Politics notices and news from Cyprus.
Schoolchildren left their classes on Friday morning for the annual condemnation of Rauf Denktash’s unilateral declaration of independence (UDI), which set up the so-called ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.’ The actual declaration was made on November 15, 1983, when none of the underaged proteste
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EU leaders have agreed that Europe’s team for Ukraine peace talks will comprise five major military powers – non-member Britain plus France, Germany, Italy and Poland – and EU institutions, European Council President Antonio Costa said on Friday, after months of wavering over who will speak for the
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Ongoing investigations into fuel prices “to make sure there are no cartels” were scrutinised on Friday by the House finance committee, which discussed the €2.75 million budget proposed for the Commission for the Protection of Competitiveness. The finance committee also looked into the particularitie
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Students staged demonstrations in Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos on Friday to protest the anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence in the occupied north. The rallies took place two days before the November 15 anniversary of the proclamation of the self-declared ‘Turkish Republic of No
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President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said he is hoping for “more positive developments” to be achieved at his tripartite meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, which is expected to take place towards the end of this month. He sa
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The mayor of Dromolaxia-Meneou, Kypros Andronikou, appeared in court on Friday, accused of having presented his own personal views as those of the municipality as a whole. The complaint had been made by deputy mayor Yiannos Ioannou. Defence lawyer Yiannis Polychronis argued in court that the indictm
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Spending on armaments is set to more than double next year to €430 million, largely through the EU’s Safe defence financing programme. Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas told the House finance committee on Friday that the ministry’s total budget for 2027 would reach €894.7 million, an increase of €266.
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President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday refused to rule out the prospect of “malevolent actors” using artificial intelligence-based disinformation campaigns to sway voters at the next Cypriot presidential elections, which will take place in February 2028, as he arrived at the day’s informal Europe
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MPs from all parties on the House finance committee agreed on Friday that a new building for parliament is “urgently needed”, saying the current premises are outdated. The House’s deputy permanent secretary, Andreas Christodoulou, told the committee that “€200,000 was spent on repairs last year alon
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Cyprus and Liechtenstein have successfully completed a double tax treaty aimed at eliminating double taxation on income and preventing tax evasion, the Finance Ministry has announced. In a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), the ministry described the agreement as a milestone in stre
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