Tom Cleaver

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday confirmed that he will on Thursday travel to Ankara for the first time since undertaking the role. During that visit, he will meet ...

Cyprus’ forthcoming undertaking of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency in the first half of next year presents a “golden opportunity” to the defence industries of both ...

Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos on Monday called on President Nikos Christodoulides to be decisive over whether or not he will perform a cabinet reshuffle, saying that if it is to ...

Turkish Cypriots on Monday commemorated the 87th anniversary of the death of the Republic of Turkey’s founding president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Events centred on the Ataturk monument at Nicosia’...

The case against the 49-year-old German woman who stands accused of having sold Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north was on Monday adjourned until Wednesday as the prosecution lawyer is ...

Trade unions expect President Nikos Christodoulides to make the next move after efforts to secure the future of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) hit the buffers when employers rejected the government’...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday said he is “optimistic” that there will very soon be “positive results” in efforts to bring about a resolution between workers and employers on the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Sunday discussed the future of Gaza with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar. “Of course, issues concerning our region were discussed, with an emphasis on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said the government is undertaking the “necessary processes” so as to avoid a repeat of Saturday’s brief confrontation between Turkish military forces and Greek ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday renewed his call for members of parliament to pass into law his proposed reforms of Cyprus’ tax regime “as soon as possible” with a view ...

The United Nations is hopeful of progress and committed to efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem, its undersecretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Sunday. “We certainly hope for ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Sunday demanded that the United Nations bring an end to what he described as a policy of “keeping equal distances” between the island’s two ...

Discussions during Friday’s ‘3+1’ meeting of the energy ministers of Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and the United States “concerned the United States’ interest in zero supply of Russian gas to Europe”, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Sunday reacted to Norway’s decision to lift its arms embargo on Cyprus by saying that “what is needed in this period is not ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday decried Turkey’s “expansionist, neo-Ottoman policy” on Cyprus. Addressing a conference on Hellenic culture, he said Cyprus is “still suffering from the unhealed wounds caused ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July were “victims of a conspiracy”, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP spokesman Asim Akansoy said. He described the ...

The energy sector is a “key pillar” of Cyprus’ foreign policy, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. He was speaking on the sidelines of a conference and made reference to ...

All parties have now left the area following a brief confrontation between Turkish military forces and Greek Cypriot farmers in the buffer zone near the Nicosia district village of Denia, ...

Norway’s decision to lift its arms embargo on Cyprus is a “good development”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Saturday. “Norway had decided in areas where there are war ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said he is “optimistic” that an agreement can be forged regarding the future of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), with employers refusing to back down from ...

A 42-year-old man was arrested after being found to be in possession of almost a kilogram of cocaine and nine kilograms of cannabis, the police said on Saturday. The man ...

Greek Cypriots found not guilty By Tom Cleaver The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July were on Friday found not guilty of the charges they ...

The civilian case against two of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July will continue next Tuesday after the conclusion of this week’s hearings ...

The Republic of Cyprus brought over €188 million worth of goods from Turkey in 2023, Green Line trade expert Kemal Baykalli said on Thursday. Speaking to Kibris Postasi TV, he said that ...