Tom Cleaver

Turkish Cypriots and other Muslims across Cyprus are preparing for the start of Eid al-Fitr, one of the two main festivals on the Muslim calendar, which is to begin on ...

Personal data protection commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou on Tuesday approved a plan to install CCTV cameras at schools. The plan had been submitted to her by the education ministry with ...

MPs expressed their disappointment at the lack of ATMs available in Cyprus at the House commerce committee on Tuesday. Committee chairman and Disy MP Kyiacos Hadjiyiannis said he had contacted ...

The government is still searching for a new premises in which to store medicines, spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists, he said Health Minister Michael Damianos is ...

An “initially positive response” from stakeholders on the issue of using workers from third countries to fill gaps in the labour market is a “step in the right direction”, Labour ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday that those who care about the party should be “with us and not against us”. Speaking on the sidelines of a press conference, ...

Children required to give evidence in court are now able to do so via video link, after the installation of the requisite equipment at the Children’s House in Nicosia. ...

The appeals court on Tuesday reserved its decision over an 82-year-old grandfather jailed for shooting a man who was attempting to steal electricity cables. The pensioner’s lawyer Maria Neophytou ...

The Amalthea plan, Cyprus’ humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, is to continue despite Israel’s “reprehensible attack” on aid workers, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking at Nicosia’s 14...

Christodoulos Patsalides was sworn in as Central Bank governor in a ceremony at the presidential palace on Tuesday morning. Patsalides was sworn in by President Nikos Christodoulides and described his ...

A man appeared in court in Morphou on Monday, accused of having drunkenly punched a taxi driver. Speaking in court, police officer Mustafa Goksen said that at around 9.30pm on ...

Attorney-general George Savvides on Monday called on parliament to pass a bill which would criminalise what he called “reprehensible behaviour” on the internet. Speaking at a lecture at the University ...

Cyprus is “making rapid progress” in its digital transition, European Commissioner for cohesion and reforms Elisa Ferreira said on Monday. “With the support of the European Union, Cyprus is making ...

The north’s ‘government’ is “like a bad joke”, opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday. Erhurman was reacting to the establishment of a traffic and transport services ...

Charges are to be introduced for people using park and ride services, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Monday. The service, which was free at the point of use when ...

A Cypriot baby born on Monday has been named after Argentinian footballer Mauro Icardi. The baby’s somewhat unusual name was announced to the world in a Facebook post by ...

Nicosia was on Sunday night awarded second place in 2024’s Erasmus destination of the year. The awards were handed out at the Erasmus Student Network (ESN)’s annual meeting in ...

The first smart water meters were installed in Nicosia on Monday, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the capital’s municipality and its water board. Monday’s ...

After seven aid workers were killed in Gaza by Israeli air strikes, Tom Cleaver examines the state and the future of Cyprus’ humanitarian aid corridor It was supposed to be ...

Butchers in the north have introduced a “service fee” for their customers to sidestep price controls introduced by the ‘government’ for the retail price of lamb. The north’s ‘government’ ...

A 24-year-old man was remanded in custody for four days on Saturday, suspected of having set fire to a barber shop. The fire had broken out at 10.30pm on Thursday ...

Cyprus “lived better days” when Disy were in charge, party leader Annita Demetriou said on Saturday. Speaking at Greece’s governing New Democracy party’s conference in the country’s ...

A 44-year-old man accused of having captained a boat which brought 22 irregular migrants to Cyprus was remanded in custody for six days on Saturday. The boat was intercepted off the ...

Local government reform is now “in the final stretch”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Saturday. Speaking to mukhtars, he said he described the reforms as “long-awaited, radical, and ambitious”, ...