Tom Cleaver

A sea turtle which died off the coast of Cyprus was found to have more than 500 grams of plastic in its digestive system. The turtle died after becoming entangled in ...

The north’s waterworks department announced a water shortage on Monday, caused by power cuts. They say that due to recent power cuts, water cannot be efficiently pumped around the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides told a meeting of heads of diplomatic missions on Monday that the European Union’s response to his proposal regarding the Cyprus problem has been “exceptionally positive”. ...

Two new fixed traffic cameras were switched on in Limassol on Monday morning, bringing the total number of fixed traffic cameras in the country to seven. The cameras have been ...

A Ukrainian woman who was jailed in March after wielding a knife at a pro-Russia gathering in Larnaca has been freed after successfully appealing her conviction. The 55-year-old was jailed ...

A hotel in Ayia Napa was evacuated on Monday morning after a chlorine leak occurred in its basement, the fire services said. The fire brigade responded to the incident alongside ...

A man died after jumping from a balcony on the eighth floor, following an explosion in his apartment in Famagusta in the early hours of Monday morning, police in the ...

The Independent trade unions federation (Poaso) has called on the government to implement a windfall tax on profits from renewable energy sources. They say that the proceeds from the tax ...

Education minister Athena Michaelidou held a reception on Friday for the highest achievers of this years Pancyprian examinations. Michaelidou said “it was an exceptionally important meeting for us, very pleasant, ...

A man has been arrested and remanded in custody for seven days in the north after police found drugs and related paraphernalia, which had been smuggled from the Republic, in ...

The north and Turkey signed an agreement on Thursday evening which allows citizens of the ‘TRNC’ access to Turkish consular assistance while in third countries. The agreement was signed in ...

Cyprus Airways, the island’s flag-carrier airline, unveiled its two new Airbus A220 aircraft at a ceremony at Larnaca airport on Friday. The A220 is the smallest aircraft in Airbus’...

The heat shelter in Nicosia will remain open for a second successive weekend. The shelter, which is located at the municipal multipurpose centre near the Famagusta Gate in the walled ...

Swathes of Nicosia woke up without electricity on Friday morning after power cuts hit the districts of Strovolos and Latsia. According to the Electricity authority (EAC), the morning’s first ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz committed a social media faux pas on Thursday when he accompanied a celebratory tweet regarding the anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus with a ...

Two firefighting aircraft departed Cyprus for Greece on Friday morning with the aim of helping to fight the country’s forest fires. The Air Tractor-type planes, which belong to the ...

The Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) is set to hold an event to celebrate International Moon Day on Friday. Visitors to the event will have the opportunity to see a ...

El-Sen, the north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek)’s employees’ trade union, claimed on Friday that workers tasked with fixing faults at the Teknecik power station were prevented from doing so ...

An autopsy on Friday confirmed that drowning was the cause of death of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead at the bottom of a pool at a villa in ...

Police have arrested a 27-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man on Thursday evening as part of an ongoing drugs case investigation. According to the police, a small amount of cannabis ...

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) that Cyprus is safer because it is a member of the European Union. “Since its accession to the ...

The first commercial flight to depart from the new runway and terminal at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport took off on Friday morning. The flight, operated by Pegasus Airlines, ...

A four-year-old girl who fell three and a half metres from a balcony in Paphos is in a serious condition and is being treated in hospital for a fractured skull. ...

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) announced on Thursday that nominations are now open for its Civil Society Award. The theme for this year’s award is “mental health”, ...