochni, the UNDP said in a post on X, hailing the project as “a crucial step in preserving ...

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance of the new US administration have recently levelled pointed criticisms on the policies and democratic values of Europe. They have criticised European ...

The enlargement of the EU is a “geopolitical necessity highlighted by international developments”, Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna said on Tuesday, adding that this would be high on ...

The EU should “stay focused on the key issues of concern”, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said after the conclusion of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the EU (Ecofin), ...

The EU’s competition chief says US President Donald Trump has upended the “trustful relationship” between the United States and Europe, and that Brussels should focus on providing the predictability ...

Denmark’s sovereignty is an “essential issue” for the EU, the European Council President said in an interview on Wednesday, as US President Donald Trump continues to express interest in ...

Senior citizens in the Paphos district village of Steni are to participate in a European Union Erasmus project aimed at empowering elderly people to fight against climate change. The contract ...

Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna met with Danish Minister for European Affairs Marie Bjerre in Nicosia on Thursday. The meeting highlighted the ‘strong bilateral relations between Cyprus and ...

U.S. President Donald Trumpon Tuesday vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being ...