Tom Cleaver

President Nikos Christodoulides “is trying to look cute for Turkey”, Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Thursday. Tatar was speaking to Kibris in reaction to comments from Christodoulides regarding ...

By Tom Cleaver and Elias Hazou Trade unions held a protest outside the central prison on Thursday against what they described as the “dismissal” of 13 prison workers who had been ...

Police in Nicosia on Wednesday night seized a large quantity of flares and fireworks in an open area in Strovolos. A search in the area uncovered cardboard boxes containing a ...

Police on Thursday are investigating an armed robbery in at a party in Limassol, from the night before, where four masked men made off with thousands of euros. According to ...

In today’s episode, Cyprus’ entry for this year’s Eurovision song contest was revealed to be Liar, which will be sung by Silia Kapsis. Meanwhile, MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek was ...

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte hailed President Nikos Christodoulides’ visit to the Netherlands as “historic” when the pair met on Wednesday night. He added that Christodoulides’ visit to the country ...

Turkey is to send a total of 4,000 food parcels to the north to be distributed to those in need during the month of Ramadan. The move was announced by Turkey’...

All 19 people accused of taking part in a mass brawl on northern Nicosia’s popular Zahra Street last week were released on bail on Wednesday. In court, police officer Emin ...

Limassol’s Tsirio stadium is to become “Cyprus’ second national athletics stadium”, stadium owner Olympia athletics club (GSO) chairman Kyriakos Tsolakis said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (...

A report into construction work on roads in the Akamas region is expected to be completed “within days”, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Wednesday. The report, which is being ...

The courthouse in the village of Lefka is to recommence operations on Monday after being closed for over five years due to renovations. The building had been closed in 2018 due ...

The government was given until the beginning of 2026 to open a juvenile detention centre by the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday. Committee chairman Nikos Tornaritis said the plans to ...

The dentistry faculty at Morphou’s Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) had its licence to teach temporarily revoked on Wednesday. The north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak) ...

The House Institutions committee on Wednesday discussed the possibility of reining in the powers vested in the Attorney-general. The discussion came after the publication of the European Commission’s report ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands in The Hague on Wednesday. The pair met at the Huis ten Bosch palace, where Christodoulides paid his respects and then ...

Greek Cypriots living in Rizokarpaso are being “used as political pawns” by the Republic’s government, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said on Wednesday she intends to visit Cyprus to encourage people on the island to vote in June’s European Parliament elections. Speaking to journalists, ...

MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek was on Wednesday slammed for campaigning in the north for re-election by both Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar and the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu. In ...

Cyprus is the second-worst country in the European Union regarding workplace gender equality, it was revealed on Monday. According to a survey carried out by Swedish business website Finansvalp, Cyprus’ ...

A total of 19 people have been arrested as of Monday after a mass brawl occurred on northern Nicosia’s popular Zahra Street on Thursday. Four of the arrestees, all boys ...

The value and importance of all-day school is “obvious,” Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday. Speaking at a promotional event in Nicosia, she said the extension of the school ...

Officials from the north on Monday entered the three Greek Cypriot schools in Rizokarpaso to “carry out checks”, the education ministry said. They said the officials, who could not be ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday met with the President of the Union of Cyprus Communities, Andreas Kitromilides. At the meeting, the pair spoke about local government reform, with both ...

A former ‘minister’ in the north appeared in court again in Morphou on Monday as part of investigation into irregular activities at universities. The man previously served as ‘education minister’ ...