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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Kyriacos Iacovides |Elias Hazou |Charalambos Stylianou
Further installations of smart meters will be carried out in Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, Paralimni in Paphos as of Tuesday, the Cyprus Electricity Authority (EAC) announced.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Kyriacos Iacovides |Elias Hazou |Charalambos Stylianou
The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, has warned of “uncalculated and reckless steps” that could spill out beyond the borders of Iran and Israel, according to a statement by the foreign ministry on Tuesday. UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian discussed in a phone call the Israeli strikes on Iran, the Emirati state news agency WAM reported later in the day.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Kyriacos Iacovides |Elias Hazou |Charalambos Stylianou
Wall Street opened slightly lower while oil and gold rose as Tuesday marked the fifth day of fighting between Israel and Iran, with the risk of a widening conflict dampening risk appetite in a week also packed with key central bank decisions. US President Donald Trump urged everyone to evacuate Tehran, cut short his visit to the Group of Seven summit in Canada, and said he wanted a “real end” to the nuclear dispute.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Kyriacos Iacovides |Elias Hazou |Charalambos Stylianou
Foreign Ministry urges vigilance for Cypriots in the Middle EastDue to ongoing instability in the wider Middle East, the Foreign Ministry has advised Cypriot citizens in the region to remain alert, follow developments via international and local media, and take maximum safety precautions.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Kyriacos Iacovides |Elias Hazou |Charalambos Stylianou
The European Union has imposed a € 392.2 million fine on Greece over a major scandal involving the mismanagement of agricultural subsidies by a government agency between 2016 and 2022. The bloc’s Executive Commission decided to reduce the subsidies Greece will receive in the next years by 5 per cent, it said on Friday, reflecting the view that there has been no proper supervision and operation of the subsidy management model for years.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Kyriacos Iacovides |Elias Hazou |Charalambos Stylianou
The House labour committee on Tuesday concluded its discussions on hospitality sector regulations, which will now be forwarded to the House plenary. “The discussion was completed today and the regulations for hotel employees, which ensure, at a minimum, benefits for employees in the hotel Industry, are being brought to the plenary session,” committee chairman and Akel MP Andreas Kafkalias said.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Kyriacos Iacovides |Elias Hazou |Charalambos Stylianou
A celebration of books and culture is coming to the village of Askas as En Typois Publications and the village’s community council co-host a regional book exhibition at the Polydynamo Centre, located in the village’s primary school. Taking place on Saturday and Sunday from 10.30am to 8pm, the event is part of a wider effort by En Typois to bring books closer to communities in rural areas.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Kyriacos Iacovides |Elias Hazou |Charalambos Stylianou
The defence in the ‘golden passports’ trial pushed hard on Tuesday to establish the impression that the cabinet, when approving applications for naturalisation of foreign investors, had essentially become a law unto itself. On trial at Nicosia criminal court are former House president Demetris Syllouris and former Akel MP Christakis Giovani.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Kyriacos Iacovides |Elias Hazou |Charalambos Stylianou
The foreign ministry on Tuesday expressed “strong condemnation and rejection” of Turkey’s newly released maritime spatial planning map including areas of the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). “This is yet another confirmation of Ankara’s blatantly provocative and repeatedly unlawful behaviour, which chooses to continue to rapidly distance itself from international law,” the ministry said.
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1 week ago | 
cyprus-mail.com | Theo Panayides |Kyriacos Iacovides |Elias Hazou |Charalambos Stylianou
Federal Reserve policymakers will begin a two-day meeting on Tuesday with escalating tensions in the Middle East risking a new commodity price shock and fresh US data expected to show a drop in retail sales and sluggish factory output in May.
