Tom Cleaver

The sale or free distribution of single-use plastic shopping bags with a thickness between 15 and 50 microns – millionths of a metre – are to be banned in the north from January 1, its ...

The north will face “serious energy and water problems” next year, its ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Monday as discussions in the Turkish Cypriot legislature over next year’s ‘...

A 35-year-old man was killed in the central prison on Sunday, with the police on Monday arresting another inmate on suspicion of premeditated murder. The police on Monday confirmed that ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday said he will submit amendments to the government’s tax reform bills to parliament on Tuesday as he appeared in front of the House ...

The presence of American multinational energy corporation Chevron in Cyprus’ maritime exclusive economic zone (EEZ) constitutes a “vote of confidence” in the energy potential of both Cyprus and Europe, President ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday urged his new ministers to “work tirelessly” as they were sworn in after his announcement of a cabinet reshuffle on Friday evening. He told them ...

Polis Chrysochous is “on alert” after bearing the brunt of Storm Byron and facing extensive flooding over the weekend, the town’s mayor Yiotis Papachristofi said on Monday. He told ...

A fresh yellow weather warning for rain and storms, in effect from 1am on Monday until 1am on Tuesday, was issued by the met office as Cyprus continues to feel ...

Elam, former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides’ Alma, and social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou’s Direct Democracy party look set to be the big winners at May’s parliamentary election, according to ...

Sila Usar Incirli, the leader of Turkish Cypriot opposition political party the CTP, on Sunday said early legislative elections in the north are “inevitable”, as her party seeks a return ...

The road linking Polis Chrysochous and Latchi was closed on Sunday as heavy rainfall brought about by Storm Byron caused floods in the town and the region. With heavy rainfall ...

Edek will remain in the government following an extraordinary meeting of the party’s political bureau held in light of a cabinet reshuffle which the party had earlier said showed ...

There have been “no developments” in efforts to lift the Turkish government’s ban on Cypriot-flagged ships entering its ports, Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis said on Sunday. Speaking on ...

Rain will continue to fall in Cyprus until Thursday, met office senior officer Panayiotis Georgiou said on Sunday. He told the Cyprus News Agency that the eye of Storm Byron ...

Greek Cypriot chief negotiator Menelaos Menelaou and undersecretary to the Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Dana will hold a one-on-one meeting before President Nikos Christodoulides, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, and ...

A British member of parliament from the country’s ruling Labour Party has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Girne American University in Kyrenia, the university announced on Sunday. ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Saturday decried the “constant arms race undertaken by the Greek Cypriot side” during a meeting with Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz in Ankara. ...

The European Union’s envoy for the Cyprus problem Johannes Hahn is to return to Cyprus next week, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Saturday. Speaking after President Nikos Christodoulides’ ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Saturday promised that Friday’s cabinet reshuffle will have no effect on Cyprus’ preparations to undertake the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency ...

Edek leader Nikos Anastasiou on Saturday ruled out the prospect of his party withdrawing its support for the government after his party had hours earlier released a statement expressing fury ...

The European Commission has allocated €2.3 million from the European Union solidarity fund to help Cyprus recover from the extensive wildfires which broke out in the Limassol and Paphos districts in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides “has answers for all issues” related to ongoing talks on the Cyprus problem, including Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s four points to restart negotiations, government spokesman ...

George Penintaex is to become a member of parliament for Dipa after one of the party’s MPs, Marinos Mousiouttas left parliament to become labour minister on Friday. He joins ...

Four new names are set to be added to Cyprus’ cabinet on Monday with six positions changing hands following President Nikos Christodoulides’ announcement of a cabinet reshuffle on Friday evening, ...