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While China is engaged in military exercises around Taiwan, Beijing is leaving the trade relationship largely undisturbed for the time being.

Turkey will resume natural gas exploration in the Mediterranean on August 9. Ankara announced it. The demarche could put pressure on relations with Greece and Cyprus again.

While the whole of Europe is desperate for gas, under the seabed of Cyprus there are giant gas fields that have not yet been tapped. On the island, conflicts are the norm. Can Gas dollars play a role in reconciliation? And can the gas help the European Union out of the emergency?

Greece on Thursday opposed the European Commission’s proposal to reduce natural gas consumption in the European Union by 15 percent in response to the cut in Russian gas supplies.

The Northern Irish Order of Orange wants to keep the Protestant faith pure and let Northern Ireland be a full part of the United Kingdom. No easy task: Protestants are losing political influence and Brexit raises additional obstacles.

The list of non-cooperative jurisdictions does not apply to EU member states, including Cyprus. Member states are already meeting the tax requirements now that the various BEPS measures have been introduced in the EU through several directives. This is what state secretary Van Rij of Finance writes in the note following the report on the approval act of the tax treaty with Cyprus.

Prince Edward and his wife Sophie met with the president of Cyprus on Tuesday. The Wessexes were received at the presidential palace by Nikos Anastasiadis and his wife Andri Anastasiades.

Cyprus is an attractive place for many Russians. They invest their money in luxurious apartments, or celebrate an expensive holiday there. But since the outbreak of war, life has changed.