Tom Cleaver

The government on Wednesday approved a bill which will raise state officials’ pension age from 60 to 65. The bill passed through cabinet and will now be sent to parliament for ratification ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a set of bills which, if passed, will change the face of Cyprus’ legal service and audit office. The government says the bills constitute “modernising” reforms, ...

Cabinet’s final decision over the regulatory framework of the leg of the Great Sea Interconnector project which runs between Crete and Cyprus was delayed for another day on Wednesday, ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill which will reduce Cyprus’ voting age from 18 to 17, while also approving a bill which will mean people will now be automatically registered to vote ...

Young offenders will soon be housed in a building at the Menoyia migrant detention centre, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Wednesday. Speaking to the House ethics committee, he said ...

By Tom Cleaver Turkish Cypriot police announced on Wednesday that they had seized 200 kilogrammes of meat from a vehicle attempting to cross into the north at the Astromeritis crossing point. ...

Netflix’s Middle East public policy director Pelin Mavili has been summoned to speak at the Turkish parliamentary digital media committee over its decision to air Famagusta TV series, committee ...

Concerns are growing over the disposal of sewage in Trikomo, with the village’s infrastructure unable to cope with a rapidly growing population, particularly in the coastal area of Long ...

The Uefa Europa Conference League trophy and the Uefa Youth League trophy will both be on display in Nicosia on Wednesday. The trophies will be in Nicosia as part of ...

The European Commission on Tuesday announced the provision of just over €39.5 million of aid for the Turkish Cypriot community as part of its latest “annual action programme”. It said the ...

Violations of lease agreements were found in one in seven contracts regarding Turkish Cypriot properties in the Republic, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. Speaking at the House refugees ...

A man was killed after being knocked off his bicycle in a hit-and-run incident in the Limassol suburb of Ypsonas on Tuesday morning. Police were called to the scene at ...

British Foreign Minister David Lammy on Monday sidestepped a question put to him by an opposition MP regarding the country’s Akrotiri base’s potential involvement in the ongoing conflict ...

Two sailors from the United States’ amphibious assault ship the USS Wasp were attacked by a crowd in the Turkish Aegean city of Izmir on Monday evening. The sailors were ...

The streaming platform Netflix’s decision to air the series Famagusta led to a spat between Turkey and Greece on Monday, with high-ranking government figures from both countries expressing their ...

The European Union’s ‘Med9’ states’ agriculture ministers on Monday called for a “holistic approach” to water, which will ensure that the region’s inhabitants can live sustainably in the ...

Cyprus on Monday became the first country to announce the name of its entry into the 2025 Eurovision song contest, with Theo Evan set to represent the island in Basel. Theo ...

A man was arrested after taking a total of €2,000 on the promise that he would help illegally transport migrants from the Republic to the north. He was summoned by the ...

Cyprus’ Health Minister Michael Damianos on Monday hailed the finding of eight kidney cross-transplant pairs between Cyprus and Israel. He explained that the implementation of an agreement between the countries ...

A 20-year-old man was arrested after having allegedly attempted to strangle a woman to death, police said on Monday. The man was arrested by the British Bases police in Akrotiri ...

Many British citizens living in Cyprus will not be exempt from the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (Etias) when it is implemented next year. The European Commission confirmed to ...

By Tom Cleaver The number of people crossing from the Republic to the north via crossing points has decreased in the first seven months of 2024 compared to the same period ...

The hazelnut forest near the Nicosia district village of Alona may “totally collapse” if measures are not taken to ward against threats to its ecological balance. Following a meeting at ...

Cyprus champions Apoel will face Irish champions Shamrock Rovers away from home in this season’s Europa Conference League’s league phase, while their Nicosia rivals Omonia will travel to ...