Tom Cleaver

A total of seven people are confirmed to have died after a a passenger ferry capsized off the coast of Kyrenia, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel confirmed on Sunday ...

The met office cannot ban boats from setting sail in bad weather, its representative Andreas Chrysanthou said on Sunday, as investigations into the death of Limassol businessman Dimi Mavropoulos aboard ...

A passenger ferry capsized early on Sunday afternoon shortly after departing from Kyrenia for the Turkish port of Tasucu. The boat capsized around two kilometres north of the coast of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said he stands “by the side” of Greek Cypriot air traffic controllers in their endeavours to manage the disputed airspace above and around Cyprus, while ...

A 38-year-old man has been arrested after taking out a lighter and lighting it while filling a car up with petrol at a petrol station, the police said on Sunday. ...

A 19-year-old female has been arrested after allegedly trying to set a car on fire, the police said on Sunday. According to the police, the car’s 63-year-old male owner ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said that he had told Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman that he would say “no” to any confidence-building measures which “normalise the current illegal state ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extended his wishes to the Turkish Cypriot people as Turkey celebrates Victory Day, the 104th anniversary of the victory of Mustafa Kemal’s forces over ...

Sunday’s weather is expected to be mostly sunny across most of the island for most of the day, though increased cloud cover and isolated rain showers are forecast for ...

Trade unions on Friday warned that the government’s planned reform to the pension system may leave some pensioners below the poverty line, following a four-and-a-half-hour meeting of the government, ...

Pafos FC will host Scottish side Heart of Midlothian and travel to Italy to face Atalanta during the league phase of this season’s Conference League, with the draw having ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday described recent efforts made by the Greek Cypriot side to dissuade diplomats in Nicosia from attending a briefing given by his undersecretary Mehmet ...

The air traffic controllers’ European unions coordination (Atceuc) on Friday called on the authorities in Cyprus, Turkey, and the European Union, as well as the international civil aviation organisation, to ...

Cypriot champions Omonia will host Turkish giants Besiktas in this season’s Europa League league phase, with the Istanbul-based side featuring on a star-studded fixture list for Henning Berg’s ...

European Council President Antonio Costa will visit Cyprus next Friday as part of his “tour des capitales”, during which he will visit the capital city of every one of the ...

Exports to Turkey from the occupied north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport have all but ceased, according to reports on Friday, with no specially designated controlled section having been created for ...

The European Commission has declined to pass comment on the matter of the cancellation of a children’s football camp organised in the occupied north under licence by Spanish footballing ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Thursday offered criticism for the efforts made in Greek Cypriot political and sporting circles in recent days to force the cancellation of a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman will next meet next Wednesday, with the meeting marking the first of the weekly comings together to which the pair had ...

The health insurance organisation on Thursday moved to defend itself from criticism after a four-year-old boy died of meningitis, with his family claiming that he had not been diagnosed in ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday announced that an extra €106 million had been allocated to increase state benefits for disabled people between this year and 2028. “Simply put, more support, without ...

The ten members of the steering committee of the civil society consultative body were named on Thursday, after President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman agreed to do ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday insisted that in making efforts to ensure the cancellation of a children’s football camp which was due to be organised under licence on ...

A shipment of 900 tonnes of humanitarian aid has been sent from Cyprus to Gaza, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, explaining that the shipment “includes medicines, medical equipment, hygiene supplies, ...