Tom Cleaver

The Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition was largely silent on Friday over a bill which was put forward to and eventually rejected by the Turkish parliament late on Thursday night, demanding ...

A new northern bypass road will be built around Limassol, as part of a wider effort to ease congestion in Cyprus’ second city, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced on Friday. ...

Non-governmental organisation Kisa on Friday expressed fury after the social welfare services department “abruptly terminated the accommodation and food support” it had provided to 23 Indian nationals, who, it said, are ...

A man died on Friday after a 2,500-tonne grain silo collapsed in the Karpas peninsula village of Koma tou Yialou. The man, named as 46-year-old Lokman Hacihasanoglu, was initially rescued ...

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin on Friday met Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara, as she completed her latest round of contacts ahead of ...

The Paphos municipality and the town’s police are to boost their efforts to rid the town of the illegal use of electric scooters and other electric personal mobility devices, ...

British Cypriot member of parliament Nesil Caliskan on Thursday confirmed that she has left her position as parliamentary undersecretary of state for devolution, local growth, and communities, three days after ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos has said that he is “delighted” that United States President Donald Trump has taken an interest in energy production in the region around Cyprus. “I believe ...

A total of 146 animals died after a fire broke out on a farm near the Kyrenia district village of Koutsoventis, the Turkish Cypriot police said. The fire reportedly broke out ...

Two people have been arrested in Paphos on suspicion of stealing more than 150 kilograms worth of electricity cables from the electricity authority (EAC), the police said on Thursday. According to ...

A 33-year-old man from Paphos has been arrested on suspicion of arson, in connection with the case of a fire which broke out in a parked lorry during the early ...

Two people were injured after a motorcycle collided with a tree in the Paphos district, the police said on Thursday. According to the police, the incident occurred on Wednesday, with ...

An orange weather warning was issued for extreme high temperatures on Thursday, with the mercury set to rise to a whopping 44 degrees Celsius. The warning will be in force between 12...

A man has been arrested in Lebanon after having reportedly offered “sensitive security information” to the Israeli embassy in Nicosia, according to reports on Wednesday. Lebanese news website Lebanon Debate ...

The government on Wednesday approved the allocation of €1.65 million worth of funding for pig farmers whose animals were culled in response to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease earlier ...

The Turkish government on Wednesday issued a navtex informing nearby ships that it intends to commence seismic surveys for the construction of a natural gas pipeline between Turkey and Cyprus. ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Tuesday met Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Kemal Bozay in Nicosia, with the former having been something of an outlier in refusing to offer ...

The search for a solution to the Cyprus problem is not served by “policies of isolation or wise words”, House President Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday, with efforts both in ...

British Cypriot member of parliament Nesil Caliskan has been moved to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s new “No 10 North” as part of his new initiatives to move government offices from ...

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin will travel to both Brussels and Ankara ahead of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ visit to the island next week. Holguin ...

The father of a three-year-old boy who fell to his death from a fourth-floor window of a hotel in Chlorakas, Paphos was on Tuesday charged with causing death by recklessness ...

Former justice minister Nicos Papaioannou died on Tuesday at the age of 79. Born in Larnaca in 1947, he served on the ports authority’s board of directors between 1982 and 1988, before being ...

Moroccan nationals who studied at universities in northern Cyprus have announced their intention to hold a sit-in protest outside the education ministry in Rabat, with the country continuing to refuse ...

Former Diko MP Nikos Kleanthous died on Tuesday at the age of 78. Born in Larnaca in 1948, he was one of Diko’s founding members in 1976 and was later appointed by ...