Tom Cleaver

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday said opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman is “causing chaos”, at the end of a third week of political wrangling in the north ...

The annual Christmas ‘Paramythoupoli’ winter wonderland will return to the car park below Nicosia’s walled city’s D’Avila bastion this year, the Nicosia municipality announced on Friday. As ...

The government’s new public procurement website has gone live, the treasury announced on Friday. The website allows for easier public access to all matters related to government contracts, how ...

Sefer Bugra Altundag, the man who killed 16-year-old Zehie Helin Reessur in January last year, was sentenced to life in prison in court in Trikomo on Friday. Altundag had been ...

The three special operations police officers who were suspended from their duties in the aftermath of the escape from custody of 42-year-old convicted double murderer Doros Theofanous have returned to ...

The north’s ‘government’ announced on Friday that it has appointed ‘finance minister’ Ozdemir Berova as its new spokesperson. Berova’s appointment was agreed upon on Thursday evening during a ...

The three men who were arrested after a 24-year-old man died in a fire in an apartment block in Mia Milia appeared in court again on Friday. The trio stand ...

Former Turkish ambassador to the north Metin Feyzioglu was officially appointed as ambassador to the Czech Republic on Friday. Feyzioglu was swiftly relieved of his duties at the end of ...

A 15-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday night after having allegedly edited into existence explicit images of teachers and pupils at the senior school he attends, British bases police confirmed ...

The police on Thursday night swung into action to rescue five people who became stranded at sea when a mechanical fault occurred on their boat. The boat’s captain requested ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Thursday night confirmed the arrest of a man who had been seen running naked through the streets of the northern Nicosia suburb of Mandres. Videos ...

Another delivery driver was attacked in Limassol, police confirmed on Friday. The attack took place at around 10.30pm on Thursday night, with Limassol police deputy spokesman Marinos Vasiliou telling television ...

A suspicious suitcase found on the side of northern Nicosia’s arterial Dereboyu avenue on Thursday evening was not a bomb, police determined, after carrying out an intervention into the ...

Cyprus was ranked 31st out of 142 countries in the World Justice Project (WJP)’s annual rule of law index. The island received a score of 0.67 out of a maximum score ...

Nasa associate administrator Jim Free on Thursday welcomed Cyprus to the Artemis Accords, a set of principles and agreements established to govern international cooperation in the exploration and use of ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday said a coup is being carried out against the north’s ‘parliament’ as the ‘government’ ploughed ahead with procedures to ...

Environment Commissioner Antonia Theodosiou on Thursday called for a ban on the construction of buildings within 100 metres of the coast. Speaking at a conference organised by the environment department, she ...

Police were mobilised on Thursday to respond to a reported “bomb threat” in a school in Nicosia. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the threat was called in to a ...

Sefer Bugra Altundag, the man who killed 16-year-old Zehie Helin Reessur in January last year, was found guilty on five counts in court in Trikomo on Thursday. Altundag had been ...

The two men accused of murdering 45-year-old Ayca Alav in Nicosia’s walled city last December were on Thursday filmed running away from court after having been taken there in ...

The government is “very close to having announcements to make” regarding Cyprus’ joining of the United States’ visa waiver programme, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. Speaking at the morning’...

By Tom Cleaver The British bases on Thursday announced that a total of 312 blackcaps – commonly known as ‘ambelopolia’ – which had been illegally trapped, had been seized at crossing points they ...

Three men appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Thursday morning after a 24-year-old man died in a fire in an apartment block in Mia Milia in the early hours ...

Three youths have been arrested and charged in connection with a fight that took place in Larnaca on Wednesday evening. They face charges of battery, causing a public disturbance and ...