Tom Cleaver

A 69-year-old Greek Cypriot man was sentenced to four months in jail in the north on Thursday after having been convicted of sexually assaulting a hitchhiker he had picked up ...

Social media influencer and newly elected member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou is to hold an online poll to decide which European parliament group he will join. In a ...

Two British Cypriots, both members of the Labour Party, were elected as members of the country’s parliament on Thursday night. Bambos Charalambous, first elected in 2017, successfully defended his seat ...

A wildfire which broke out in the Paphos district village of Pelathousa was caused by broken glass, assistant operations director of Paphos police Michalis Nikolaou said on Friday. Speaking to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to convene the National Council on Friday, in light of the submission of reports on the state of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) ...

Police on Friday announced a second arrest in conjunction with three robberies carried out by hooded men who sprayed fire extinguishers at their victims. The arrestee is an 18-year-old male, ...

The House audit committee on Thursday called for the amount of money paid in rent by a law firm in Aglandjia for a property it leases from the state scholarships ...

The north is set to increase the cost of car insurance and road tax for young people, ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Thursday. Speaking to Gundem Kibris TV, he ...

The “positive climate” in diplomatic relations between Greece and Turkey will contribute to a solution to the Cyprus problem, former Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Thursday. Speaking at an ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar left Cyprus for Azerbaijan on Thursday to attend a leaders’ summit of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS). Tatar was personally invited to the summit ...

Public sector workers’ unions and bank employees’ union Etyk are planning to create a new cooperative savings bank. Civil servants’ union Pasydy secretary-general Stratis Matheou told the Cyprus Mail on ...

The National Federation of Cypriots in the United Kingdom on Wednesday issued a last-minute call for British Cypriots to vote in the country’s election, which is to take place ...

A 47-year-old man and his three sons, aged 24, 22 and 19 years old respectively, were remanded in custody for six days, having been arrested for attacking the man’s ex-wife’s new ...

The European Commission on Tuesday extended Cyprus’ transition period to comply with the Protected Designation or Origin (PDO) regulations for Halloumi for another five years. The initial ten-year transition period ...

Data protection commissioner Irini Loizidou Nicolaidou on Tuesday expressed her “disappointment” after an Elam member revealed the names of a whole class of kindergartners in a social media post. She ...

There will be “disastrous consequences” if the war in the Middle East spreads to Lebanon, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday. Speaking to the House foreign affairs committee, he ...

Discussions are ongoing regarding the potential long-term implementation of Cyprus’ Amalthea plan, the humanitarian aid corridor linking the island to Gaza, United Nations senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza ...

The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Tuesday issued a mixed response to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)’s resolution regarding Varosha. The resolution, written by PACE’...

United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) head Colin Stewart reiterated his concerns over the “militarisation” of the buffer zone on Tuesday. Speaking after a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader ...

Prison wardens on Tuesday found a mobile phone and a quantity of drugs inside cells at the central prison. The material was found during a search of the prison, with ...

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] ...