Tom Cleaver

Congestion at crossing points between Cyprus’ two sides is the fault of the Greek Cypriot side, the north’s ‘foreign ministry’ insisted on Friday. They said the long wait times ...

The number of journalists killed in Gaza since October last year is on a scale “not seen since the second world war”, Union of Cyprus journalists’ chairman Giorgos Frangos said ...

Unpredictable weather between Cyprus and Gaza may delay the transportation of humanitarian aid to the strip, White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said on Friday. He said there ...

The act of covering one’s face at a protest may be outlawed, according to a new bill put forward by the government. The bill, which has been put forward ...

Cars in the north should drive on the right hand side of the road, the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ Zorlu Tore said. Speaking on Turkish television, Tore said tourists travelling ...

Consumers across Cyprus are “waiting until the last minute” to do their Easter shopping, supermarkets’ association chairman Andreas Hadjiadamou said on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), he ...

Varosha “should be transformed into a free trade zone” and a “common living area” for both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash’s son Serdar ...

A Greek Cypriot man has died after being involved in a road traffic accident in the north. The man, named as 79-year-old Photis Photiou, was driving his pickup truck on ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is to travel to the Gambia on Thursday ahead of the 15th Islamic summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The summit is set ...

There is “no room for compromise” in the pursuit of the truth over the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal, the Tamasos Bishopric said on Thursday. “Our only goal is the revelation ...

Authorities in the north are to begin works to widen the Pergamos crossing point next week, ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Thursday. Speaking during a visit to the crossing ...

CyBC journalist Georgia Psaria died at the age of 49 on Wednesday, after a long battle with cancer. The public service broadcaster expressed “deep sadness” at her loss. They added that ...

The jetty being constructed by the United States off the coast of Gaza to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid is “over 50 per cent complete”, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said ...

In today’s episode, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Europe will always stand by the side of the Republic of Cyprus to solve the Cyprus problem. Meanwhile, 15 ...

A group of United States congressmen on Wednesday night tabled a bill which would extend the waiver renewal period for the country’s arms embargo on Cyprus from one year ...

An 83-year-old woman from Nicosia was scammed out of €650 by cold callers masquerading as doctors on Wednesday. The woman said she received a telephone call to her landline at about 4...

Police on Wednesday night made a fourth arrest connected to the finding of drugs in a residential property on Monday. Three people had been arrested on Monday in Nicosia following ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed the matter of migration on Tuesday, amid parallel situations faced on the issue at either end of the European Union. ...

The government on Tuesday announced it had simplified the criteria for Greek Cypriots and Maronites wishing to resettle in villages in the north. The criteria cover the villages of Rizokarpaso ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday expressed his support for the creation of a European Union defence commissioner. The idea for the creation of such a post was first put forward ...

The next shipment of humanitarian aid to Gaza from Cyprus through the Amalthea initiative is ready to depart “as soon as the United States give us the green light”, President ...

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 ...