Tom Cleaver

A fire in the Limassol district village of Alektora burned a total of a hectare of a half of land on Wednesday night. The land burnt was mostly forest scrub ...

A urologist was fined after the health insurers’ organisation (HIO) found various irregularities in his expenses claims for the month of August, including that he had claimed expenses for scanning ...

A 43-year-old man was charged with premeditated murder in court in Trikomo on Wednesday after having allegedly killed a man by dousing him in petrol and setting him and his ...

A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of having stolen a mobile phone and of living illegally in Cyprus, police in the Famagusta district announced on Thursday. Famagusta district police ...

The minimum wage in the north was set at a figure higher than that of the Republic of Cyprus at a meeting of the north’s minimum wage determination commission ...

A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday after having been convicted of robbing a simit shop in northern Nicosia. Jude Tutku Candas said the boy ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court’s decision to sack Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides “essentially abolishes the audit service and democracy”, he told audit office staff on Wednesday. In farewell remarks to his ...

Former House President Yiannakis Omirou on Wednesday called on the government to “act quickly and effectively” to ensure the delivery of National Guard files from Greece concerning 1974 which contain information ...

Limassol mayor Yiannis Armeftis’ proposal for a park and ride service to be opened in his city is “illegal”, Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) employees’ trade union Sap-Tepak said on ...

Dismissed Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides said on Wednesday the system has “successfully beheaded me”. Speaking after the Supreme Constitutional Court’s decision to relieve him of his duties was handed down, ...

Diko MP Panicos Leonidou is to visit the Vatican City on Wednesday over plans for Easter to be celebrated on the same day by all denominations of Christianity. Leonidou is ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court was “unanimous” in its decision over whether or not Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides will be fired, it was heard in court on Wednesday. Proceedings in Nicosia began ...

The Ayia Napa municipality on Tuesday bestowed eight frequent travellers to the area with the honour of being “tourism ambassador”. The eight – four couples – were presented with the honour by ...

Greek basketball club Panathinaikos on Tuesday night issued a message of unity following a furore over a banner unfurled at their fixture with Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv in Cyprus. ...

Police in Paphos are investigating two incidents of fires being started in the village of Prodromi, one in a car and one in a shed, Paphos police’s assistant operations ...

Three further arrests were made on on Wednesday in connection with violent episodes which broke out at the abandoned Limassol derby between Ael and Apollon on Sunday. The first two, ...

Two people, one from Armenia and one from Nepal, were arrested in Paphos on Tuesday after police determined that they were both living in Cyprus illegally. The pair, aged 50 and 35 ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of having stolen two lorries, the police announced on Wednesday. He was arrested on Tuesday after investigations into the theft and “malicious damage” ...

The now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) in Morphou was paying invoices to a student recruitment agency for students who did not exist, according to witness testimony in ...

The banner unfurled at the basketball match between Greek club Panathinaikos and Israeli outfit Maccabi Tel Aviv in Nicosia reading 50 years of illegal occupation, no one forgets “reflects a sad ...

A Greek doctor who lives in Cyprus was arrested in his native country, accused of playing a “leading role” in a prescription forgery ring. The man had been assigned to ...

The British bases’ environmental experts recorded a total of 382 sea turtles on their beaches this year. They said the high number of turtles on the beaches is a result of ...

The 40-year-old driver of a vehicle which collided with a car driven by a Greek Cypriot man in the north and killed him appeared in court in Morphou on Tuesday. ...

Cyprus’ Costas Kadis was named as European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans on Tuesday by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Von der Leyen announced the roles of her 26 ...