Tom Cleaver

Sixteen-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur, who was murdered in January saw her killer “as a brother”, according to testimonies heard in court on Thursday. In the latest hearing ...

An “explosive device” detonated at around 3:30am in a car in the Ayios Spyridonas neighbourhood of Limassol on Friday. The car belonged to a 28-year-old man. Police say they became ...

The defence ministry is accepting applications for new contract soldiers, with applications open online through the government’s online portal until September 22. Applicants must be registered and authenticated users on ...

Police in Paphos arrested a 27-year-old man on Thursday evening in relation to an investigation into an alleged kidnapping which reportedly took place during the troubles seen in Chlorakas earlier ...

Two men “attacked and beat” police in Larnaca while being arrested in connection with multiple burglaries on Thursday evening. The pair attempted to escape and police fired warning shots, before ...

The British bases inaugurated 16 new police officers in a ceremony in Dhekelia. The ceremony was attended by bases commander Air Vice Marshal Peter Squires, and saw the new recruits take ...

There were tense scenes outside the north’s ‘education ministry’ building on Thursday as trade unions staged a protest against controversial “non-secular” new textbooks. ‘Education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu was booed ...

The 170 passengers and six crew who had been “stranded” in Italy since Tuesday after a Cyprus Airways aeroplane experienced a technical problem are expected to return to Cyprus at around 6...

Cyprus has the “second-best results in the world” regarding the search for missing persons, according to the outgoing third member of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) Paul-Henri Arni. Speaking ...

British UN peacekeepers are set to undertake 24 workouts in 24 hours to raise funds for the Nicosia dog shelter on September 8. A number of the peacekeepers volunteer at the shelter during ...

The government is evaluating a proposal to bring the process of sending patients abroad for treatment under the umbrella of Gesy. According to health ministry spokesman Dimitris Constantinou, the details ...

The tender for the installation of smart traffic lights will be announced on October 15, according to Transport minister Alexis Vafeades. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), he said he ...

The scene in Chlorakas, as well as in the neighbouring villages of Emba and Tremithousa, is calm, according to the police. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), police press ...

A 22-year-old Syrian national has been arrested in Paphos for “causing and inciting violence” after posting violent imagery onto his social media accounts. Testimony emerged against the man during an ...

Central Nicosia’s Eleftheria square will be lit up lilac on Thursday evening to commemorate International overdose awareness day. The initiative has been jointly organised by the Cyprus Addiction Treatment ...

A 49-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday morning after allegedly stabbing another woman of the same age on a street in Limassol on Tuesday night. She was taken into custody ...

The recent controversy surrounding “non-secular” content in new school textbooks to be used in the north is “a storm in a teacup”, according to ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu. “We stand ...

The 14-point package of confidence building measures (CBMs) reportedly being prepared by President Nikos Christodoulides is “full of traps”, according to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. The authenticity of the ...

Police investigations are focused on the “personal circumstances” of the man who was found in a pool of blood in Xylotymbou on Tuesday. In addition, Famagusta police spokesman Steve Theodoulou ...

A 49-year-old woman is in hospital after being stabbed in her neck and left arm in Limassol on Tuesday night. According to police, the woman presented herself to the Limassol ...

The number of tourists visiting Larnaca during the summer season this year is expected to number around 400,000, according to the town’s mayor Andreas Vyras. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

A 37-year-old man is in an “extremely critical” condition after being found in a pool of blood in his home by a relative on Tuesday. According to Famagusta police spokesman ...

The Open University of Cyprus is to begin offering courses in English, according to a strategic plan issued to President Christodoulides by its chairman Giorgos Papas. Papas confirmed the plans ...

The use of smart devices in Cyprus saw a sharp rise in 2022 compared to 2020, according to the European Union’s statistical office Eurostat. Almost two thirds of people aged between 16 ...