Tom Cleaver

A five-year old girl died at the Makarios hospital on Thursday morning after having been rescued alongside over 60 others aboard a small boat off the coast of Cyprus on Wednesday. ...

A lunch table is to be set up on Saturday to cross Cyprus’ divide as part of a new bicommunal initiative. Going by the name “Ban-quet” the initiative will see ...

A sewage lorry in Famagusta fell into a septic tank it was emptying on Thursday morning in the north. The rear of the lorry fell into the well, with the ...

Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Mustafa Hurben was released from prison on Thursday after completing his three-day sentence. He had been jailed on Tuesday after refusing to pay an 800TL (€24) fine ...

The bicommunal Eastern Mediterranean Think Tank has penned a letter to Nikos Christodoulides and Ersin Tatar, imploring them to make progress towards Cypriot reunification. “We feel the need to publicly ...

In today’s episode, House Speaker Annita Demetriou said lifetime benefits for the President and the House speaker need to be abolished. Meanwhile, a child died at the Makarios hospital ...

A 12-year-old from Paphos was injured on Thursday after driving a car into a ditch and then a tree, after which the car ended up on its roof. Paphos police’...

A homemade explosive device detonated at around 3:15am in the Ayia Phyla neighbourhood of Limassol. The explosion occurred at the entrance of a house owned by a 67-year-old woman and ...

Police in Karavas arrested a 50-year-old man on Wednesday evening after he set his own car on fire. The man, who was seven times over the legal alcohol limit to ...

A relative of one of the members of the independent police complaints authority is “involved in organised crime”, it was heard at the House ethics committee on Wednesday. The committee ...

The European Commission is to finance a project in Cyprus aimed at “strengthening the mental resilience” of youth in Cyprus, it was announced on Wednesday. In addition to €500,000 in financial ...

The trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who faces ten years in prison for “insulting” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was postponed once again on Wednesday. The trial had ...

The 500 “new” police officers joining the force this year announced by Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis are actually just planned hires to fill vacancies, a ministry spokesman clarified on Wednesday. “This ...

A “sustainable and functional” solution to the Cyprus problem is the key to ending development on Greek Cypriot-owned land in the north, House President Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday night. ...

The Turkish Cypriot authorities on Wednesday threatened to reciprocate the government’s planned clampdown on Turkish Cypriot taxis operating in the Republic. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, ‘government’ sources in ...

In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides faced robust questioning following his speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Meanwhile, measures to tackle organised crime came under ...

Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Mustafa Hurben was jailed on Tuesday after refusing to pay an 800TL (€24) fine for refusing to complete his military service. Hurben was taken away by police ...

Cyprus has been on the right side of history following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday after his speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of the ...

The national health scheme Gesy must continue and survive, the finance and health ministers said on Tuesday following a meeting to discuss the issue. “We had a very productive discussion… ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said he condemns the British High Commissioner in Nicosia Irfan Siddiq. Tatar was speaking to Kibris Postasi TV about an interview Siddiq had ...

Polis Chrysochous is to spend €150 million on upgrades to the town’s infrastructure, Mayor Yiotis Papachristofi said on Tuesday. Planned upgrades include to the town’s sewerage system, upgrades to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is in Strasbourg on Wednesday ahead of a planned address to the plenary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Prior to his speech, ...

Turkish Cypriot taxi drivers on Tuesday denounced the Cyprus government’s planned crackdown on their operations as “racist”. The government had announced on Friday plans to effectively reduce the burden ...

Monday’s power outage at the Nicosia general hospital was caused by a cable being cut during construction work being carried out outside, State Health Services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou ...