Tom Cleaver

Russian criminal Viktor Panyushin, who is wanted in his native country for crimes including kidnapping, severe beating, and illegal organisation of gambling activities, was declared as a persona non grata ...

Izlem Gurcag Altugra on Thursday night became second backbench ‘MP’ from the largest party in the north’s ruling coalition, the UBP, to offer harsh criticism for ‘prime minister’ Unal ...

The European Commission announced on Thursday night that it had approved the addition of Cypriot Halitzia Tillirias cheese to its Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) register. The cheese, which is known ...

Turkish Cypriot teachers expressed their displeasure after it emerged on Thursday that halloumi had been described as “halloumi cheese” in a school textbook. The offending textbook was the first grade ...

The north’s ‘interior minister’ made fresh remarks about property sales to third country nationals on Thursday, telling ‘parliament’ “if everyone had followed the law, this wouldn’t have happened.” ...

The leaderships of north’s two largest political parties, the ruling UBP and opposition CTP, are to meet, after the CTP took offence to remarks made by ‘parliament speaker’ Zorlu ...

A report which showed Cypriot children to have well below average competencies in mathematics, science and reading “highlights the urgent need for educational reform”, the Nicosia federation of primary schoolchildren’...

The social welfare deputy ministry announced on Wednesday a “Christmas gift” to be handed out to welfare recipients. Those entitled to the “gift” are people in receipt of the minimum ...

By Tom Cleaver and Elias Hazou Contractors have been ordered to halt all construction work within the Akamas national forest until December 18, while a group of experts review whether the ...

In today’s episode, Cypriot children displayed below average competencies in the 2022 report of the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa). Meanwhile, the government gave its consent for the individual ...

The central government’s debt fell by 5.6 per cent between June and September to €22.5 billion. The figure amounts to a €1.33bn reduction over the course of the three-month period in ...

The north’s ‘interior ministry’ on Thursday reacted angrily to a doctored video of ‘minister’ Dursun Oguz which had circulated on social media in recent days. The video in question ...

A 29-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday night, suspected of throwing stones at the windows of the town’s courthouse, among other buildings. The man was apprehended at ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu made fresh statements about the Cyprus problem on Wednesday, saying Turkish Cypriot youth have been raised with the “wrong attitude” and have not ...

A university lecturer in the north has appeared in court after allegedly posing as a doctor. The lecturer, a citizen of the Republic of Turkey, who works at the Cyprus ...

A 29-year-old woman was sentenced to two years in prison in the north on Wednesday for stealing 700TL (€22.41). The woman, named Kadriye Denise Surucu, had a previous criminal record, having ...

Cypriot children displayed below average competencies in the 2022 report of the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa). Pisa surveys 15-year-old children in mathematics, reading and science, and grades them based ...

Only half of Cypriots intend to vote in June’s European Parliament elections in 2024, according to data collected by the Eurobarometer published on Wednesday. Cypriots are the least likely of ...

Discussions regarding low-wage civil servants’ pay continued on Wednesday, with unions and the government exchanging views. The meetings were, as is custom, attended by representatives of three trade unions – Sek, ...

British Defence Minister Grant Shapps is travelling to Cyprus on Wednesday to meet with officials and staff at the United Kingdom’s British bases. Shapps’ trip to Cyprus is part ...

Two Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’, Oguzhan Hasipoglu of ruling party the UBP and Armagan Candan of opposition the CTP, were in Paris on Wednesday for committee meetings of the European Council ...

Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos left for Slovenia on Wednesday for a meeting of contracting parties to the Barcelona Convention. The Barcelona Convention aims to protect the marine environment and the ...

The government is to create electronic health files for all citizens as part of its creation of a “National electronic health bank”, it emerged on Wednesday. The move was announced ...

The sale of alcohol to minors or the consumption thereof by minors is illegal, Law Commissioner Louiza Zannetou said on Wednesday. Zannetou was speaking during a round table discussion organised ...