Tom Cleaver

Nicosia can “emerge as a model for the combination of urban and regional tourism”, Tourism Deputy Minister Costas Koumis said on Monday night. Addressing an event held by Nicosia’s ...

Trade union Pasydy on Monday expressed their fury at the omission of a previously touted second phase of construction of a new psychiatric hospital at Athalassa from government plans to ...

Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Monday night called for the “utmost restraint” as the war in Syria reignites. The ministry said it is “closely following developments in Syria” and that it ...

The three 24-year-old men who attacked a taxi after its driver refused to drive them to the hotel in Larnaca in which they were staying were ordered to pay damages ...

The government on Monday announced plans to provide grants to people wishing to install solar powered hot water systems in their homes. The grants will be provided by the renewable ...

The families of the 35 Turkish Cypriots who were killed when the Isias hotel in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman collapsed during earthquakes in February last year departed for Adiyaman ...

The concrete makers’ association faced a wave of resignations on Monday and may even be forced to dissolve, its chairman Costas Kythreotis said. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, he ...

A majority of Cypriots are against the abolition of the 1 and 2 cent coins, according to figures released on Monday as part of the European Union’s ‘Eurobarometer’ surveys. In total, 52 ...

A collection of ancient Cypriot artefacts which were found in the United Kingdom are to be returned to the island after they were handed over to the Cypriot high commission ...

Concrete manufacturers and traders are to continue their strike on Monday after workers and their employers failed to reach an agreement over the regulation of overtime pay. Both trade unions ...

European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis stressed the importance of his role on his first day in office on Sunday. Kadis, a Cypriot national, told newspaper Phileleftheros he ...

Cyprus is “awaiting further actions from the United Nations” with regard to the planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in the early part of next year, deputy government spokesman ...

The three 24-year-old menwho attacked a taxi after its driver refused to drive them to the hotel in Larnaca in which they were staying were remanded in custody for a ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Sunday described the European Union’s outgoing High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell as a “true friend of Cyprus”, as his tenure in Brussels ...

Three and a half years since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood inside the former Dianellos cigarette factory which has functioned as the Turkish Cypriot legislature since 1974 and promised a ...

The 24-year-old man who fell out of a moving vehicle in the early hours of Saturday morning remains in a critical condition after having undergone surgery, the police said on ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Sunday said he is “optimistic” that an ongoing dispute between doctors and the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be resolved within the week. He ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Saturday set a hard deadline of midday on Sunday for trade unions and employers’ groups to decide whether they will accept his proposal to bring ...

Green Party MP Charalambos Theopemptou on Saturday called for assisted dying to be legalised in Cyprus. Reacting to the bill on the matter which is making its way through the ...

A total of 69 Cypriot artefacts which were in the possession of a private citizen in Austria are to be returned to Cyprus, it was announced on Saturday. The artefacts were ...

Two people were arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning after a fight outside a nightclub in Larnaca. Police were called to the scene at around 3am, with reports ...

The number of crossings made between the Republic and the north by Greek Cypriots fell by almost 4.5 per cent in the first nine months of the year compared to the ...

The Amalthea plan, Cyprus’ humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, will be reactivated soon, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday night. Addressing an event in Limassol, he said the transfer ...

Public debate over whether Cyprus should join Nato is “premature”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday night.  “At present, the government is “working to increase our compatibility with Nato ...