Tom Cleaver

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Friday that a fight which broke out in the old town’s popular Zahra Street on Thursday night was a “mafia exercise”. ...

Three of Cyprus’ beaches were ranked in Europe’s top 25 beaches for 2024 by travel giant Tripadvisor. Highest ranking on the list was Nissi beach in Ayia Napa, in seventh place ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is set to hold his next meeting with United Nations Envoy Maria Angela Holguin on March 11, he said on Friday. Speaking to journalists, he said that on ...

The building which exploded in the Nicosia suburb of Engomi on Tuesday had not obtained the requisite permission to be converted into its current form, Engomi Mayor Zacharias Kyriakou said ...

In today’s episode, legislators dubbed the commercial development done in a protected area in Ayia Napa “a classic crime“. Meanwhile, the auditor-general will report the Cyprus Broadcasting Cooperation (CyBC) ...

A total of 140 kilograms of beef smuggled from the Republic were seized by police in the north on Thursday, with two arrests made. The first arrestee, a 55-year-old man, was ...

Renovation works have started on Kyrenia’s sea promenade, the town’s mayor Murat Senkul announced on Thursday evening. In a post on social media, Senkul said the area has ...

Another dead body was found off the coast of Cyprus on Thursday night, 20 nautical miles off the coast of Ayios Amvrosios. The body, a male, was found by the Turkish ...

Police in Limassol on Friday arrested a man for having committed a raft of crimes, including arson, writing death threats, and trafficking drugs. The man, aged 43 was arrested while travelling ...

A total of six lumps of human excrement were found in a school playground in Paphos on Wednesday morning. According to local news website PafosPress, the excrements were discovered outside ...

House interior committee chairman Aristos Damianou on Thursday called for a restructuring of the rules regarding semi-government organisations’ budgets. Specifically, he called for an end to the rule of “provisional ...

Implementing local government reform “is the government’s responsibility”, House President Annita Demetriou said on Thursday. Speaking following a meeting with Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on the matter, she said “...

Police in Paphos on Thursday arrested a fourth man in connection with a spate of robberies at churches in the area. The man, aged 44, is the father of the 16-year-old ...

Morphou Bishop Neofytos said he “honours” Russian President Vladimir Putin “at every liturgy” in an interview which surfaced on Thursday. Speaking to the Russian Tass news agency, he said, “President ...

Police have launched an investigation after three naval flares were launched from outside a football stadium onto the pitch during a football match on Wednesday night. The game in question ...

One person was hospitalised after six cars were involved in a crash in Limassol on Thursday morning. The crash took place on the motorway to Paphos near Ayios Tychonas. All ...

In today’s episode, government subsidies on electricity and fuel tax will be extended into the spring. Meanwhile, a large fire that broke out in Limassol severely damaged an abandoned ...

The Paphos Municipality announced on Thursday the purchase of a thousand wheelie bins. They said the bins, which cost a total of €170,000, had been bought to “beautify and improve the ...

A company in Limassol lost over €17,000 after erroneously paying an invoice after it was requested via email, police said on Thursday. The company’s accountant reportedly told police he had ...

The explosion which occurred in the Nicosia suburb of Engomi on Tuesday was caused by a gas leak, police spokesman Christos Andreou confirmed on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

The three suspects who were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of carrying out a spate of robberies at churches in Paphos were all remanded in custody for eight days on ...

A man was arrested in Kyrenia the early hours of Wednesday morning after running a policeman over while attempting to evade a traffic stop. The man, aged 21, who was driving ...

Government subsidies on electricity and fuel tax will be extended into the spring, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. The extensions to the subsidies were announced among a raft of ...

A top court in the European Union on Wednesday rejected an attempt to drop the protected status of halloumi, staving off a challenge on the prized cheese that is one ...