Tom Cleaver

New crossing points opened to connect Cyprus’ two sides should “facilitate the daily lives of all the Cypriot people”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. “What I want to mention ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman visited the Greek Cypriot middle school in Rizokarpaso on Wednesday, meeting pupils and teachers from both that school and the town’s Greek Cypriot primary ...

Old calendarist priests entered a farm in the Larnaca district on Wednesday night to bless its goats, with the area having been hit by an outbreak of foot and mouth ...

An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale struck near Paphos late on Wednesday night, the geological survey department said on Thursday. The earthquake struck at 11.54pm. Its epicentre was located ...

A 41-year-old man from Paphos has been arrested in connection with the theft of a car in the town which took place in 2024, the police said on Thursday. The vehicle ...

Cyprus is “still at the beginning” of its fight against an ongoing outbreak of foot and mouth disease, veterinary services department spokeswoman Sotiria Georgiadou said on Thursday, stressing that the ...

Light snowfall is expected in the Troodos mountains on Thursday, with lower ground expected to see isolated rain showers mixed in with periods of mainly clear weather. Temperatures are set ...

It is Turkey which “controls things in Cyprus”, Cypriot member of the European Parliament Loucas Fourlas, of Disy, said on Wednesday, as the parliament’s petitions committee (Peti) discussed the ...

The Turkish Cypriot property management service is investigating a total of 110 contracts signed by the Paphos municipality for the use of abandoned Turkish Cypriot property in the town, according to ...

The amount of water being supplied to the Larnaca district has been reduced, the Larnaca district government said on Wednesday, with the water pressure in the district’s pipes having ...

Stylianos Constantinou, the 15-year-old boy who ended his life by suicide in 2019, “was forced to grow up in this abusive environment from the day he was born”, the Nicosia district ...

Cheesemakers’ association spokesman Michalis Koullouros on Thursday called for a halt to the culling of farm animals in light of an outbreak of foot a d mouth disease. “We must ...

A total of 10,000 doses of the foot and mouth disease vaccine sent to the Republic by the Turkish Cypriots have been delivered and received, the north’s ‘agriculture ministry’ said ...

The government is against the idea of cutting pensions, even for the highest earners, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said on Wednesday. He was speaking after a meeting of government officials ...

A 31-year-old man was on Wednesday handed a 20-year jail sentence after having been found guilty of the possession of a little over 15 kilograms of cocaine and almost 95 kilograms of ...

The Turkish Cypriots are to send a total of 20,000 doses of the foot and mouth disease vaccine to Larnaca, the north’s ‘agriculture minister’ Hüseyin Cavus said on Tuesday ...

President Nikos Christodoulides described his meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday as “open and honest”, though no concrete results were achieved. The meeting took place at United ...

The Turkish Cypriot legislature on Monday night voted to ratify a controversial deal which will see Turkish telecommunications company Turk Telekom bring fibreoptic internet to the north. The agreement, signed ...

With Cyprus remaining for the time being outside of Europe’s border-free Schengen zone, the European Union’s new electronic entry/exit system (EES) will not be applied on the ...

A 42-year-old man was arrested on Sunday after allegedly stabbing a 25-year-old man in the early hours of the morning. The pair had reportedly engaged in a verbal argument, with ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Cyprus is part of his plans to create a “hexagon of alliances” for Israel in the region. “We will create an entire ...

A 20-year-old male has been arrested in connection with a mass brawl which broke out in Larnaca last month. He appeared at the Famagusta district court in Paralimni on Sunday ...

A sixth arrest has been made in connection with a high-profile burglary which was staged in Larnaca in February 2024, with a 31-year-old man appearing in court on Sunday. The man ...

Seven ‘green point’ rubbish tips in the Larnaca district have been closed until further notice amid an ongoing outbreak of foot and mouth disease, district governor Angelos Hadjicharalambous said on ...