Tom Cleaver

Russia is to “begin providing consular services” in the north “in the very near future”, according to Russian news agency Tass. According to the reports, an official from the Russian ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu has touted a shift to a ‘presidential’ system, saying he “believes in [it] until the end”. The north has had a parliamentary system ...

The government’s deputy spokesperson Doxa Komodromou has said the ongoing row between health minister Popi Kanari and the ministry’s permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki is an “internal matter for ...

A Turkish government office has corroborated Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s claims that the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) fabricated a quote after a recent interview. Turkish Presidency’s Communications ...

The full results of the 2021 census will be ready by March 2024, a Statistical service (Cystat) representative said on Tuesday, meaning they will meet a hard deadline set by the European ...

The large number of Cypress and lemon trees cut down in the Paphos village of Mandria were done so with the permission of the forestry department, the village’s mukhtar ...

The north’s chief prosecutor has filed a case against left-wing Turkish Cypriot journalist and trade unionist Ali Kismir for “insulting and defaming the morality of the TRNC Security forces ...

Efforts to restore the Turkish Cypriot primary school and mosque in the village of Kokkina have been completed, the Turkish Cypriot foundations administration (Evkaf) and the ‘TRNC Security forces command’ ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has condemned recent comments made by his predecessor between 2005 and 2010 Mehmet Ali Talat on the Cyprus problem, saying “they are of no benefit to the ...

Trade unions in the north have raised the alarm over potentially unsafe school buildings, weeks before the academic year is set to begin. Concerns were initially raised following the devastating ...

Foreign minister Constantinos Kombos held a telephone conversation with United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Monday. Among other things, the pair discussed the Cyprus problem, cooperation between Cyprus ...

Erhan Arikli, the north’s ‘transport minister’, said on Monday that plans to construct a masjid, a Muslim place of worship, on the grounds of the Apostolos Andreas monastery, have ...

Build ‘em fast, build ‘em cheap, build ‘em high seems to be a once-sleepy village’s new mantra Anyone who has been near Trikomo in recent years will have noticed ...

A group of 16 left wing Turkish Cypriot organisations, known as the “This homeland is ours platform”, have released a statement condemning Turkish actions in Cyprus, highlighting the problems they believe ...

An attempt was made to steal an ATM in the early hours of Friday morning in Paphos. According to police, an alarm connected to a private security company sounded in ...

In separate televised interviews, the north’s ‘tourism minister’ Fikri Ataoglu and Kyrenia mayor Murat Senkul both said restoration and renovation work at the Kyrenia harbour will be completed within ...

The north’s cost of living increased by 9.9 per cent in the month of July, according to figures released by its statistics office. The figures, calculated in Turkish Lira, work ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has accused the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) of “twisting the truth” in its report of a recent interview they conducted with him. CNA reported Tatar ...

The Larnaca municipality is laying turf on the promenade of Finikoudes beach as part of its efforts to improve the area’s aesthetics, it said on Friday. The move forms ...

Forty eight ‘positive searches’ of the Schengen Information System (SIS) database were conducted in its first week of access to the system, the justice ministry said on Friday. Cyprus was ...

The behemoth cruise ship known as the Rhapsody of the Seas arrived at Ayia Napa marina on Thursday morning. The ship, which is operated by international cruise operator Royal Carribbean, ...

United States Congressman Pete Sessions has visited the north, becoming the first American politician to land at Ercan (Tymbou) airport and meeting with high-level Turkish Cypriot figures. Sessions, a Republican ...

The trial of a man accused of killing 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot Zehie Helin Reessur in the north in January has been postponed again, this time until August 11 to facilitate more ...

The reservoir in the village of Kanli has completely dried up, according to its mukhtar Gulen Kilic. The reservoir, which has a total water capacity of over 700,000 cubic metres, has ...