Commissioner Kyriakides rules out second EU term
European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides has confirmed she won’t run again for the top health job in the next term and intends to return to Cyprus. Kyriakides was one of the names being...
View ArticleGermany isolated as EU countries tilt toward duties on Chinese EVs
BRUSSELS — European capitals are broadly supportive of the European Commission’s plan to impose import duties on made-in-China electric vehicles, according to the results of a non-binding vote. The...
View ArticleErdoğan dashes hopes for resumption of Cyprus talks on invasion’s 50th...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dashed hopes on Saturday for a resumption of talks on ethnically divided Cyprus, at the anniversary marking 50 years since the Turkish invasion. Erdoğan...
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Cyprus eyes chance to run EU Mediterranean policy
ATHENS — Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides is interested in gaining control over a new role in the European Commission running EU policy on the Mediterranean. Cyprus has a lot to offer on...
View Article‘Leave now,’ UK tells British nationals in Lebanon
The British government on Saturday urged U.K. nationals in Lebanon to leave the country immediately amid growing fears of a regional war after the killing of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders this week,...
View ArticleTurkish Cypriot leader says no reason for UN-led Cyprus talks
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Sunday there is no reason to restart United Nations-led talks on the strained issue of a federal unification of the island. Tatar denied having received an...
View ArticleCypriot firm accused of profiting from EU potash sanctions against Belarus
Belarusian journalists have found that a Cypriot company linked with a former top aide to Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is profiting through inflated contracts related to new export routes of...
View ArticleCyprus nominates Costas Kadis as EU commissioner
Cyprus has nominated Costas Kadis as its next European commissioner, a government spokesperson announced Monday. “Dr. Kadis’s experience from the various institutional positions he served in the...
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Von der Leyen’s new Commission: The 22 names we know so far
The deadline for putting forward names for the next European Commission is the end of August. With that date approaching fast, and now that Ursula von der Leyen is back from her summer holiday in...
View ArticleFurther rate cuts likely but beware of geopolitics, Cypriot bank chief says
The new governor of Cyprus’ central bank sees few obstacles to further rate reductions this year — as long as geopolitics don’t get in the way. “The inflation rate has been declining so monetary...
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The front-runners for the best jobs in von der Leyen’s next Commission
BRUSSELS — In the scramble for the most wanted portfolios in the next European Commission, only a few countries can win the biggest prizes. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is due to...
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The great EU Commission puzzle: Who we think will get each portfolio
BRUSSELS — It’s the hottest game in town. Ahead of Ursula von der Leyen handing out the key jobs in her next European Commission, Brussels is rife with speculation about who will get what role....
View ArticleUrsula von der Leyen unveils her new European commissioners
Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled her top team at the European Commission. Stay with POLITICO for reaction to her big announcement.
View ArticleUrsula von der Leyen’s new European Commission
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday handed out the top jobs on her team. There are now only two layers of command: executive vice presidents and commissioners. The previous...
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Meet the commissioners: Class of 2024
Meet the commissioners: Class of 2024 Everything you need to know about Ursula von der Leyen’s team for her second term. By POLITICO Illustration by Dato Parulava/POLITICO Here’s POLITICO’s guide to...
View ArticleWho works for whom in the new EU power structure
As European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her new team Tuesday, she was careful to stress that every one of her 26 new commissioners was “equal” with “an equal responsibility to...
View ArticleEmmanuel Macron’s lonely battle to defend the EU-Canada trade deal
OTTAWA — French President Emmanuel Macron’s latest visit to Canada might give him a first taste of his new normal. During his trip to Montreal and Ottawa on the heels of the United Nations General...
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Costas Kadis: A bookish technocrat to handle oceans and fisheries
BRUSSELS — In naming Cypriot Costas Kadis commissioner for oceans and fisheries, Ursula von der Leyen has put a technocrat used to straddling the middle ground in charge of a fiercely contested,...
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Waste scandal haunts Cyprus’ EU pick as he heads to Brussels
BRUSSELS — On Feb. 5, 2023, about a month before Costas Kadis was replaced as Cypriot environment minister, a report landed on his desk. It said that the government was responsible for years of...
View ArticleHow a law on truck movements divided the EU
BRUSSELS — A law setting rules on how truckers operate set off an east-west battle between European Union member countries and laid bare a profound conflict at the heart of the bloc’s internal market....
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Scholz forces German ‘no’ vote in Chinese EV duty saga
BERLIN — Germany will oppose EU duties on Chinese electric vehicles in a bloc-wide vote on Friday after Chancellor Olaf Scholz managed to strong-arm his Green coalition partners into doing his...
View ArticleEU’s top court scraps controversial truck return obligation
The EU’s highest court threw out on Friday a controversial measure mandating that trucks have to return to their registered base every eight weeks, bringing an exceptionally bitter feud at the heart...
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Inside the UK’s dirtiest (and dumbest) political battle in years
LONDON — No one predicted the race for the United Kingdom Conservative Party leadership would go quite like this. And, as so often has been the case in recent years, Boris Johnson had a hand in it....
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Moldova faces ‘existential’ EU vote in face of Russian interference
More than a million Moldovans will cast ballots on whether to join the EU on Sunday in a referendum that could pave the way to becoming a member of the bloc — or see the Eastern European nation pulled...
View ArticleBrussels ducks responsibility for Cyprus waste scandal
When it comes to the misuse of EU funds, Brussels isn’t sure who’s in charge. That’s what waste contractor Medcon & DB Technologies J.V. discovered when it tried to find out which part of the...
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Horrific rape case pushes France to change the crime’s definition
PARIS — French Senator Mélanie Vogel first proposed changing the legal definition of rape nearly a year ago. But it took a gruesome crime that deeply unsettled French society to get the ball rolling...
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How Brexit helped Britain lose the Chagos Islands
LONDON — It was not the happy anniversary Brexiteers had hoped for. On June 22, 2017, almost a year to the day after Britain voted to leave the European Union, representatives from 193 nations filed...
View ArticleCyprus’ commissioner hearing: Costas Kadis on fisheries and oceans — live...
Costas Kadis has a delicate task: protect the health of Europe’s ocean life, while also serving the needs of the fishing industry. Often these two interests are diametrically opposed. A biologist by...
View ArticleEU prosecutors target Camorra, Cosa Nostra in half-billion-euro fraud probe
BRUSSELS — EU prosecutors announced Thursday they are probing a €520 million VAT fraud involving “several” mafia groups. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) revealed the investigation —...
View ArticleEU going too fast on climate, Cyprus president says
Europe may have set the bar too high on its climate goals without focusing enough on economic competitiveness, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said after attending the COP29 global climate...
View ArticleShark lobby slams China, Japan for vetoing US-led move to ban ‘finning’
China and Japan blocked a United States-led bid to strengthen a ban on shark finning in the Atlantic Ocean, infuriating conservationists. The U.S., Belize and Brazil presented a proposal to strengthen...
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