Tom Cleaver

President Nikos Christodoulides is to convene the National Council on Friday, in light of the submission of reports on the state of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) ...

Police on Friday announced a second arrest in conjunction with three robberies carried out by hooded men who sprayed fire extinguishers at their victims. The arrestee is an 18-year-old male, ...

The House audit committee on Thursday called for the amount of money paid in rent by a law firm in Aglandjia for a property it leases from the state scholarships ...

The north is set to increase the cost of car insurance and road tax for young people, ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Thursday. Speaking to Gundem Kibris TV, he ...

The “positive climate” in diplomatic relations between Greece and Turkey will contribute to a solution to the Cyprus problem, former Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Thursday. Speaking at an ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar left Cyprus for Azerbaijan on Thursday to attend a leaders’ summit of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS). Tatar was personally invited to the summit ...

Public sector workers’ unions and bank employees’ union Etyk are planning to create a new cooperative savings bank. Civil servants’ union Pasydy secretary-general Stratis Matheou told the Cyprus Mail on ...

The National Federation of Cypriots in the United Kingdom on Wednesday issued a last-minute call for British Cypriots to vote in the country’s election, which is to take place ...

A 47-year-old man and his three sons, aged 24, 22 and 19 years old respectively, were remanded in custody for six days, having been arrested for attacking the man’s ex-wife’s new ...

The European Commission on Tuesday extended Cyprus’ transition period to comply with the Protected Designation or Origin (PDO) regulations for Halloumi for another five years. The initial ten-year transition period ...

Data protection commissioner Irini Loizidou Nicolaidou on Tuesday expressed her “disappointment” after an Elam member revealed the names of a whole class of kindergartners in a social media post. She ...

There will be “disastrous consequences” if the war in the Middle East spreads to Lebanon, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday. Speaking to the House foreign affairs committee, he ...

Discussions are ongoing regarding the potential long-term implementation of Cyprus’ Amalthea plan, the humanitarian aid corridor linking the island to Gaza, United Nations senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza ...

The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Tuesday issued a mixed response to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)’s resolution regarding Varosha. The resolution, written by PACE’...

United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) head Colin Stewart reiterated his concerns over the “militarisation” of the buffer zone on Tuesday. Speaking after a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader ...

Prison wardens on Tuesday found a mobile phone and a quantity of drugs inside cells at the central prison. The material was found during a search of the prison, with ...

Cyprus on Tuesday received a slap on the wrist from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for its treatment of two asylum seekers who arrived on the island in 2019. ...

A group of hooded men travelling around Limassol on motorcycles committed three robberies by discharging a fire extinguisher at their victims in the early hours of Tuesday morning, police said. ...

A British Cypriot candidate in the United Kingdom’s imminent general election has been accused of “defending Adolf Hitler” in a social media post. Reform UK’s candidate in the ...

United Nations Envoy Maria Angela Holguin currently has “no plans” to visit Cyprus, UN Secretary-General’s spokesman Farhan Haq said on Friday. “Regarding the question posed yesterday on [Holguin’s] ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Friday spoke in favour of a European Union proposal to stipulate that all patent holders for all medicinal products placed on the market ensure their ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday called on the Republic to use “common sense” regarding the Immovable Property Commission (IPC), accusing the Republic of intimidating Greek Cypriots to not ...

Parties from across the north’s political spectrum roundly condemned the lifeguard who had said earlier in the week he had banned Pakistanis and “blacks” from the beach at which ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Friday he is “building up to” a likely bid for re-election next year. Speaking to Kibris Postasi TV, he said with four years ...