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Christodoulides praises the ‘more than 10,000 Austrians’ who served in Unficyp

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday praised the “more than 10,000 Austrians” who have served in the United Nations’ peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) since its creation in 1964.He was ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN3d

President signs laws abolishing multiple pensions

President Nikos Christodoulides has signed the laws abolishing multiple pensions for any state officials to be appointed or elected after 2026, rather than referring them to the Supreme Court.The move ...
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Our View: Christodoulides’ pension gesture exposes a broken system

President Nikos Christodoulides finally decided that the €730 a month (presumably after tax, as the pension was reportedly €1100) he was collecting as a state pension, for his 18 years work at the ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN6d

President donates his pension to charity

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday announced that he will be giving away his state pension to charity – while at the same time asserting that he is averse to going public with such actions.In a ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN3d

Austrian Chancellor Stocker arrives in Cyprus

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday evening welcomed at the presidential palace Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker.The president hosted a private dinner for the visiting Austrian leader.In ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN3d

Austrian Chancellor Stocker in Cyprus for ‘extensive talks’

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker arrives in Cyprus on Thursday for “extensive talks” with President Nikos Christodoulides.Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday that ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN1d

No date set but negotiators’ meeting likely in first week of September

While no date has yet been set, it is likely that a meeting between Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s special representative Gunes Onar and Greek Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN2d

‘Every corner of this island will be Europe’

Every corner of Cyprus “will be Europe”, opposition candidate at October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election Tufan Erhurman said at a campaign rally at Kyrenia port on Thursday night.“I swear and I ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN6d

Cabinet reshuffle ‘a constitutional right’, Letymbiotis says

A cabinet reshuffle is “a constitutional right held by the president of the Republic”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday amid ongoing rumours that President Nikos ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN6d

Fire situation in Europe must be faced as ‘collective challenge’

The fire situation in Cyprus will get worse and worse so we need to be ready, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday receiving the team of American wildfire experts from the ATF to the ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN5d

Ierokipia mayor hails Christodoulides’ pension donation

Ierokipia mayor Nikos Palios on Tuesday hailed President Nikos Christodoulides’ decision to donate his state pension to charity, with one of the chosen charities falling within his municipal ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN5d

Christodoulides tells EU leaders Ukraine’s territorial integrity must be respected

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday stressed “the need for full respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine” during video calls with European leaders held in ...