Tom Cleaver

Two people have been arrested in Cyprus on terrorism charges, the police confirmed on Friday. A police representative informed the Cyprus Mail that the pair appeared in court on Friday ...

There is “no understandable reason” to say that a new crossing point in the eastern Nicosia suburb of Mia Milia would only benefit Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ...

Half of companies in Cyprus are not paying compulsory employers’ liability insurance, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said. Responding to a written question put to him by Disy MP Nikos Georgiou, ...

Trade union Peo on Friday offered its support to the striking workers at Ektam, the north’s producer of Pepsi and other soft drinks, paying a visit to the picket ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said Cyprus and Italy share a “common cultural identity”, as he met the country’s President Sergio Mattarella at Rome’s Quirinal Palace. He made ...

Workers at the electricity authority (EAC) went on strike for two hours on Friday morning protesting what they described as “erratic” policies followed by the government in the energy sector ...

Two teams from Cyprus will compete in Champions League from 2027, after the country secured its place in the top 15 of Uefa’s club coefficient rankings despite Omonia’s exit from ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP deputy leader Erkut Sahali on Friday praised the bicommunal nature of the response to the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the ...

No new cases of foot and mouth disease have been reported on Friday, but the situation remains critical, veterinary services department spokeswoman Sotiria Georgiadou said in her latest briefing at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met the chief executive officer of Italian energy giant Eni, Claudio Descalzi, in Rome on Friday, with the company’s final investment decision pending regarding planned extraction ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday evening, with rumours abounding that he intended to use the meeting to gain Erdogan’...

Friday’s weather is expected to be markedly colder than recent days, with temperatures only set to reach 13 degrees Celsius inland, 15 degrees Celsius on the coast, and two degrees Celsius ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Thursday denied claims that he had taken a bribe of £300,000 to help facilitate the construction of a cable car in Kyrenia. The ...

The case file regarding allegations of rape against suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos was on Thursday handed over to the legal service. The receipt of the file was confirmed to ...

Former Cyprus Football Association chairman Giorgos Koumas was on Thursday released on a bail worth €100,000 at the end of the first hearing of a criminal case filed against him in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday warned of “turbulent times” during his address to the “Battlefield Redefined” defence conference in Rome. “The ongoing war in Ukraine, as well as the various ...

New crossing points opened to connect Cyprus’ two sides should “facilitate the daily lives of all the Cypriot people”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. “What I want to mention ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman visited the Greek Cypriot middle school in Rizokarpaso on Wednesday, meeting pupils and teachers from both that school and the town’s Greek Cypriot primary ...

Old calendarist priests entered a farm in the Larnaca district on Wednesday night to bless its goats, with the area having been hit by an outbreak of foot and mouth ...

An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale struck near Paphos late on Wednesday night, the geological survey department said on Thursday. The earthquake struck at 11.54pm. Its epicentre was located ...

A 41-year-old man from Paphos has been arrested in connection with the theft of a car in the town which took place in 2024, the police said on Thursday. The vehicle ...

Cyprus is “still at the beginning” of its fight against an ongoing outbreak of foot and mouth disease, veterinary services department spokeswoman Sotiria Georgiadou said on Thursday, stressing that the ...

Light snowfall is expected in the Troodos mountains on Thursday, with lower ground expected to see isolated rain showers mixed in with periods of mainly clear weather. Temperatures are set ...

It is Turkey which “controls things in Cyprus”, Cypriot member of the European Parliament Loucas Fourlas, of Disy, said on Wednesday, as the parliament’s petitions committee (Peti) discussed the ...