Praise for Red Cross’ Ukraine contributions
The Citizen’s Commissioner Panayiotis Senontas has thanked the Cyprus Red Cross for its contribution to two major humanitarian aid missions in Ukraine.
Speaking on Monday at the Red Cross ...
Interior minister tours refugee facility in Slovenia
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris visited a Ukrainian refugee reception centre in Slovenia on Saturday during an official visit in the country at the invitation of his Slovenian counterpart Ales Hojs.
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Ukrainians protest at pro-Russian event (updated)
A group of Ukrainians protested Russia’s war in Ukraine on Saturday in Kato Polemidia as a pro-Russian event was taking place with hundreds of Russian and Cypriot nationals.
The ...
Zelenskiy addresses parliament, calls on Cyprus to close ports to Russian ships (Updated)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday called on Cyprus to close its ports to all Russian ships and to deny “privileges” to Russian nationals, as part of an effort to ...
Commission will assist Cyprus curb reliance on Russian fossil fuels
The European Commission has announced that it will be offering technical support to help 17 member states, including Cyprus, towards the goal of phasing out their reliance on Russian fossil fuels, ...
Our View: Is it time for Cyprus to chose between East and West?
Reports that the Cyprus government had been asked to give its Russian-made weapon systems to Ukraine has put the government in a quandary. Although Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides ruled this ...
Cyprus rules out sending weapons to Ukraine (updated)
Cyprus will not provide weapons to Ukraine as it would create gaps in the Republic’s deterrence capabilities, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Tuesday.
Speaking after the House foreign ...
Ukrainian President Zelenskiy to address the Cyprus parliament
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address the Cyprus Parliament on Thursday, as part of his virtual tour addressing national legislatures.
A press release by the House of Representatives says that ...
US requests National Guard send weapons to Ukraine (updated)
The US has requested the National Guard hand over Russian-made weapons systems to Ukraine.
The defence ministry on Monday said that it will not make any moves that would reduce ...
Scale of Russia’s lies is frightening
Russian propaganda has now reached its apogee with Ukrainian war
By Ruslan Nimchynskyi
There is no doubt that Russia, in pursuing its domestic and foreign policies, has been constantly and ...
‘In the first days of the invasion my mind was paralysed’
A Ukrainian couple were holidaying in Cyprus when war broke out
In many ways Zinaida Kruvosheeva and Bogdan Matkovsky are among the lucky ones, and they know it.
The 35-year-old ...
‘Very strong demand’ from UK, says deputy tourism minister
The deputy tourism ministry’s plan to fill the gap left in this year’s tourist market because of the war in Ukraine is in motion, deputy minister for tourism ...
Creating central space to help people of Ukraine
With 14,000 Ukrainian refugees having arrived in Cyprus since the start of the war, their compatriots living on the island have stepped up efforts to help by opening donation centres all ...
Supply chain impact from Ukraine war manageable says minister
Despite some expected price increases, Cyprus’ supply chain will not be significantly hit by the war in Ukraine, Deputy Minister of Shipping Vasilis Demetriades said on Friday.
Speaking from Paphos, ...
Second aid drive for Ukraine underway
The commissioner for the citizen Panayiotis Sentonas said on Wednesday a second campaign to collect humanitarian aid is underway across the island.
Collected goods are expected to be shipped to ...
Cypriot volunteer doctors start work on Ukraine border (video)
A volunteer group of Cypriot doctors and nurses arrived in the Romanian town of Siret, close to the border with Ukraine early Tuesday to provide medical assistance to refugees fleeing ...
Minister calls for mobile hospital units for Ukrainian refugees
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Tuesday proposed that the EU set up mobile hospital units to help the millions of Ukrainian refugees escaping Russia’s invasion of their country.
Speaking ...
Cypriot volunteer doctors ready to start work on Ukraine border
A volunteer group of Cypriot doctors and nurses arrived on the Romanian town of Radauti, close to the border with Ukraine early Tuesday to provide medical assistance to refugees fleeing ...
Tourism minister wants to extend domestic tourism scheme
Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios will submit a plan to extend the subsided holiday scheme aiming to boost local tourism during the next Council of Ministers on Wednesday.
Speaking ...
President takes part in EU Summit teleconference
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday expressed the solidarity of Cyprus with Ukraine and its people, as well as his support to the diplomatic efforts being made to end the Russian ...
Isolated Cyprus hit especially hard by crisis Kadis tells EU
Cyprus, due to its geographical location, is faced with increased difficulties in the supply of food and raw materials, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said during the EU agriculture and fisheries ...
Cyprus’ role in East Med gas supply currently stuck in politics
The past week has seen a great deal of chatter on the shifting energy map in light of the Ukraine crisis, potentially bringing the fractious eastern Mediterranean gas reserves – along ...
Our View: Time for Cyprus to be realistic about a role in energy supply
Russia’s war in Ukraine, now in its fourth week, appears to have boosted the importance of the Eastern Mediterranean’s natural gas deposits. The EU has resolved to end ...
Cyprus establishes 24-hour channel of communication with Ukraine embassy
Cypriot authorities have established a 24-hour channel of communication with the Ukrainian embassy in Nicosia to facilitate assistance to refugees from the war-torn country, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on ...