Tom Cleaver

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday welcomed the new pact among EU states dealing with migrants and asylum seekers, calling it “a step in the right direction” as political parties here ...

The redesign of the European Union’s migration system is a “step in the right direction”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday. In a post on X, he said ...

Evrim Hincal, the financial secretary of Turkish Cypriot opposition party the TDP, was refused entry to Turkey on Wednesday. Hincal had travelled to the country alongside Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor ...

In today’s episode, a man fell to his death after jumping out of a fifth-floor apartment window to escape a police immigration raid. Meanwhile, state prosecutors said they cannot ...

Two men have been injured and the police are looking for three more after a fight broke out in the Paphos village of Kissonerga over a “like” on social media ...

A bomb exploded outside the front of an estate agents’ office in Limassol on Thursday morning. The estate agents’ office is located in the Ayios Ioannis neighbourhood. Police rushed to ...

The government is considering creating an online platform through which children and parents will be able to report bullies, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Wednesday. Speaking on CyBC radio, ...

Exiled Belarusian political opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya visited Cyprus on Wednesday, meeting with House president Annita Demetriou and the House foreign affairs committee. Tsikhanouskaya rose to prominence in Belarus after ...

A donkey died on Wednesday after being run over on the motorway which connects Nicosia and Kyrenia. The donkey was sighted on the motorway near Bogazi on Wednesday morning, but ...

The Cyprus-based web browser Aloha Browser saw a 250 per cent jump in users in March, according to a Reuters on Wednesday. The stark increase in numbers came after the European ...

Tests for people suspected of driving under the influence of drugs will in some cases be carried out by taking blood samples, should a new bill proposed by the transport ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar attended Eid prayers at the Hafiz Ebubekir mosque in northern Nicosia on Wednesday morning. “I wish for patience to my brothers and sisters who are ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of a national autism strategy and action plan. The strategy covers the period between now and 2028 and includes a total of 53 actions under seven “...

The Republic of Cyprus is “committed to contributing to the effort to ensure stability and peace in the region”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Wednesday. He was speaking at ...

The first phase of the government’s new online portal is expected to be ready in June, deputy minister of digital policy Nikodemos Damianou said on Wednesday. Speaking after a ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) on Wednesday suspended a doctor after patients alleged that he was registering their names on Gesy for services he never provided to them. As a ...

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 ...