Tom Cleaver

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Friday urged countries stationing troops and military equipment in Cyprus to “not involve” the island in the ongoing crisis. Tatar was in the Turkish ...

The trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who faces ten years in prison for “insulting” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was postponed for the second time in court on ...

Cyprus has moved up one place to 21st in the European Union for gender equality, according to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). The ranking was published in the ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce (Keve) said it was “deeply concerned” on Thursday about the latest developments regarding halloumi. Their concerns pertain to forthcoming changes to the ratio of different ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told the United Nations to “take action” in Palestine on Wednesday. Tatar was speaking at a tree-planting ceremony in the Ankara municipality of Altindag in ...

Hotel occupancy rates across Cyprus have been at 85 per cent so far this month, according to Hotels’ Association (Pasyxe) chairman Thanos Michaelides. Michaelides told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on ...

Search and rescue teams are scrambling to find a diver that went missing on Thursday off the coast of Larnaca. The diver was under water near the Zenobia shipwreck as ...

Turkish Cypriot doctors said on Thursday they are now “scared to write prescriptions” as arrests continue in the ongoing fake prescription scandal. The scandal has gripped the north in recent ...

Ozer Kanli resigned from his position as head of the Kibris Yesil Vatan Media Group on Wednesday, in an unexpected move. According to Bugun Kibris, he said goodbye to staff ...

In today’s episode, healthcare workers in public hospitals went on a nationwide strike amid demands for equal pay. In other news, the House ethics committee examined potential squandering of ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli was accused on Tuesday of “thinking he is an influencer” by opposition party CTP Deputy Leader Sila Usar Incirli. Incirli was speaking on ...

Cyprus “supports Ukraine’s fight”, House President Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday. Demetriou was speaking at the interparliamentary session of the International Platform for Crimea in Prague. She said “we ...

Ten men accused of people smuggling will appear at the Paphos District Court on Wednesday after the court was unable to decide on Tuesday whether or not to remand them ...

The United Nations’ “primary objective [in Cyprus] is to support the efforts directed by the leaders to secure a permanent settlement,” according to its special representative on the island Colin ...

The potential impact of the ongoing crisis in Gaza and any potential further escalation were discussed at a meeting of the National Security Council on Tuesday. The meeting – consisting of ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has said the arrival of German special forces in Cyprus “runs contrary to international agreements”. Tatar was speaking to the Anadolu Agency on Monday, and ...

The north’s ‘government’ on Tuesday blocked the creation of a ‘parliamentary’ investigation committee into the circumstances regarding the banning of 12 Turkish Cypriots from Turkey. Opposition politicians had put forward ...

The village of Kato Pyrgos on Tuesday called for a road to connect it with Mosfili and the rest of the Paphos district beyond to be built through the north’...

The walls of the historical Venetian Palace in Famagusta’s old town are being reinforced, after some feared they may collapse. An agreement was signed by the north’s Famagusta ...

One of the Greek Cypriots arrested in the north for attempting to cross to the north by car with counterfeit insurance documents was sentenced to two months in prison in ...

The accident and emergency departments at the Apollonion hospital in Nicosia and the Ygia polyclinic in Limassol are included in Gesy as of Monday. Their joining of Gesy brings the ...

The Independent Trade Unions’ Federation (Poaso) on Monday called for its workers to receive full payment of the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA). Putting their case forward, they cited “a ...

Higher than usual temperatures are expected across Cyprus all week, according to Met Office director Kleanthis Nicolaides. “There is an area of high pressure in the Eastern Mediterranean at the ...

Work began on the road between Pyla and Arsos on Monday, with crews entering the buffer zone and marking the road’s path on the ground. Two teams of construction ...