Tom Cleaver

The illegal poaching and trapping of migratory birds earns criminals around 11 million euros, according to Justice minister Anna Procopiou. Procopiou produced the figure after the signing of a memorandum of ...

A lifeguard cannot be stationed at Aphrodite’s rock because it is a national monument, according to Paphos’s district officer Mary Lambrou. She said on Wednesday that the beach ...

The met office has issued a yellow warning of extreme high temperatures for Thursday with the “Cleon” heatwave set to hit Cyprus. Temperatures are expected to reach as high as 43 ...

Turkish Parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus visited the north on Tuesday and met with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, ‘Prime Minister’ Unal Ustel, and the north’s ‘Parliamentary’ speaker Zorlu Tore. ...

A 33-year-old tourist was rescued by helicopter after falling down a 50 metre cliff in Akamas on Tuesday while riding a quadbike. The accident happened in the Akamas area of Kakoskali ...

A 21-year old man was arrested at Ercan airport on Tuesday in connection with the shooting of Turkish Cypriot lawyer, Seyhan Yildirim in his office in Kyrenia on Tuesday morning. ...

The north’s first single-use plastic regulation came into force on Tuesday, with the aim of reducing the amount of plastic waste produced. According to the new law, it is ...

The number of Iranians, Russians – and more surprisingly – Greek Cypriots arriving in the north by air and sea has seen a stark increase in the first five months of 2023 compared ...

The trial of a 45-year-old man accused of premeditated murder in Paphos has been adjourned following a request from his defence lawyers. The trial is set to resume on September 20 ...

Giorgos Koumas was re-elected unopposed as president of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) on Monday. Koumas was formally re-elected in Limassol in the presence of officials from Fifa and Uefa ...

Police are investigating an alleged scam in which a woman from Nicosia lost over €77,000. The woman, aged 49, was allegedly persuaded by an unknown person via social media to invest money ...

A 29-year-old man died on Sunday after finding himself in trouble while swimming at Aphrodite’s rock. The man, who was accompanied in the sea by a friend, was swimming ...

Police have seized a total of 16 kilograms of cannabis which was found in the luggage of two men arriving at Paphos airport on Sunday. The men, aged 55 and 38, have been ...

Police have arrested a 29-year-old man in connection with an attempted kidnapping which took place in Ayia Napa on Sunday. The man is not accused of taking part in the ...

Over 1.6 million journeys were made to the north via the crossing points in the first three months of 2023, according to statistics released by the north’s ‘Central bank’. The figures ...

Justice minister Anna Procopiou has announced that a total of 64 prisoners have been placed into working roles following their release. The released prisoners have been employed as part of a ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides expressed his “objections and reservations” regarding supplementary budgets for Cyprus’s two state universities, the University of Cyprus, and the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) on Friday. ...

A committee will be set up with the aim of solving the problems faced by people living in the Mitsero area. The announcement was made on Friday by Mitsero mukhtar ...

The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Tiny Kox, extended an invite on Friday to President Nikos Christodoulides to speak at a future PACE plenary ...

Six men, all taxi drivers, were arrested on Thursday outside Paphos airport after becoming involved in a physical altercation. The fight was a two-sided affair, with one group of three ...

A new solar energy farm is set to be constructed in Lefka, within the scope of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) funded by the European Union. The UNDP say ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has said that Greece and Cyprus are “pillars of stability in the region” after meeting with Greek Defence minister Nikos Dendias on Thursday. Christodoulides welcomed Dendias at ...

Two unions are planning to hold a protest outside City of Dreams Mediterranean casino resort in Zakaki next Tuesday, a day after its official opening. Following the casino’s opening ...

A 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody for one day after attempting to leave Paphos airport on a forged Danish passport on Thursday morning. According to police, the man ...