Tom Cleaver

Cyprus “cannot be blackmailed by anyone” over the construction of the Larnaca marina and port, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Questioned by journalists regarding the ongoing dispute between the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides had attempted to make “firefighting moves” to prevent a case being filed for the removal of Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides, he said on Tuesday. Speaking after a cabinet ...

A bicommunal event will be held to mark May 1, Labour Day, outside the Ledra Palace hotel in Nicosia’s buffer zone. The event has been organised by Cypriot trade unions ...

The prison guard who was arrested on suspicion of arson was remanded for eight days on Tuesday. The 47-year-old man was brought before the Nicosia district court and accused of ...

The police are set to ramp up their activities ahead of the coming Easter weekend, with a heightened presence on Cyprus’ roads. Between Thursday and Easter Monday, the police will ...

In today’s episode, the continuation of the provision of humanitarian aid to Gaza through the Amalthea plan is dependent on “favourable circumstances”. Meanwhile, the price of olive oil has ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday extolled the virtues of Cyprus’ migrant returns policy. Ioannou was speaking an inter-ministerial meeting regarding asylum and migration attended by the European Union’s 27 ...

The 82-year-old who was jailed for shooting a cable thief in March has been handed a presidential pardon and is a free man, presidential press officer Victor Papadopoulos said on ...

The family of Zehie Helin Reessur, who was murdered aged 16 in January last year, marked what would have been her 18th birthday on Monday. Reessur’s relatives and some of ...

Monday marks exactly 20 years since the European Union’s Green Line regulation, which regulates the movement of people and goods between Cyprus’ two sides, was adopted. The regulation was adopted ...

The finance ministry has “achieved all of its goals” since the current government came to power in February last year, Minister Makis Keravnos said on Monday. Evaluating the first year ...

All ten people who were arrested on Sunday after being involved in a scuffle with police during a protest in Limassol were released on Monday. The ten, six men and ...

A prison guard was arrested on Monday after allegedly having set fire to a car in the early hours of Monday morning. The fire had broken out at around 4.20am ...

State doctors’ union Pasyki expressed concerns on Monday regarding the finances of state health services organisation Okypy. They said that while the extension of government grants to cover Okypy’s ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli survived a challenge for the leadership of his party the YDP on Sunday night at the party’s conference. Arikli has led the ...

A total of 60 people were involved in a fight in Astromeritis on Sunday night. The fight began at around 9.30pm and two people were injured as a result, a spokesperson ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou travelled to Belgium on Monday to take part in a European Union inter-ministerial meeting regarding asylum and migration. All 27 ministers responsible for migration and asylum matters ...

Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides said on Saturday he will file an objection to a case brought to the Supreme Constitutional Court to have him removed from his role. He said he ...

The naming of the Paphos village of Kissonerga as the “Green capital of Cyprus” is “an honour for both Kissonerga and the entire Paphos district”, village mukhtar Giorgos Stylianou said ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is to visit Cyprus on the 20th anniversary of the country’s accession to the European Union. Her forthcoming visit was announced on ...

Cyprus’ accession to the European Union was “the culmination of a titanic effort” on the part of the Cypriot and Greek governments, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking at ...

Cyprus is a “reliable business centre”, Commerce Minister George Papanastasiou said on Saturday. Speaking at a business conference in New York, he said the island “has remained stable over the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides hailed a “mission resumed” in the Amalthea plan on Saturday following the setting sail of the aid ship the Jennifer for Gaza on Friday night. Speaking at ...

The third high criminal court in the Turkish city of Adiyaman on Friday evening ordered that a new report be written regarding the deaths of 35 Cypriots last year. A total ...