Tom Cleaver

Dangerous buildings in Cyprus are “a thorn in the government’s side”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday. Speaking to the House interior committee, he said his ministry is ...

An electricity panel exploded at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport, the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s employees’ trade union El-Sen chairman Ahmet Tugcu said on Thursday. Tugcu said ...

A total of 1,950 teachers across Cyprus objected to their placements or transfers for the academic year which has just become, education service committee chairman Panayiotis Antoniou said on Thursday. Speaking ...

The process of hiring of new staff at the Paphos general hospital is in the “final stage”, state health services organisation (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Thursday. Speaking to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday evening told British television channel GB News Cypriot reunification is “absolutely impossible”. Tatar appeared on a show hosted by former Member of the ...

The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Wednesday accused the United States of “bias” regarding the Cyprus problem, following the signing of a roadmap for bilateral defence cooperation with the US ...

The rate of fatalities on the north’s roads is “six times the European Union average”, Cyprus Turkish chamber of mechanical engineers (KTMMO) chairman Ayer Yarkiner said on Wednesday. He ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal filed by a Syrian businessman against the revocation of his Cypriot citizenship after his name had appeared on a European Union ...

Scientists from the Cyens centre of excellence-affiliated software company Periopsis identified a total of 820 illegal rubbish tips between April and July, they announced on Wednesday. The tips were found as ...

Disy MP Savia Orphanidou on Wednesday announced she would forego the civil servant’s pension which she had been receiving. She said her monthly pension of €218.47 would be paid into ...

Two men, aged 34 and 33, were both handed eight-day remands on Wednesday after being accused of having trafficked the 20 people found aboard a migrant boat which had departed Cyprus for Italy ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Wednesday said she does not “wake up for 2028”, when asked about Cyprus’ next presidential elections. Asked by TV channel Sigma if she would run, she ...

The forthcoming Davis Cup tennis matches between Israel and Ukraine will take place at the Herodotou Tennis Academy in Larnaca. Israel had been the designated home team for the fixture, ...

Edek on Wednesday called on the government to convene a meeting with political parties over the Great Sea Interconnector asdiscussions continue with stakeholders about the future of the project. The ...

Discussions regarding the regulatory framework for the Great Sea Interconnector connecting Cyprus to Crete will carry on “for as long as it takes”, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on ...

The full file of the case against Serdal Gunduz, the 30 per cent shareholder and secretary-general of the now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) in Morphou, will be presented ...

Around 85,000 new voters will be registered when automatic voter registration is introduced, chief returning officer Elikkos Ilias said on Wednesday. In addition, he said, should the government’s plans for ...

Management of the Karpaz Gate Marina near the village of Ayia Triada in the Karpas peninsula has been transferred out of Israeli hands and put under the operation of Turkish ...

No investment has been made in the north’s ports “in 100 years”, the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Monday. Speaking to television channel Kanal T, he said ...

Turkish Cypriots’ credit card debt doubled within the space of a year between June 2023 and June this year, according to figures released by the north’s central bank on Tuesday. ...

The European Commission on Tuesday refuted Cypriot cattle breeders’ assertions that it was offering preferential treatment to Turkish Cypriot halloumi producers. The cattle breeders’ coordinating committee expressed fury on Monday ...

The University of Cyprus’ expertise “will be utilised” when Cyprus holds the European Council’s rotating presidency in 2026, European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna said on Tuesday. Speaking after a ...

Cyprus and the United States will “continue to develop” their bilateral cooperation in the field of defence, US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander said on ...

European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides on Tuesday announced a €2 million project aimed at “tackling” long Covid in the European Union. The European Commission said the project will focus on ...