6+ hour, 8+ min ago   (441+ words) Bern, Switzerland. Carlos Cordeiro resigned with immediate effect over FIFA’s proposed $20-billion commercial subsidiary, calling it “a bad deal for football”. He said FIFA was “mortgaging football’s future without any compelling justification” and that he had not been involved in…...

1+ day, 3+ min ago   (417+ words) Nicosia, Cyprus. Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos held a telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday concerning the current crisis in the Persian Gulf. Kombos said diplomacy remained necessary for sustained de-escalation. In a post on X, Kombos…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (399+ words) Warsaw, Poland. An object that came down in eastern Poland overnight appears to have been a Russian missile, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday after authorities found a crater and scattered debris in a field near Tarnawa-Kolonia. Poland scrambled…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (438+ words) Tehran, Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has urged Bulgaria to reconsider its decision to permit the temporary deployment of US military aircraft at Bezmer air base, according to Iranian state media. In separate calls with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (356+ words) Nicosia, Cyprus. Cyprus’ pension reform bill is expected to enter its final drafting stage next week after Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas meets Finance Minister Makis Keravnos to resolve remaining financial issues. The government aims to complete the draft by the…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (236+ words) A Commission spokesperson told the Cyprus Mail that, because the acquis is suspended in Cyprus’ non-government-controlled areas, the General Data Protection Regulation does not apply there. The spokesperson said the European Union has clear data protection rules and that organisations…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (347+ words) Nicosia, Cyprus. European Commission executive vice president Raffaele Fitto will visit Cyprus on Thursday for the first time since his appointment as the European Union’s special representative for the Cyprus problem. He is scheduled to meet President Nikos Christodoulides and…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (419+ words) Nicosia, Cyprus. International engagement on the Cyprus problem has intensified, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday, as EU special envoy for Cyprus Raffaele Fitto is due to visit the island on Friday. Speaking at a reception for the Cypriot diaspora’s…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (416+ words) Nicosia, Cyprus. House President Annita Demetriou said on Wednesday that United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ intention to convene a new enlarged meeting keeps open the process and prospect of resuming substantive negotiations on the Cyprus problem. She said progress requires…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (330+ words) The Acropolis in Athens, Greece Nicosia, Cyprus. Greece’s foreign ministry welcomed United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ support for efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem following his visit to the island and a tripartite meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish…...