Tom Cleaver

The north’s ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of granting an amnesty for those who obtained fake diplomas but did not use them. Speaking in ‘...

Police on Tuesday announced two further arrests in the case of an attack on a construction site and resident workers which took place on Friday evening. Four people are now ...

The House commerce committee on Tuesday gave the government 15 days to submit its position over which body will be responsible for overseeing Cyprus’ marinas. Committee chairman and Disy MP Kyriakos ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s bodyguard Serif Avcil claimed to have “lost his phone on the way to the police station”, police sergeant Bilger Koral said in court on ...

A criminal complaint for sexual harassment was filed against the head of the beleaguered Osiou Avakoum monastery, it emerged on Tuesday. The complaint was filed by a former employee, who ...

Investigations into football refereeing in Cyprus have revealed that as many as seven games may have been unduly manipulated over five years, it emerged on Tuesday. The Sports ethics committee ...

“The elderly’s problems are not the government’s priority,” House Labour committee chairman and Akel MP Andreas Kafkalias charged on Tuesday. Speaking at a committee meeting regarding services for ...

Tom Cleaver recounts a day spent in Kormakitis, the Maronite village in which the “Sanna” language is spoken In my 24 years, I have been almost everywhere in Cyprus, and seen ...

Ersin Tatar’s bodyguard Serif Avcil appeared in court on Saturday after having been arrested on Friday night in connection with investigations into the north’s ongoing “fake diploma scandal”. ...

A 25-year-old prisoner in the north made an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to escape on Saturday. The man, a 25-year-old Pakistani national, was being housed in the north’s old prison ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday the scandal engulfing the Osiou Avvakoum monastery “plagues the whole society.” Speaking to journalists, he added, “I can assure society, the Cypriot people, that ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday paid a visit to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal ahead of the now-confirmed restart of construction work. Speaking to journalists at the site, he ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos is to travel to Brussels on Sunday to take part in the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council. The council will convene on Monday is expected ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to visit Egypt on Sunday to take part in an international summit. The summit will also be attended by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, ...

Police in Limassol issued arrest warrants on Saturday against four people who allegedly vandalised a construction site and attacked construction workers. They said the incident occurred at around 8pm on ...

The United Nations Secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin said there are “no timetables” for her next steps after leaving Cyprus. She was speaking after meeting with President Nikos ...

The almost 200 tonnes of humanitarian aid transported from Cyprus to Gaza on the ship the Open Arms have been successfully unloaded in Gaza, the Cypriot government said on Saturday. Speaking ...

A 29-year-old man from the Paphos district was remanded in custody for six days on Saturday after having set fire to a car on Friday evening. The car was parked ...

Almost two metric tonnes of beef smuggled to the north from the Republic were seized from supermarkets in the Kyrenia district on Thursday night. The meat was discovered and seized ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou invoked the name of late United States President John F Kennedy in a speech to mark World Consumer Rights Day on Friday. He said, “as is ...

Turgay Avci, chairman of the north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak), resigned on Friday. Avci visited Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar to hand in his resignation, as he did ...

A total of eight people were arrested on Thursday evening after two fights broke out at a children’s shelter in Larnaca. Police said the first fight took place at ...

The Met Office on Friday warned that Green Monday may be hit with “localised rain” around Cyprus. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, Met Office spokesman Panagiotis Georgiou said the rain ...

Former Cyprus President George Vassiliou was admitted to the Nicosia general hospital on Thursday night, it was reported on Friday. While it has been disclosed that he is suffering from “...