Tom Cleaver

The European Commission on Wednesday announced the launch of a new programme aimed at supporting Turkish Cypriot businesses. The project will allow Turkish Cypriot small and medium-sized businesses and startups ...

Cypriot MPs voted “no” as the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Pace) recommended that Kosovo’s application to join the Council of Europe be accepted on Tuesday night. ...

Cypriot driver Vladimiros Tziortzis had a disastrous start to the EuroNascar season last weekend. At the season opener in Valencia, Tziortzis started in 10th place for Saturday’s race, but ...

The government “does not wish to solve the problem” of multiple pensions being paid to government officials, the audit service said on Wednesday. In an eight-point statement on the matter, ...

More people from Russia visit the north than from any other third country outside of Turkey, the north’s ‘tourism minister’ Fikri Ataoglu said on Tuesday. Speaking in ‘parliament’, he ...

In today’s episode, experts sounded the alarm over the government’s decision to suspend asylum applications for Syrian nationals. Meanwhile, two port police boats have been sent from Cyprus ...

The legality or otherwise of deputy ministries may be taken to court, with lawyer Christos Clerides announcing on Tuesday his intention to bring the matter before the judiciary. In a ...

A 25-year-old man from Paphos was handed a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday after having carried out two armed robberies at the same kiosk. The man committed the two robberies, ...

Police in the north announced on Tuesday the arrest of two men who had embezzled over $100,000 from a casino in Kyrenia at which they were working. The pair, aged 46 and 36, ...

Police in Famagusta arrested two people who were killing lambs near the Famagusta lake on Monday night. The pair, aged 35 and 29, were killing lambs outside a slaughterhouse in the area, ...

The Audit service on Tuesday raised concerns regarding deferments granted to young men who would otherwise have been conscripted into the National guard. In a report on the matter, it ...

Rural areas across Cyprus are to receive “ultra-high-speed” fibreoptic internet networks, Digital Policy Deputy Minister Nikodemos Damianou said on Tuesday. Speaking at the launch of a €35 million government project to ...

Over 25,000 people have registered to vote in Cyprus for the first time ahead of June’s elections, Elections Service head Menelaos Vasiliou said on Monday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

A 42-year-old prison guard was handed a six-day remand on Tuesday after being arrested when drugs were found in his locker at the central prison. A total of 120 grams of ...

The international community must respond “in the spirit of solidarity” following the launch of more than 300 drones and missiles from Iran at Israel, House president Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday. ...

More than 3,500 objections have been submitted regarding the registration of voters for this June’s local elections. The objections pertain to voters registering themselves at new addresses, or registering to ...

A 32-year-old woman was arrested in Paphos on Monday evening after being found to be found to be in possession of a forged Latvian identity card. The woman was working ...

There were a total of 19 femicides in Cyprus between 2019 and 2023, Mediterranean institute of gender studies director Susana Pavlou said on Monday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), she decried ...

Famagusta’s Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) currently has a tax debt of 3.2 billion TL (€92.8m), the north’s ‘finance minister’ Ozdemir Berova said on Monday. He was speaking during a ...

Cyprus could “definitely” play a role in efforts to stabilise the Middle East, United States Ambassador in Nicosia Julie Fisher said on Monday. Speaking at the Delphi Economic Forum in ...

Lakatamia mayor Photoula Hadjipapa on Monday alleged “massive and illegal voter movements” were taking place in her municipality ahead of June’s election. Hadjipapa is standing to be the mayor ...

A policeman was run over in Limassol on Monday. The policeman, who was on a bicycle, had attempted to pull a car over after a check found that it did ...

Turkey’s higher education council (Yok) is to prepare a report on the state of the north’s education system in the wake of the “fake diploma scandal”, the north’...

Turkish Cypriot authorities have “requested information” from Turkey on the matter of Cypriots being refused entry to Turkey, ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said on Monday. Speaking in ‘parliament’, Oguz said, “...