Tom Cleaver

Plans laid out by the north’s ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu to forbid children who do not speak Turkish from attending schools in the north are “unconstitutional”, Turkish Cypriot teachers’ ...

Turkish Cypriot political leadership figures lined up behind Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following a spat between Erdogan and Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Erdogan had on Sunday night warned ...

Three people were arrested in Limassol on Monday night after a fight broke out in the city. The police had been called at around 11pm, with bystanders reporting a mass ...

The foreign ministry on Tuesday issued a reminder that it advises against all travel to Lebanon. The guidance was first issued on October 29 last year, when tensions between Israel and ...

A 26-year-old man was pulled out of the sea on Monday after diving into it from above the sea caves at Cape Greco. The man was extracted from the sea ...

Cypriot member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou’s hiring of his sister to “help him” in his duties may violate European Union law, it emerged on Monday. While her ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Hasan Tacoy promised to “dispel the black clouds” in the north’s largest political party, the UBP, when he formally submitted his candidacy for its leadership on ...

Cypriot fencer Alexandros Tofalidis was knocked out of the Olympic Games at the last 32 stage after an agonising 15-10 defeat at the hands of American Nick Itkin on Monday. Itkin ...

A man who had been found in a supermarket cafe holding a bloody knife was remanded in custody for eight days on Monday after having been arrested the previous day ...

The federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) said on Monday it “expects a response” from President Nikos Christodoulides to their suggestions over the future of ambulances’ operation in Cyprus. They ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has denied being the target of a protest during a power cut which took place at a football match he was attending on Saturday night. ...

Govt: We are ready to aid with Lebanon evacuation By Tom Cleaver The government is ready to help with a possible impending evacuation of Lebanon, deputy spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said ...

Kutlu Evren, one of the candidates for the leadership of the north’s largest political party the UBP who was reportedly summoned to the Turkish embassy’s residence and told ...

The north’s central bank posted a 5.3 billion TL (€147.5m) profit in 2023, a more than fourfold Turkish Lira-value increase on the previous year. In terms of euro value, given that ...

The “largest ever” groundwater source found in the north was found in the foothills of the Pentadaktylos mountain range near Ayios Epiktitos. According to the north’s ‘environment ministry’, the ...

Turkey on Saturday removed its ambassador in the north Metin Feyzioglu and swiftly appointed now former Deputy Foreign Minister Yasin Ekrem Serim in his place. Feyzioglu was announced as the ...

The British government on Saturday moved to dispel reports it had conducted strikes in Yemen on Friday night after reports had circulated in international media suggesting strikes had been launched. ...

Two men were admitted to hospital in Limassol on Saturday after reportedly both having been stabbed by the same person. The first, a 33-year-old man, was found in the city ...

The European Commission has demanded that Cyprus repay almost €69 million which had been paid in grants for the crisis-ridden liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project at Vasiliko, the energy ministry ...

Police on Saturday announced the arrest of four people in connection with the bombing of a prison officer’s car, which had taken place earlier this month. The four, aged 42, 39, 31, ...

Two teenagers, aged 17 and 18 years old, were arrested on Friday and Saturday after having been seen stealing unguarded items off beaches in Ayia Napa and Larnaca. The police said they ...

A 26-year-old man was found dead in the sea near Aphrodite’s rock in the early hours of Saturday morning, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) said. They said they ...

Concerns are continuing to grow over the state of operations of ambulance services in Cyprus, with the federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) becoming increasingly restless over what they perceive ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and a wealth of other high profile Turkish Cypriot politicians have weighed in on reports swirling around Cyprus’ media regarding “intervention” on the part of ...