Tom Cleaver

Pharmacists at the Limassol general hospital on Monday called an immediate strike over changes to the hospital’s pharmaceuticals department’s management structure. The strike was called by the pharmacists’ ...

Member of the European Parliament Fidias Panayiotou on Monday called for a protest at Nicosia’s Eleftheria Square against the government’s ban of mobile phones from schools. He said ...

A contingent of Cypriots numbering some 100 people on Monday travelled to the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman ahead of the next hearing of the trial of the 11 people held responsible ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday called on the authorities to speed up their investigations into matters involving corruption and organised crime. Christodoulides held a meeting on the subject of corruption ...

The Turkish Cypriot people “are counting down the days to get rid of the burden of Tatar”, opposition party CTP secretary-general Asim Akansoy said of incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...

Plans are afoot to deal with potential water shortages in Cyprus after a year of below average rainfall so far, water development department deputy director George Kazantzis said on Saturday. ...

Former Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Saturday unveiled a monument in Paphos which commemorates the Greek revolution of 1821. Speaking at the monument’s unveiling, he said he wished to broadcast ...

More than 2,000 plants were handed out to members of the public at Larnaca airport on Saturday morning. The plants were handed out as part of the airport’s holding company ...

The treatment of breast cancer is the health ministry’s top priority, Minister Michael Damianos said on Saturday. Speaking at an event at the Nicosia general hospital, he drew attention ...

The debate over the controversial ‘parliament speaker’ election in the north is continuing into the weekend, with high profile figures continuing to weigh in on the matter. ‘Deputy speaker’ Fazilet ...

The Greek Cypriot side is in a “very constructive mood” ahead of Tuesday’s informal dinner involving United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, President Nikos Christodoulides, and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...

This year’s grape harvest was smaller than in previous years, wine cooperative Sodap said on Saturday. Ahead of the final date of receipt for grapes harvested this year, they ...

Police in Limassol on Saturday announced the arrest of a 22-year-old man who they found to be in possession of a total of 91 MDMA tablets. The police said the man ...

The United Kingdom’s handing over of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius “raises questions” over the future of the country’s sovereign base areas in Cyprus, former United Nations special ...

The government is “ready” to begin making moves towards the opening of a campus of the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) in Larnaca, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday. ...

Turkish Cypriot ruling party UBP ‘MP’ Zorlu Tore on Friday insisted he had won the previous night’s ‘parliament speaker’ election after receiving 23 votes in favour and 25 against among his ...

Discussing a potential federal solution to the Cyprus problem constitutes a betrayal, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Friday. Speaking at an event to mark the 19th anniversary of ...

Next week’s informal dinner to be attended by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, President Nikos Christodoulides, and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is a “positive development”, European Commission President ...

Cyprus has “made good progress” in its efforts to return migrants to their country of origin, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. Speaking in Paphos ahead ...

The road linking the Baths of Aphrodite and the Fontana Amorosa beach in the Akamas national park is to close for almost two weeks on Monday, the forestry department announced ...

A 75-year-old Turkish Cypriot man died aboard a boat which was evacuating people from Lebanon to Turkey on Thursday night. The man, named as Said Ezbek, originally hailed from the ...

Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition party UBP ‘MP’ Zorlu Tore declared himself the winner of the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ election shortly before midnight on Thursday after five rounds of voting ...

The legal service is yet to receive a request to close the case against Turkish Cypriot former MEP candidate Oz Karahan for unfurling a banner at Cyprus’ independence day parade, ...

Two men appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Thursday, accused of having attempted to steal a dairy farm near the village of Kythrea by pulling a gun on its ...