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 states for not spending enough on defence and implying that in the event of a peace settlement of the Russian-Ukraine war, Europe would have to […]

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Before Wednesday’s council of ministers’ meeting, President Nikos Christodoulides said the growth of the economy was creating new jobs and increased needs in the labour market in which the unemployment was at a 15-year low of five per cent. This was why he had decided to visit London in May to meet with Cypriots working […]

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Education Minister Athena Michaelidou has taken to social media to address growing concerns regarding a school programme, following recent reports about planned student visits to northern Cyprus. The controversy surrounds the inclusion of a student visit to the port of Kyrenia, organised by the historical dialogue and research association, within the framework of the Imagine […]

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Turkish media: Discontent over Cypriot Foreign Minister's visit to Syria  KNEWS - The English Edition of Kathimerini Cyprus

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A possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “will largely depend on whether we can make any progress on ending the war in Ukraine,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday. Rubio said he discussed such a meeting when he met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Saudi […]

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A tearful executive at the US Internal Revenue Service told staffers on Thursday that about 6,000 employees would be fired, a person familiar with the matter said, in a move that would eliminate roughly 6% of the agency’s workforce in the middle of the busy tax-filing season. The cuts are part of President Donald Trump’s […]

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Bumble’s shares fell 16 per cent on Wednesday after the dating app operator forecast first-quarter revenue below market estimates, as it continues to grapple with a slowdown in the growth of paying users. Shares of the Austin, Texas-based company have slumped about 40 per cent over the past 12 months. Bumble recently announced executive changes […]

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The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate confirmed Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, on Thursday, putting a Trump loyalist atop the nation’s most prominent law enforcement agency at a time of growing upheaval. Patel was confirmed by a 51-49 vote. Two moderate Republicans, Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, joined […]

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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he will travel to Washington to try to convince President Donald Trump that his interests were in line with European allies and that showing any weakness to Russia’s Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran. “Trump, I know him. I respect him and […]

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The United States’ envoy to the Middle East said on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza was not about evicting Palestinians, and the conversation about Gaza’s future was being shifted towards how to create a better future for Palestinians. Trump proposed on February 4 the U.S. should take over Gaza, with Palestinians resettled […]

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Europe should wake up and build its own defence policy following a dramatic shift by the United States over Ukraine and geopolitical developments in recent months, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said late on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump upended U.S. policy on the Ukraine war this week, denouncing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a […]

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The meeting took place with the participation of a total of 20 heads of state and government, the second summit on Ukraine, following the initiative of the French President.

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Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides is among the 20 world leaders participating in a critical summit to address the ongoing Ukrainian crisis. The virtual meeting, spearheaded by French President Emmanuel Macron, focuses on reinforcing European unity against Russia’s continued aggression. The summit, which includes prominent figures such as Romanian President Iohannis, Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, […]

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French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Washington next week, amid other meetings aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, U.S. national security advisor Mike Waltz said on Wednesday. Asked about the chances of reaching a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, Waltz told Fox News in an interview: “We’re engaging on all sides, […]

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Pope Francis is alert and cheerful as he battles double pneumonia in hospital, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday after paying a visit to the ailing leader of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church. The 88-year-old pope is undergoing treatment at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where he was admitted on Friday after struggling with breathing […]

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U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “a dictator without elections” and said he better move fast to secure a peace or he would have no country left. Trump spoke hours after Zelenskiy hit back at his suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion, saying the U.S. president was […]

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Deputy Minister for Shipping Marina Hadjimanolis, is set to visit Brussels to participate in the high-level roundtable, ‘Fisheries and Oceans Dialogues: Help Design the European Ocean Pact’. This follows an invitation from the EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, Costas Kadis. In preparation for Cyprus’ upcoming European Union Council presidency in early 2026, Hadjimanolis will […]

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Environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou will lead a group of 35 students on a tour of the abandoned village of Fasli in the Paphos district on Thursday and Friday as part of a project on town planning in environmentally sensitive areas. Theodosiou explained that development can refer not only to construction but also to improving people’s […]

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President Donald Trump’s administration targeted bank regulators, rocket scientists and tax enforcers for dismissal, as a federal judge gave the green light for its unprecedented remaking of the US civil service, at least for now. With Trump’s blessing and praise, tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has swept through federal agencies […]

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US President Donald Trump said he might meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this month and dismissed Ukraine’s concern about being left out of US-Russian talks in Saudi Arabia on ending the Ukraine war. “Probably,” Trump said as he ended a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach when asked if he still expected […]

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