Tom Cleaver

Greek Cypriots living in Rizokarpaso are being “used as political pawns” by the Republic’s government, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said on Wednesday she intends to visit Cyprus to encourage people on the island to vote in June’s European Parliament elections. Speaking to journalists, ...

MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek was on Wednesday slammed for campaigning in the north for re-election by both Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar and the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu. In ...

Cyprus is the second-worst country in the European Union regarding workplace gender equality, it was revealed on Monday. According to a survey carried out by Swedish business website Finansvalp, Cyprus’ ...

A total of 19 people have been arrested as of Monday after a mass brawl occurred on northern Nicosia’s popular Zahra Street on Thursday. Four of the arrestees, all boys ...

The value and importance of all-day school is “obvious,” Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday. Speaking at a promotional event in Nicosia, she said the extension of the school ...

Officials from the north on Monday entered the three Greek Cypriot schools in Rizokarpaso to “carry out checks”, the education ministry said. They said the officials, who could not be ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday met with the President of the Union of Cyprus Communities, Andreas Kitromilides. At the meeting, the pair spoke about local government reform, with both ...

A former ‘minister’ in the north appeared in court again in Morphou on Monday as part of investigation into irregular activities at universities. The man previously served as ‘education minister’ ...

A 25-year-old woman was sentenced to ten years in jail on Monday, after having attempted to smuggle around 9.5 kilograms of cannabis into the country. The woman had been arrested at ...

Zeki Celer was elected as leader of north opposition political party the TDP on Sunday. Celer was elected unopposed at the party’s conference, replacing Mine Atli in the role. ...

A donkey was run over by an ambulance near Rizokarpaso on Saturday night. The ambulance was being driven with a patient on board from the Rizokarpaso health centre to the ...

Crime per capita in Cyprus has risen for the second consecutive year, according to the police’s annual statistics report. The report shows that the “crime index”, the ratio of ...

The Nicosia Municipality has spent €11 million on social integration programmes in the last 12 years, Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Friday. Speaking at a ceremony presenting the results to date of ...

Turkish energy company Aksa made $1 billion (€924 million) in profit in Cyprus since 2000, Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Mechanical Engineers chairman Ayer Yarkiner claimed on Friday. Yarkiner at a joint press conference ...

Turkish Cypriot authorities will carry out a full “academic audit” regarding the scandal of fake diplomas which has erupted in the north in recent days. Speaking at a press conference ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday promised to hold non-binding referenda in the near future. Speaking at an organised question and answer session with high school children, he said the government “...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Friday that a fight which broke out in the old town’s popular Zahra Street on Thursday night was a “mafia exercise”. ...

Three of Cyprus’ beaches were ranked in Europe’s top 25 beaches for 2024 by travel giant Tripadvisor. Highest ranking on the list was Nissi beach in Ayia Napa, in seventh place ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is set to hold his next meeting with United Nations Envoy Maria Angela Holguin on March 11, he said on Friday. Speaking to journalists, he said that on ...

The building which exploded in the Nicosia suburb of Engomi on Tuesday had not obtained the requisite permission to be converted into its current form, Engomi Mayor Zacharias Kyriakou said ...

In today’s episode, legislators dubbed the commercial development done in a protected area in Ayia Napa “a classic crime“. Meanwhile, the auditor-general will report the Cyprus Broadcasting Cooperation (CyBC) ...

A total of 140 kilograms of beef smuggled from the Republic were seized by police in the north on Thursday, with two arrests made. The first arrestee, a 55-year-old man, was ...

Renovation works have started on Kyrenia’s sea promenade, the town’s mayor Murat Senkul announced on Thursday evening. In a post on social media, Senkul said the area has ...