Tom Cleaver

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Wednesday said the Turkish army “does not respect human rights”, in response to an incident in the buffer zone earlier in the week in which ...

The Central bank of Cyprus on Wednesday said it will offer to exchange Bulgarian Levs for Euros free of charge during the first part of 2026, with Bulgaria set to join ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s wife Emine Erdogan has gifted Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s wife Nilden Bektas Erhurman a composter. Nilden Bektas Erhurman announced that she had ...

A 63-year-old man is in a critical condition after being injured in a freak accident in the car park of a department store in Nicosia, the police said on Wednesday. ...

Two cars were completely destroyed by a fire in Larnaca during the early hours of Wednesday morning, the police said. The fire broke out at around 1.50am, with the police’...

The met office on New Year’s Eve issued a yellow weather warning for rain and strong winds. The warning will be in effect until 10pm, with the met office ...

The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Tuesday night denied claims that Turkish soldiers had attacked Greek Cypriot farmers in the buffer zone village of Mammari, west of Nicosia, stating instead ...

Snow is expected to fall on the Troodos mountain range on New Year’s Eve, with rain and possible hailstones expected in lower ground across most of the rest of ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Monday called for a “continuous and visible” police presence on Cyprus’ streets during a visit to the Larnaca police station. He said he has given “...

“In 2026, Cyprus will not only speak with institutional positions, but also with art,” Culture Deputy Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou said on Monday while outlining the government’s cultural programme which is ...

The north’s supreme court and the Cyprus Turkish bar association have issued a joint demand for a referendum to be held with a view to enacting sweeping reforms to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday met the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel, with the latter in open revolt over the former’s stance on the Cyprus problem. ...

Pensioners’ union Ekysy on Monday said the government’s claim that it has allocated €13.5 million of extra funding to cover increases to pensions for low-income pensioners is “misleading”. It said ...

The government on Monday announced the signing of a contract worth €12 million for the construction of 54 affordable two-bedroom apartments in the Nicosia suburb of Strovolos. The agreement was signed by ...

The inflection point in Turkish Cypriot politics, the crossroads, the quasi-referendum between a two-state solution and a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, between Europe and Turkey, this year’s ...

Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre on Thursday night said that Cyprus should focus on “security and defence and competitiveness” when the island takes over the Council of the European ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Friday held a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, with the call coming just days after Iran summoned Cyprus’ ambassador in Tehran ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday said that it is expected that United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin will return to Cyprus in January, with a fresh enlarged meeting ...

Around 16 serious offences were committed in Cyprus every day on average throughout last year, according to Cystat, the government’s statistical service, which stated that 5,942 serious offences were reported to ...

A solution to the Cyprus problem is up to the Greek Cypriots, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday. He told Turkish public broadcaster TRT that “Greek Cypriot officials ...

Fatma Unal, who has enjoyed a years-long close personal association with the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel, was on Thursday asked by the prosecution to change her lawyer in ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Thursday denied reports that the governments of Cyprus, Israel, and Greece are planning to combine to create a military “rapid reaction force” to counter Turkish ...

Cyprus can “give a big boost” to Moldova’s process of acceding to the European Union, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. Speaking upon his arrival at the day’s ...

The European Union “must deliver” on the issue of enlargement, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. “Enlargement falls within the European Union’s political range and we must do much ...