Tom Cleaver

Disy is beginning to pull out a lead ahead of Akel, according to the latest poll ahead of the forthcoming parliamentary elections, with both parties vying to be the largest ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Monday handwrote a draft bill to cut Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’ salaries by 10 per cent during a session of the Turkish Cypriot legislature. Members ...

The court of appeal on Monday ordered a retrial of Georgios Christodoulou Zavrantonas, who was in 2022 sentenced to 22 years in prison for the possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine. Zavrantonas’ lawyer ...

European Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen has reiterated the European Union’s support for the Great Sea Interconnector, which, if completed, will link the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece and Israel, ...

A report into accusations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis against a number of high-profile figures, centred on allegations of abuse of a woman named only as ‘Sandy’, was handed by ...

Cyprus is “fully prepared” for hantavirus, “both in terms of laboratory support and in terms of managing potential cases”, the health ministry said on Monday, with the number of cases ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Monday pledged his commitment to Ukraine’s “territorial integrity and sovereignty” as he met his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha on the sidelines of the day’...

Outgoing United States ambassador in Nicosia Julie Davis on Monday expressed pride at having “done so much” during her term as ambassador, as she held a farewell meeting with President ...

Commerce Minister Michael Damianos on Monday hailed the European Union’s imminent signing of a new interim trade agreement with Mexico, describing it and the establishment of a more general ...

European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna on Monday hailed the European Union’s new simplified rules regarding the use of biocides in food and feed production, while the Council of ...

Alexandros Panayiotou was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on Monday, and spoke at his swearing-in ceremony of the difficult times ahead for the rule of law, both domestically ...

While much of the focus regarding polling ahead of the forthcoming parliamentary election has been centred on movements between the parties, one of the tallest blocks in any polling bar ...

Religious pilgrimages undertaken by Armenian Cypriots, Greek Cypriots, and Maronite Cypriots in northern Cyprus and by Turkish Cypriots in the island’s southern two thirds will be organised by the ...

A forest fire which broke out near the Limassol district village of Pyrgos was extinguished within half an hour of breaking out on Sunday, the forestry department said. The fire ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday denied that “chaos” is prevailing in the government’s handling of the ongoing outbreak of foot and mouth disease, during a visit to a memorial ...

Pan-European party Volt have joined the pack of parties vying for fourth place in polling ahead of this month’s parliamentary election, according to a poll released on Sunday, with ...

Voters will be able to present the virtual version of their identity card on the government’s “digital citizen” mobile application as proof of identity when they go to cast ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Sunday expressed bemusement at plans to rename Paphos’ Kemal Ataturk Street, saying that the move “clearly reveals the true face of the Greek ...

An explosion was reported in a parked car in the Famagusta district village of Liopetri during the early hours of Sunday morning. According to the police, the explosion occurred at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday called on candidates standing in the forthcoming parliamentary elections to have “clear” positions, during a visit to a memorial service for Eoka fighters in the ...

Sanctions restricting the entry to Turkey of “more than 15” Cypriots have been lifted, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said. “The restrictions on entry to Turkey for a certain number of ...

A total of five people were arrested in Paphos for drug possession on Saturday evening after the car in which they were all travelling was stopped and searched by the ...

Sunday’s weather is expected to be warm and sunny across the island, with temperatures set to rise as high as 32 degrees Celsius inland. Elsewhere, temperatures are set to reach 28 ...

A new solar farm worth more than €4 million is to be built in the Larnaca suburb of Aradippou, the suburb’s municipality announced on Friday. It said it has now ...