Tom Cleaver

It is “incomprehensible” that Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou remains in post, Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Thursday, a day after Disy leader and House President Annita Demetriou joined his ...

The budget for student grants is to rise to €62 million, government spokesman Konstatinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday, with a bill to expand the budget to he “immediately” sent to parliament. ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday pointed the finger at international media for its “exaggeration” in its reporting regarding the situation in Cyprus after the island was hit by an ...

Plans to build a theology college in Famagusta were on Thursday ruled legal by the Turkish Cypriot supreme court, after having been referred to the judiciary by Turkish Cypriot leader ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Thursday announced that the use of personal drones has been banned until further notice in the region surrounding Ercan (Tymbou) airport, following the deployment of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will hold a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres next week, with that meeting most likely set to take place on the sidelines of next week’...

A total of nine financial statements concerning the activities of state organisations in the 1990s remain pending for audit, the audit office said on Thursday in a report decrying delays ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou over the ongoing outbreak of foot and mouth disease, which has centred on the Larnaca district ...

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday explained the perceived delays to his country’s deployment of the HMS Dragon Type 45 destroyer warship to Cyprus in the aftermath of ...

Almost 200 sites which were listed by the civil defence as evacuation shelters are unsuitable for use or no longer exist, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday. He said that ...

Cyprus is to create its own national cancer institute, President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Wednesday, with cabinet approving a bill for its creation. “This was something I had promised during ...

War “has already touched on European soil”, Dutch member of the European Parliament Jeroen Lenaers warned on Wednesday, as lawmakers discussed the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the ...

A woman was found dead on a footpath in Limassol on Wednesday, the police confirmed. A police spokesperson told the Cyprus Mail that the woman was found in the east ...

A total of 38 incidences of foot and mouth disease have been detected since the start of the outbreak of the disease in Larnaca last month, veterinary services department spokeswoman Sotiria ...

Livestock farmers in the Larnaca district on Wednesday staged a protest against the ongoing culling of animals in the aftermath of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the ...

The Turkish government is planning to deploy surface-to-air missiles to Cyprus, with the conflict in the Middle East ongoing, according to reports on Wednesday. Turkish newspaper Sabah reported that Turkish-made ...

Cabinet on Wednesday was to issue a decision regarding the expropriation of land for the planned new hospital in Polis Chrysochous, President Nikos Christodoulides said. “It is important that we ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved plans to create a national civil protection mechanism, which will be directed by a civil protection coordinator. President Nikos Christodoulides announced the approval of the plans ...

Cypriot member of the European Parliament Costas Mavrides, of Diko, late on Tuesday night called for the permanent stationing of European Union military force in Cyprus. “The last few years, ...

The Netherlands “stands with Cyprus”, the country’s Prime Minister Rob Jetten said late on Tuesday night, following the announcement of his country’s intention to deploy a frigate to ...

Violence committed against nurses and other medical staff at hospitals is a growing issue, trade union Pasydy’s nurses’ branch leader Prodromos Argyrides said on Wednesday, saying that nurses “do ...

A total of 36 commercial flights in and out of Cyprus were cancelled on Wednesday, with the war in the Middle East continuing to disrupt regional airspace. All but four of ...

Wednesday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across most of the island, though heightened levels of dust are expected in the atmosphere. Temperatures are expected to rise to 20 ...

European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna on Tuesday said that “we must cut red tape” in her address to the European Parliament as it debated plans to reform the single ...