42 h. ago Cyprus Parliament approves bill to align with Schengen VIS system

Cyprus Parliament approves bill to align with Schengen VIS system  Kathimerini.com.cy

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9 d. ago Cyprus Business Now: real estate, new insurance firms, FDI, staff shortages

Cyprus has formally approved the creation of a national mechanism for the control of foreign direct investments (FDI), following a cabinet decision on Wednesday. The move aims to strengthen the country’s protective framework, align with European Union standards on national security and transparency, and safeguard strategic infrastructure. President Nikos Christodoulides had earlier described the initiative […]

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2 w. ago Cyprus Approves €50,000 Emergency Aid for Damascus Church Attack Victims

Cyprus Approves €50,000 Emergency Aid for Damascus Church Attack Victims  Greek City Times

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2 w. ago Cyprus approves €50,000 emergency aid for victims of Damascus church attack

The council of ministers has approved an emergency grant of €50,000 to help the families affected by the June 22 terrorist attack at Mar Elias church in Damascus. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the ministry of foreign affairs said the aid will be channelled through the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch. The money will […]

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2 w. ago Government approves €2.5m scheme to support electric vehicle uptake

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a new €2.5 million scheme to promote the adoption of electric vehicles in Cyprus, according to Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades. He said the plan aims to strengthen the market for electric and hybrid vehicles through government funding, adding that electric mobility is a key priority for Cyprus and essential to […]

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2 w. ago 7,000 Israelis Stranded in Cyprus, Chabad Emergency Response

7,000 Israelis Stranded in Cyprus, Chabad Emergency Response  COLlive

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2 w. ago Iranian parliament committee approves general plan to suspend cooperation with IAEA, news agency reports

The national security committee of Iran’s parliament approved the general outline of a bill meant to fully suspend Tehran’s cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on, citing committee spokesperson Ebrahim Rezaei. Rezaei said that according to the bill, installing surveillance cameras, allowing inspections, and submitting reports to the IAEA would […]

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2 w. ago Christodoulides condemns ‘heinous’ Damascus church suicide bombing

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday night condemned a “heinous” suicide bombing which occurred at the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox church in the Syrian capital of Damascus. “I express my profound shock and unequivocal condemnation of the heinous terrorist attack on the holy church of Mar Elias in Damascus,” he wrote in a post on social […]

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2 w. ago Cyprus approves electricity grid storage projects to boost energy reliability

Cyprus approves electricity grid storage projects to boost energy reliability  Kathimerini.com.cy

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3 w. ago ‘Strategic asset for energy security’: Cyprus regulator approves TSO

‘Strategic asset for energy security’: Cyprus regulator approves TSO-owned battery storage  Energy-Storage.News

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3 w. ago Petrolina progresses ExxonMobil Cyprus deal, awaits competition approval

Petrolina (Holdings) Public Limited this week approved a final dividend of 2 cents per share at its 25th annual general meeting of shareholders. The decision came as the company reported a significant improvement in its financial results for 2024, reflecting stronger profitability and sustained growth. During the meeting, the company presented in detail its audited […]

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3 w. ago Greek parliament approves probe of former transport minister over deadly train crash

Greek lawmakers voted on Thursday to set up a committee to conduct a preliminary investigation into a former transport minister who oversaw the railways prior to the country’s worst-ever train crash in 2023. Kostas Karamanlis will be the second senior official of the conservative government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis to face investigation over the disaster, which […]

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3 w. ago Trump media’s Bitcoin filing approved — Here’s why Mutuum Finance (MUTM) is on the radar

On Friday, June 13, 2025, the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) announced that it had gotten SEC approval for a registration tied to a $2.3 billion Bitcoin (BTC) treasury deal. According to the SEC filing, as part of the BTC treasury plan, TMTG will resell around 56 million shares, and 29 million more tied […]

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3 w. ago Warner Bros Discovery bondholders approve plan to split the company

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) bondholders overwhelmingly approved a plan to split the corporation and put in place a new capital structure related to the deal, the company said Monday. Bondholders voted to remove restrictions that could have prevented the company from carrying out its plan to cleave itself into two publicly traded entertainment companies, separating […]

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last month Our View: Politicians cooperating with the EAC unions that protect EAC’s monopoly

Disy deputy Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis was perfectly justified to censure President Nicos Christodoulides for his “highly unlawful” intervention in the setting of the electricity authority’s new tariff. The tariff increase of 7.5 per cent, which was requested by the EAC and is linked to the authority’s 10-year development programme, had been approved by the Cyprus Energy […]

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