Tom Cleaver

Two men have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms after attempting to smuggle drugs from the Republic into the north via the Ledras Street crossing point. Oguzhan Yildiz received a ...

A man was released on bail on Monday after having been arrested for attempting to smuggle a total of 700kg of avocadoes to the north. In court on Monday, police ...

Customs warehouses at the Famagusta port flooded on Monday as rain hit the town. According to the Famagusta News Agency (MHA), holes in the warehouses’ roofs and open ends in ...

The finance ministry is “examining and costing scenarios” for potential new measures to support people facing ongoing difficulties with the cost of living, Minister Makis Keravnos said on Monday. He ...

Teachers at 19 Turkish Cypriot schools went on strike on Monday over an ongoing dispute regarding the north’s ‘education ministry’ deciding to implement regular afternoon classes. Chairwoman of the Cyprus ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has again criticised Greek Cypriot leaders, pouring cold water on the idea of reunification as the Republic celebrated 63 years of independence on Sunday. “Considering the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos was in Ukraine on Monday for a meeting of the foreign ministers of all 27 European Union member states in Kyiv. The meeting is the first of ...

Covid-19 and influenza vaccinations are being simultaneously administered across the country after the latest round of vaccinations began on Monday. Speaking to CyBC on Monday morning, medical services director Elisavet ...

A man was found dead on the coastal path in Chlorakas on Saturday, though police are ruling out the possibility of criminal activity. According to the Paphos police, a man ...

Two people were rescued from the sea off the coast of Limassol on Saturday. Police said they received a call regarding two people in danger of the coast of Limassol ...

The north’s ‘finance ministry’ on Saturday revealed the top three tax-paying companies and individuals over the course of 2022. The highest tax-paying company was Turkish bank Turkiye Is Bankasi, which ...

A 23-year-old man was on Saturday clocked driving at 188 kilometres per hour on the highway between Limassol and Nicosia, police said. His speed was recorded on the stretch of road ...

Former Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Saturday urged the current government to “modestly read the reasons” for the upgrade of Cyprus’ credit score by Moody’s. He added that the ...

Α 29-year-old Serbian national died after being run over in Limassol in the early hours of Saturday morning. The man was attempting to cross Limassol’s coastal road when he was ...

Cyprus records around 4,000 new cancer cases per year, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Saturday. Kanari was speaking at the first Oncology Forum held at the Bank of Cyprus oncology ...

Taxi drivers across Cyprus are set to go on strike on Monday, beginning at 7am. They are set to gather in protest at the GSP stadium in Nicosia, the new ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday he was “deeply satisfied” after investment service Moody’s upgraded Cyprus’ credit rating to “investment level”, putting the success down to the success of ...

The Union of Cypriot pensioners (Ekysy) said “none of the problems plaguing pensioners have been resolved” in a letter to social welfare deputy minister Marilena Evangelou on Saturday. They added ...

Erhan Arikli, the north’s ‘transport minister’ on Saturday repeated for a third time controversial comments wherein he branded people criticising him on social media as “mentally ill”, hitting out ...

Eight people were rescued off the coast of Mari on Friday evening after their boat capsized. According to the Joint rescue coordination centre (JRCC), a radio call was received at ...

Cyprus is ‘considering’ hosting ethnic Armenians displaced following the announcement of the dissolution of Armenian authorities in the Karabakh region, according to the foreign ministry They said, “given the traditionally ...

Library membership in the north has increased by 25 per cent since last year, according to the north’s culture department director Sirin Zaimagaoglu. There are now a total of 2,950 members ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli has doubled down on controversial comments made on social media website Facebook on Friday, wherein he accused other users of being “mentally ill.” ...

El-Sen, the trade union of employees of the north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek), has announced that it has sued the authority over the hiring of workers who had not sat ...