Tom Cleaver

Cyprus on Tuesday received a slap on the wrist from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for its treatment of two asylum seekers who arrived on the island in 2019. ...

A group of hooded men travelling around Limassol on motorcycles committed three robberies by discharging a fire extinguisher at their victims in the early hours of Tuesday morning, police said. ...

A British Cypriot candidate in the United Kingdom’s imminent general election has been accused of “defending Adolf Hitler” in a social media post. Reform UK’s candidate in the ...

United Nations Envoy Maria Angela Holguin currently has “no plans” to visit Cyprus, UN Secretary-General’s spokesman Farhan Haq said on Friday. “Regarding the question posed yesterday on [Holguin’s] ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Friday spoke in favour of a European Union proposal to stipulate that all patent holders for all medicinal products placed on the market ensure their ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday called on the Republic to use “common sense” regarding the Immovable Property Commission (IPC), accusing the Republic of intimidating Greek Cypriots to not ...

Parties from across the north’s political spectrum roundly condemned the lifeguard who had said earlier in the week he had banned Pakistanis and “blacks” from the beach at which ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Friday he is “building up to” a likely bid for re-election next year. Speaking to Kibris Postasi TV, he said with four years ...

The fire brigade’s budget for 2024 is €12 million higher than it was last year, Public Order Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Thursday. Speaking to the House internal affairs committee, he ...

A total of 22 Turkish Cypriot teachers appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Thursday in the latest hearing of a case into an alleged “battering” of police officers during a ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit the north on July 20 to attend celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of the island. While in Cyprus, ...

Falling revenue for Turkish Cypriot farmers was put partly down to the fact that people now elect to spend their savings on holidays instead of traditional sacrificial animals by the ...

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s threat to consider Cyprus as a “part of the war” should it continue to allow Israel to use its airports and bases for military ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Tuesday arrested a 56-year-old man at the Deryneia crossing point after he had attempted to smuggle 410kgs of frozen chips from the Republic to the ...

A reported 620 people made a pilgrimage on Wednesday to the Hala Sultan Tekkesi in Larnaca to mark Eid al-Adha. Pilgrims travelled from the north on 12 buses, being accompanied by a ...

The Cypriot government is in the “final stage” of its quest to secure visa-free travel for its citizens to the United States, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Speaking at ...

The government on Wednesday announced it had extended the electricity subsidy until the end of October, meaning it will have been in place for exactly a year upon its currently ...

A row over racism has erupted in the north on Tuesday night and Wednesday after a lifeguard at Famagusta’s popular Glapsides beach said he had banned Pakistanis and “blacks” ...

The government is to make refugees who are granted asylum in Cyprus wait a full five years before allowing them access to the guaranteed minimum income, according to a bill ...

Cyprus’ final decision over whether to stump up the required €100 million to partake in the Great Sea Interconnector is still pending, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. The government ...

The temporary jetty constructed off the coast of Gaza to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid sent from Cyprus has been towed away to the Israeli port of Ashdod for ...

The Cypriot government on Monday raised the alarm over apparent links between universities in the north and people smuggling. The interior and education ministries filed a joint complaint to the ...

British political parties are continuing to attempt to win over British citizens abroad ahead of the country’s general election, which will take place on July 4. Liberal Democrat leader Sir ...

The government on Monday unveiled its new “accountability website”, which lists and explains government policy and decisions. The new website, www.diakivernisi.gov.cy, was unveiled by undersecretary to the ...