Tom Cleaver

A total of 10 bicommunal business ventures were crowned winners of this year’s Stelios Foundation Bicommunal Business Awards on Wednesday night. The businesses, all of which are fronted by one ...

The mothers of two Cypriot children who were killed in last year’s earthquakes in Turkey met with Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc on Wednesday. Rusen Yucesoylu Karakaya and Pervin ...

Local government reform is “on the right track”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday. Most of the teething problems faced during the transition to Cyprus’ new system of local ...

Cyprus has seen “one of the largest increases” in its share of renewable energy sources of any European Union member state, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday. He was ...

Cyprus Police Association chairman Kyriakos Charalambous resigned with immediate effect on Thursday. In his resignation letter, he cited “personal issues” and increased professional obligations as reasons for his stepping down ...

“It’s a joke” to say the government is replacing multiple pensions for government officials are being replaced by “tips”, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Thursday. He underlined he ...

Greek nationals living in Cyprus were warned to only vote once in June’s European elections by the Greek Embassy in Nicosia on Thursday. The embassy moved to make it ...

Two car crashes took place within the space of two hours on the motorway between Nicosia and Limassol. The incidents took place near Ayios Tychonas, with the first being an ...

The fire brigade is in the final stage of recruiting a total of 259 new firefighters. The new recruits will be added to the fire brigade’s current staff, which at ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Thursday, accused of breaking a restaurant owner’s glasses, among other antisocial acts allegedly committed while at a restaurant. According to ...

The 31-year-old Ukrainian woman who stands accused of money laundering was jailed pending a trial on Wednesday after being unable to afford bail. The woman stands accused of laundering around €8 ...

The European Commission on Wednesday announced the launch of a new programme aimed at supporting Turkish Cypriot businesses. The project will allow Turkish Cypriot small and medium-sized businesses and startups ...

Cypriot MPs voted “no” as the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Pace) recommended that Kosovo’s application to join the Council of Europe be accepted on Tuesday night. ...

Cypriot driver Vladimiros Tziortzis had a disastrous start to the EuroNascar season last weekend. At the season opener in Valencia, Tziortzis started in 10th place for Saturday’s race, but ...

The government “does not wish to solve the problem” of multiple pensions being paid to government officials, the audit service said on Wednesday. In an eight-point statement on the matter, ...

More people from Russia visit the north than from any other third country outside of Turkey, the north’s ‘tourism minister’ Fikri Ataoglu said on Tuesday. Speaking in ‘parliament’, he ...

In today’s episode, experts sounded the alarm over the government’s decision to suspend asylum applications for Syrian nationals. Meanwhile, two port police boats have been sent from Cyprus ...

The legality or otherwise of deputy ministries may be taken to court, with lawyer Christos Clerides announcing on Tuesday his intention to bring the matter before the judiciary. In a ...

A 25-year-old man from Paphos was handed a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday after having carried out two armed robberies at the same kiosk. The man committed the two robberies, ...

Police in the north announced on Tuesday the arrest of two men who had embezzled over $100,000 from a casino in Kyrenia at which they were working. The pair, aged 46 and 36, ...

Police in Famagusta arrested two people who were killing lambs near the Famagusta lake on Monday night. The pair, aged 35 and 29, were killing lambs outside a slaughterhouse in the area, ...

The Audit service on Tuesday raised concerns regarding deferments granted to young men who would otherwise have been conscripted into the National guard. In a report on the matter, it ...

Rural areas across Cyprus are to receive “ultra-high-speed” fibreoptic internet networks, Digital Policy Deputy Minister Nikodemos Damianou said on Tuesday. Speaking at the launch of a €35 million government project to ...

Over 25,000 people have registered to vote in Cyprus for the first time ahead of June’s elections, Elections Service head Menelaos Vasiliou said on Monday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...