Tatar’s bodyguard arrested in fake diploma scandal
Ersin Tatar’s bodyguard Serif Avcil appeared in court on Saturday after having been arrested on Friday night in connection with investigations into the north’s ongoing “fake diploma scandal”.
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Prisoner in north makes failed escape attempt
A 25-year-old prisoner in the north made an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to escape on Saturday.
The man, a 25-year-old Pakistani national, was being housed in the north’s old prison ...
Monastery scandal ‘plagues whole society’
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday the scandal engulfing the Osiou Avvakoum monastery “plagues the whole society.”
Speaking to journalists, he added, “I can assure society, the Cypriot people, that ...
Christodoulides visits LNG terminal as work restarts
President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday paid a visit to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal ahead of the now-confirmed restart of construction work.
Speaking to journalists at the site, he ...
Kombos heads for Brussels
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos is to travel to Brussels on Sunday to take part in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council.
The council will convene on Monday is expected ...
Christodoulides to travel to Egypt
President Nikos Christodoulides is to visit Egypt on Sunday to take part in an international summit.
The summit will also be attended by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, ...
Four wanted for vandalism and attacking construction workers
Police in Limassol issued arrest warrants on Saturday against four people who allegedly vandalised a construction site and attacked construction workers.
They said the incident occurred at around 8pm on ...
‘No timetables’ for next steps, Holguin says (Update 2)
The United Nations Secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin said there are “no timetables” for her next steps after leaving Cyprus.
She was speaking after meeting with President Nikos ...
Aid ship’s cargo successfully unloaded in Gaza (Updated)
The almost 200 tonnes of humanitarian aid transported from Cyprus to Gaza on the ship the Open Arms have been successfully unloaded in Gaza, the Cypriot government said on Saturday.
Speaking ...
Paphos man remanded for setting car on fire
A 29-year-old man from the Paphos district was remanded in custody for six days on Saturday after having set fire to a car on Friday evening.
The car was parked ...
Two metric tonnes of smuggled beef seized in north
Almost two metric tonnes of beef smuggled to the north from the Republic were seized from supermarkets in the Kyrenia district on Thursday night.
The meat was discovered and seized ...
Energy minister promises support for consumers
Energy Minister George Papanastasiou invoked the name of late United States President John F Kennedy in a speech to mark World Consumer Rights Day on Friday.
He said, “as is ...
Turgay Avci resigns as Yodak chairman
Turgay Avci, chairman of the north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak), resigned on Friday.
Avci visited Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar to hand in his resignation, as he did ...
Eight arrests after fights at children’s shelter
A total of eight people were arrested on Thursday evening after two fights broke out at a children’s shelter in Larnaca.
Police said the first fight took place at ...
Met office warns of ‘localised rain’ on Green Monday
The Met Office on Friday warned that Green Monday may be hit with “localised rain” around Cyprus.
Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, Met Office spokesman Panagiotis Georgiou said the rain ...
Former President Vassiliou in hospital
Former Cyprus President George Vassiliou was admitted to the Nicosia general hospital on Thursday night, it was reported on Friday.
While it has been disclosed that he is suffering from “...
Humanitarian aid ship reaches Gaza (Update 4)
The Open Arms aid ship was in the process of approaching and unloading cargo on Friday, the foreign ministry spokesman, Theodoros Gotsis said.
Speaking to CyBC, the spokesman said that ...
Arikli’s olive branch rejected by Zaroglu
Turkish Cypriot minor party Milletin Partisi leader Bertan Zaroglu on Friday rejected a proposal from ruling coalition party YDP leader Erhan Arikli that the two parties merge.
Arikli had made ...
Three arrested with fake passports at Paphos airport
Police at Paphos airport arrested a total of three people who were found to be in possession of forged passports on Thursday.
Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on ...
Girl in intensive care after crash ‘progressing satisfactorily’ (Updated)
The situation of the seven-year-old girl who was admitted to intensive care after being involved in a car crash on Thursday night is “progressing satisfactorily”, Paphos police’s assistant operations ...
Two remanded for money laundering (Updated)
Police in Limassol announced on Friday they had arrested two people on Thursday for suspected money laundering.
Both were remanded in custody for seven days on Friday. One, aged 41, is ...
‘We should ask why there are so many medical schools’
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday made another intervention on the matter of the “fake diploma scandal” which has engulfed the north’s higher education sector.
Speaking on the ...
Special measures for Apoel-Omonia clash
The police on Thursday announced a raft of special measures for Saturday’s ‘Derby of the Eternal Enemies’ football clash between Apoel and Omonia.
The game will be played at ...
Government has a ‘plan B’ over Vasiliko LNG terminal (Updated)
The government does have a ‘Plan B’ for the stalled Vasiliko liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, though it has not yet worked out the timetable for that alternative, Energy Minister ...