James Morphakis

The 70th Engineer Battalion was ordered not to lay mines at a key landing point on the northern coast of Cyprus shortly before the Turkish invasion in 1974, according to an ...

Greek defence minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday that the Cyprus problem remains an issue of “illegal military occupation” as Greece marked the 52nd anniversary of the second phase of ...

Three police officers have been suspended following a complaint that an individual was assaulted at a nightclub in Paphos, police said on Friday. The officers, aged 36, 43 and 44, were placed on ...

An independent criminal investigation has been opened into allegations made by Ioanna Fotiou, known publicly as Annie Alexui, against seven police officers. Fotiou said on Friday that she had been ...

A 36-year-old man was arrested in Nicosia on Friday over the alleged attempted murder of a 29-year-old woman. Police said the man was arrested at noon and is being investigated ...

Akel MP Argentoula Ioannou has called for state intervention over the reported living conditions of a grandmother and her grandson living in a container without water, electricity or a bed. ...

Kyrenia mayor Akis Violaris has called on the government to intervene over the planned Nexus electronic music festival at Kyrenia Castle, saying on Friday that the participation of European artists ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday accused Greece, Cyprus and Israel of forming a security alliance aimed at containing Turkey, as Ankara defended its own emerging defence cooperation with ...

Images showing rubbish and dirty water floating off the Limassol pier have prompted concern online, with a social media user claiming children were swimming and diving in the area. The ...

A 22-year-old woman was injured when the quad bike she was driving went through a guardrail and fell into the sea at Cape Greco on Thursday. The accident happened at ...

Environmental organisations expressed “strong disappointment and concern” over the termination of Antonia Theodosiou as environment commissioner, lamenting her departure as a loss of environmental expertise for Cyprus. In a joint ...

Migration Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides has accused unnamed circles of attempting to shift responsibility away from the government of former president Demetris Christofias for the 2011 Mari explosion. Writing on social ...

Akamas municipality is preparing to install an artificial reef off Coral Bay in an effort to reduce coastal erosion, with work on the €280,000 pilot project expected to begin following a ...

A second griffon vulture chick born in Cyprus this year has been fitted with a GPS tracker, allowing conservation teams to monitor its movements after it leaves its nest. The ...

The Iranian embassy in Cyprus on Wednesday commemorated the missile attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab, Iran, which killed 168 schoolchildren on February 28. The embassy said the commemoration, symbolically ...

Greek Cypriot author Alex Michaelides’ debut novel The Silent Patient has been ranked among the 50 best thrillers of the 21st century, according to a list published by The New York ...

Police have arrested a fourth suspect in connection with the arson attack on a betting agency in Limassol on June 1, with a 30-year-old man taken into custody in Nicosia on ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli has lashed out at the Republic over efforts to maintain an arrest warrant against him in connection with the 1996 killing of Tassos Isaac. ...

Cypriot journalist and filmmaker Kyri Evangelou has won a News & Documentary Emmy Award as producer and editor of The Guardian’s three-part series Along the Green Line, which follows ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou has denounced calls to close the crossing points, cautioning on Wednesday that such a move could create new political problems for the Republic and hand ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said on Wednesday that no Cyprus settlement could take effect without Turkey’s approval, whilst acknowledging that conditions were emerging for a renewed round of ...

The remains of a Jewish refugee killed at a British detention camp in Cyprus in 1948 have been identified in Israel after 78 years. Israeli authorities announced on Wednesday that the grave ...

Employees working in education ministry support programmes protested outside the ministry on Wednesday, calling for their full service to be recognised and for clearer arrangements over employment and pay. Representatives ...

The journalists’ union (ESK) broke its silence on Wednesday over the criminal cases involving journalist Makarios Drousiotis, cautioning that their handling could pose risks to freedom of expression. Drousiotis is ...