Signals

The geopolitical contest for strategic primacy across the Levantine Basin has now converged upon the seabed, centred on the execution of the Great Sea Interconnector. Conceived as a 1,208-kilometre high-voltage direct current subsea power transmission cable linking the electricity grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece via Crete, the project is framed by Brussels as an […]

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin will travel to both Brussels and Ankara ahead of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ visit to the island next week. Holguin will meet the European Commission’s newly appointed Cyprus problem envoy Raffaele Fitto in Brussels on Wednesday afternoon, with it having earlier been reported that she […]

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will raise the issue of the agreement signed by Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot authorities which foresees the construction of a natural gas pipeline between Turkey and Cyprus at Monday’s meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels, his ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said that Kombos will “denounce Turkey […]

Brussels is the next stop for UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin, who is still working on the instructions of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to hold a new series of contacts with the aim of convening a new expanded conference on the Cyprus problem. On Monday, Holguin was due to meet President of the […]

Cyprus banking representatives recently visited European regulators in Brussels declaring that the island’s banks are “stronger than ever” citing impressive levels of key indicators on financial stability and profitability. And the governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Christos Patsalides has stated that Cyprus banks are performing well by highlighting frequently the resilience and prudent […]

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting June 15: Brussels hosted the European Innovation Council Summit 2026 this month, where Laurence Petit, Director of Innovation at France’s CEA, shared insights on how Europe can transform scientific excellence into successful deep-tech companies. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail on the sidelines of the event, […]

The European Commission is set to soon announce the EU’s new envoy for the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. He was speaking to journalists on arrival at the summit of EU leaders taking place in Brussels. The two-day European Council concludes on Friday.

The EU’s Competitiveness Council this week adopted conclusions on sustainable and competitive tourism, in what Deputy Tourism Minister Kostas Koumis described as a key achievement of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU. The conclusions, titled ‘Building a sustainable and competitive tourism for the future’, were approved in Brussels under Koumis’ chairmanship and […]