Tom Cleaver

The trial of the driver of a pickup truck which crashed into another vehicle and killed its four occupants on New Year’s Eve was postponed on Thursday. The man’...

Two people received eight-day custodial remands on Thursday after having attempted to smuggle 33 kilograms of cannabis into Cyprus via Paphos airport. The pair, aged 28 and 20 years old, had arrived at ...

Patients’ safety is a top priority in the formulation of health-related policies, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Thursday. Damianos was speaking following the introduction of a new international standard ...

The youth camp in Lapithos was put to use on Thursday to house people forced to flee their homes during floods and storms on Tuesday night. The north’s ‘deputy ...

The north’s ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said on Thursday that the north’s population is 400,000, “and we have to accept it”. He added that “it is time for a ...

The new system for urgent care referrals under Gesy came into force on Thursday. Under the new system, there are now two categories for referrals – “urgent” and “normal” – thus allowing ...

A total of 25,000 workers received an increase in their salaries upon being paid for the month of January according to the Labour ministry, following an increase in the minimum wage. ...

A celebration for World Wetlands Day will be held at the Oroklini Lake on Saturday, within the scope of the Pandoteira project. The celebrations will include activities such as bird ...

In today’s episode, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou sought to ease concerns of a multi-million euro arbitration cost the government may be forced to pay out amid a halt in ...

Police on bicycles in Paphos responded to a total of 71 incidents during the month of January, the town’s police’s assistant operations chief Michalis Nikolaou said on Thursday. Speaking ...

The 14-point package of measures announced by President Nikos Christodoulides are an “admission of guilt”, Serdar Denktash said. “The Greek Cypriot side did not prepare these proposals for us; they ...

Members of the Cyprus Bar Association “will not be allowed” to partake in the sale of Greek Cypriot properties in the north, the association’s chairman Michael Vorkas said on ...

Around 28 grams of cannabis, which had been purchased in the Turkish city of Batman, were found in a man’s underwear by a sniffer dog at Ercan (Tymbou) airport, it ...

Inclement weather caused chaos in the north on Tuesday night, with heavy rain and storms causing flooding and landslides across the island’s northern third. Particularly heavy rain fell in ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli is to face a challenge for the leadership of his party the YDP at its forthcoming party conference in February. ‘MP’ Talip Atalay ...

Two dead bodies have been found washed up on the coast near Ayios Epiktitos in the space of 24 hours. The first body was found at around 8.15am on Tuesday, and ...

Heavy hailstorms in the Pentadaktylos mountain range caused the motorway between Nicosia and Kyrenia to ice over on Monday night. A flurry of hailstones in the region left the road ...

The Kyrenia Municipality is to use 100 per cent of the property tax revenue it collected in 2023 to “meet the urgent needs of schools” within the region, its mayor Murat Senkul ...

Nicosia’s Theatro Ena theatre announced on Monday the suspension of its operations after 37 years of continuous presence. The theatre announced the decision in a social media post, lambasting Deputy ...

The north’s ‘agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus said on Monday that the Republic “must tighten its quarantine rules” regarding the import of citrus fruit. He made his comments in ‘parliament’ ...

President announces digital app among more than 80 policies President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday announced plans to create a “digital citizen” mobile application, on which people can access government services. The ...

The House finance committee on Monday approved the release of €1.04 million for the procurement of services from the anti-corruption authority. The amount concerns the purchase of services from experts for ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Monday met with taxi drivers in light of a planned clampdown on Turkish Cypriot taxis operating in the Republic. Those in attendance discussed “possible ...

Long waiting lists for specialised treatments on Gesy are “a lever for the financial exploitation” of patients, Gesy’s supervision commissioner Eugenia Efstathiou said on Monday. Efstathiou was speaking at ...