Tom Cleaver

Exactly 30 years ago on Monday, on July 6, 1996, Turkish Cypriot journalist Kutlu Adali was machine gunned to death outside his home in Nicosia, the first in what was arguably Cyprus’ most ...

After almost a decade of dormancy, the Cyprus problem may be beginning to stir. Tuesday will mark the ninth anniversary of the collapse of negotiations in the Swiss ski resort ...

European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna on Thursday spoke of the “particular joy” Cyprus takes in being succeeded by Ireland as the holder of the Council of the European Union’...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades promised that every single school bus in the country will undergo a safety inspection before the beginning of the next school year in September, as he ...

While featuring as a pundit during televised coverage of Wednesday evening’s World Cup last 32 tie between DR Congo and England, President Nikos Christodoulides suggested that Cyprus could one day ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday stressed his support for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ efforts to bring about a resumption of negotiations in earnest on the Cyprus problem, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ decision to postpone this week’s cabinet meeting by a day so as to hold a meeting with Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos on Wednesday “should not cause ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday said that only Turkey must demonstrate that it intends to be constructive with regard to the next steps to be taken on the Cyprus ...

The government on Thursday named the team of five criminal investigators it is to appoint to examine the findings reached by the anti-corruption authority during its own probe into the ...

The first test flight at the renovated helipad at the presidential palace was conducted on Thursday morning. A police helicopter landed at and took off from the helipad, conducting a ...

Energy expert Dr Charles Ellinas on Wednesday warned that the Cypriot government is likely offering “continuous concessions” to multinational energy corporations so as to persuade them to drill for natural ...

The government on Wednesday announced the launch of a new online platform through which people are able to discover state benefits and allowances for which they may be eligible. The ...

Israeli media on Wednesday reported that decisions have been taken by the Gaza Board of Peace, suggesting that a meeting, possibly in Cyprus, did take place, although no official has ...

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin on Wednesday called on Cypriots to “seize this historic opportunity to negotiate a lasting solution”, as she evaluated her latest ...

A letter sent by Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos to President Nikos Christodoulides demanding a meeting over the prospect of a forthcoming cabinet reshuffle was the reason behind the government’s ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and three members of the European Union’s college of commissioners late on Tuesday night offered their joint support for the “new initiative” being undertaken ...

A 58-year-old man is in a critical condition at the Nicosia district hospital after being run over while walking on a road in the Troodos mountain village of Orounda, the ...

Wednesday’s weather is expected to be sunny across the island, with temperatures set to rise to a high of 39 degrees Celsius inland, 29 degrees Celsius on the west coast, 33 degrees ...

Last year saw an increase in Green Line crossings by Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots, non-Cypriot European Union citizens, and third country nationals, the European Commission said on Tuesday in its ...

The Cyprus problem has been solved, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said on Tuesday, as he welcomed a delegation of academics and “opinion leaders” to his office. The ...

The apartment block in Limassol where two balconies collapsed and fell onto a parked car on the street below had not been classified as dangerous, but had been highlighted by ...

Negotiations between the Cypriot and Israeli government over the rights to natural gas under the seabed in the eastern Mediterranean have reached a “very advanced stage”, Energy Minister Michael Damianos ...

Two gas fields located in Cyprus exclusive economic zone (EEZ) were on Tuesday declared “marketable” by multinational energy corporations ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy. Both fields, the ‘Pegasus’ field and the ‘Glaucus’ ...

A total of three pelican crossings have been installed on Greece avenue in the Larnaca suburb of Aradippou, the Aradippou municipality said on Tuesday. The crossings are located where Greece ...