Tom Cleaver

State doctors’ union (Pasyki) lamented the absence of comprehensive planning and coordination between the competent authorities after the Limassol general hospital was downgraded on Friday. The hospital was downgraded to “...

Temperatures across the island remained above the historical average throughout the month of September. The mean daily maximum temperature at all five of Cyprus’ weather stations, at Paphos and Larnaca ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari commemorated World Heart ‘Restart’ Day with a speech at the University of Cyprus on Monday. The day has been held on October 16 every year since 2012 and ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Sibel Siber was released on bail on Monday after having been arrested as part of the ongoing ‘fake prescription’ scandal on Thursday. The exact amount ...

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev referred to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar as the “President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” following a bilateral meeting, it emerged on Monday. The ...

A fundraising campaign is underway to raise €40,000 for the maintenance of the Ayia Paraskevi church in Varosha. The fundraising campaign is being operated by the Famagusta bishopric, with the money ...

The Green party have tabled a bill in parliament which would allow same-sex couples to adopt children. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, party leader Charalambos Theopemptou explained that the bill ...

Four mobile hazardous waste collection units are set to tour the country, with the aim of raising awareness about waste collection. Agriculture minister Petros Xenophontos said the aim of the ...

Construction began on a new solar farm at the Nicosia general hospital on Friday. The first phase of the solar farm project is set to be completed in January, with ...

Plans to increase revenue and save costs in the state health services (Okypy) were discussed at an intergovernmental meeting on Friday. The meeting was attended by President Nikos Christodoulides, Health ...

The north’s ‘cabinet’ approved a bill to privatise its ports on Thursday evening. The move was published in the ‘official gazette’ on Friday morning, with tenders set to be ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Sibel Siber was remanded in custody for three days on Friday after having been arrested in the ongoing “fake prescriptions” scandal. Siber, a doctor by ...

The north’s ‘cabinet’ approved a bill to privatise its ports on Thursday evening. The move was published in the ‘official gazette’ on Friday morning, with tenders set to be ...

The Animal Party expressed its “disgust and outrage” on Friday after images surfaced of kittens which had been “brutally tortured and killed” in a cemetery in Larnaca. “There can be ...

The total amount of sales conducted across Cyprus’ divide within the scope of the Green Line regulation increased by almost 13 per cent in the first six months of 2023, compared with ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Sibel Siber was arrested on Thursday as part of the ongoing investigation into the “fake prescription scandal”. Siber, a qualified doctor, was arrested alongside a ...

A 200-strong Turkish Cypriot delegation arrived in Azerbaijan on Thursday, led by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. Tatar has been joined in Azerbaijan by his wife Sibel, ‘prime minister’ Unal ...

A total of 24 flights are scheduled to land in Cyprus from Israel on Thursday as people flee the ongoing conflict in the country. Of the flights, 23 are set to land ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou informed the House interior committee of his plans to create a Deputy Ministry of Migration and Asylum on Thursday. He said the creation of such a ...

Law commissioner Luisa Christodoulidou Zannettou said on Thursday she “welcomes” the cabinet’s decision to approve the code of ethics for government members. Zannettou had drawn up the code of ...

Fishermen in Paphos have expressed their opposition to the proposed moving of the Geroskipou artificial reef to the Moulia rocks. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Thursday, Leonidas ...

In today’s episode, the feeling of uncertainty weighed heavily at Larnaca airport as Israelis fled for safety in Cyprus or desperately tried to return to reunite with their families ...

A 42-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Wednesday after police performed a raid on a warehouse in the city, finding almost nine kilograms of cannabis. Police discovered eight packages ...

The European General Court on Wednesday rejected Cyprus’ application to word mark the word “Grilloumi”, describing the case as “unfounded”. The court found that there was no risk of confusion ...