Cyprus
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The controversial system allowing foreigners to effectively buy EU citizenship has raised security concerns – but a legal opinion issued Friday may offer a reprieve. Malta’s controversial golden passport scheme, allowing foreigners to purchase EU citizenship in exchange for investing upwards of €690,000, could be offered a legal reprieve following an opinion produced for the…
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Joe Biden has made his final address to the UN General Assembly as president of the United States. The global media expected him to use his wide-ranging address to speak to the need to end the conflict in the Middle East. World at another ‘inflection point’, Biden says Joe Biden says many people will “see…
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The prime minister has told Britons in Lebanon to “leave immediately” as around 700 UK troops are deployed to Cyprus in case an emergency evacuation is needed. Sir Keir Starmer said “we are ramping up the contingency plans… in light of the escalation”, with fears growing of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah. “It is…
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Cyprus’ government decided on Wednesday to revoke the Cypriot passport of an internationally wanted fugitive, Jho Low. Low, granted Cypriot citizenship in 2015, is wanted in connection with money laundering involving 4.2 billion ringgit (about 900 million U.S. dollars) from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund. He was not wanted at the time he applied for citizenship.…
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Aid for Gaza is being loaded onto a ship in Cyprus and will be delivered using a US pier. Containers are being stacked on the US flagged Sagamore, which is docked at the port of Larnaca, and some containers to the ship are labelled as aid from the United Arab Emirates. “We are completing the…
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the assault against United Nations peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) by Turkish Cypriot security personnel. Guterres said threats to the safety of UN peacekeepers and damage to UN property are “unacceptable and may constitute serious crimes under international law.” Urging the Turkish…
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A new movie which is sheds light on the early life of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will go live on 3 March, 2017. https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/104788/75/1047887542.jpg Following in the footsteps of former US President Lincoln, India’s Mahatma Gandhi, UK’s King George VI and many other public servants in the world’s history, Erdogan hopes this movie will familiarize…
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Thank goodness that a long six-hour hijack drama of EgyptAir’s Airbus-320 ended well. It’s been confirmed that shortly before 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), the hijacker surrendered himself to the authorities though he had warned the security personnel to steer clear of the plane or risk a disastrous explosion. The surrender was televised live…
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