Tom Cleaver

Almost 750 people were expected to file candidacies for the forthcoming parliamentary elections on Wednesday, as official registrations opened for those vying to win one of the 56 seats in the House. ...

An 81-year-old male prisoner died in hospital on Tuesday night, the justice ministry announced on Wednesday. The ministry said the man had been “facing serious health problems” prior to his ...

Wednesday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across most of the island, though clouds are expected to gather in the afternoon and possibly produce isolated pockets of rain, ...

Farmers will once again block the Rizoelia roundabout, which sits at the intersection of the motorway connecting Larnaca and Nicosia, and the motorway connecting Larnaca and Ayia Napa, on Friday, ...

Political and legal figures weighed in on Tuesday over a law passed by the Turkish Cypriot legislature on Monday night which criminalised the naming of high-profile individuals who appear in ...

Turkish opposition party CHP leader Ozgur Ozel on Tuesday called on Turkic states to recognise northern Cyprus as an independent country, while also lamenting the fact that Syrian President Ahmed ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday met outgoing United States ambassador in Nicosia Julie Davis, who resigned from the US state department last month. Erhurman’s office announced that ...

A joint working group to combat the ongoing outbreak of foot and mouth disease is to be created by the governments of Cyprus and Greece, it was announced on Tuesday. ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou and Greek Food Minister Margaritis Schinas on Tuesday discussed the outbreaks of foot and mouth disease which she said have “plagued” both countries in recent months. ...

School bus services in the north will be halted from Wednesday, Turkish Cypriot bus operators’ association Kar-Is chairman Fuat Topaloglu announced on Tuesday, saying they have not been paid for ...

Farmers were on Tuesday warned that failing to implement the European Union’s regulations and thereby culling animals infected with foot and mouth disease could see Cyprus run the risk ...

Activists from the Brussels-based Hind Rajab foundation have called for the arrest of an Israeli soldier who it says is “currently present in Limassol” and whom it accuses of “committing ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said he “strongly” condemns the latest missile attack launched by Iran on the United Arab Emirates after large fires were reported in the country’s ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was one of 33 heads of government to sign a joint statement affirming their will to work together to “tackle” irregular migration on the sidelines of the day’...

Nicosia’s Ochi market is to temporarily relocate from its usual location atop the Venetian walls’ Constanzo bastion, next to the Bayraktar mosque, for around seven months, the Nicosia municipality ...

Cyprus is one of ten European Union member states which has now sent its loan agreement to receive funds under the EU’s €150 billion Security Action for Europe (Safe) programme ...

The Cyprus issue “blocked” Turkey’s journey toward membership of the European Union, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. “Recently, some damaging debates regarding Turkey’s ...

Journalists’ reporting of the names of high-profile individuals who appear in court accused of crimes was on Monday criminalised in the north, after a bill banning the act was passed ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday highlighted Cyprus’ proximity to the Middle East as he welcomed German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul to Athens ahead of Tuesday’s Defence Exhibition ...

Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras on Monday redoubled his criticism of the government over the ongoing projects to redevelop his town’s port and marina, saying that he has “reasonable questions” ...

Hunters’ Movement parliamentary election candidate Stefanos Rousou Roskos on Monday expressed fury after a banner advertising his candidacy was defaced. He said the vandalism was “unacceptable”, and that such actions “...

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday thanked President Nikos Christodoulides for his and Cyprus’ “longstanding support for the Armenian people” when the pair met on the sidelines of the ...

European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna and Albanian chief negotiator Majlinda Dhuka on Monday held a telephone call to discuss the next steps as the western Balkan nation aims to ...

Little change was recorded among the parties expected to be the largest in the next parliament in the latest poll published ahead of the forthcoming election, though among the smaller ...