Tom Cleaver

Facing charges of laundering the proceeds of crime and operating illegal gambling websites, chairman of Kythrea-based Turkish Cypriot football club Miracle Degirmenlik Hakan Torehan, appeared in court in Kyrenia on ...

The finding of an unexploded mortar shell on the grounds of what will soon be Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s official residence in Ayios Dhometios caused the adjacent crossing ...

Exactly 25,489 children have been treated at the children’s accident and emergency unit at the Nicosia general hospital since it opened two years ago, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on ...

Two municipalities in the Larnaca district on Tuesday demanded payouts for their position near Larnaca airport, due to the “impact” the airport has on the two areas. The municipalities, the ...

Would-be candidates for this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election may need to amass 1,500 signatures to get their name on the ballot, after the north’s ruling coalition put a ...

The police were on Monday subjected to questions by the House human rights committee over the arrest of three people who were taking part in a protest organised in support ...

An investigation has been launched in Turkey into Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu over allegations that documents related to his transfer from a university in northern Cyprus to one in Turkey ...

The grid’s capacity to meet Cyprus’ electricity demand on Monday evening will be “limited”, the transmission system operator (TSO) said, as Cyprus’ energy consumption spikes amid freezing temperatures. It ...

Metadata from photographs and videos taken on former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis’ mobile phone was the focus in Monday’s hearing of the court case regarding the three people facing ...

Two men have been arrested after a restaurant owner in northern Nicosia was shot in the leg on Saturday. The shooting occurred at around 3.15pm on Saturday, with Ahmet Keskin ...

The decision to suspend football club Miracle Degirmenlik from the Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) will be made permanent on Monday, association Hasan Sertoglu said on Friday. Speaking at the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday said he aims for 30 per cent of the north’s land to be covered by forest. Speaking during a visit to the north’...

The government is to create a paramedics’ registry, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, he said the bill will “secure” the profession, adding ...

Snow in Istanbul led to 13 flights to and from the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport being cancelled on Friday. The flights were cancelled after snow in and around the city ...

A bill to legalise the creation of university clinics is to be put before cabinet next Wednesday, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (...

The donation drive to fund the “Karpasia donkeys management plan” aims to raise 2.28 million TL (€59,793), Kemal Basat, director of its overseeing organisation, the Tashkent nature park, said on Friday. He ...

A tender process with the aim of installing two new generators at the Dhekelia power station has begun, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Friday. Speaking after a meeting with ...

Two flights to and from the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport were cancelled on Thursday after snow in Istanbul caused Turkey’s flag carrier airline Turkish Airlines reduce its service ...

The highway connecting Paphos and Polis Chrysochous will “give a future” to the residents of the region, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday. Addressing the House audit committee, he ...

Green party leader Giorgos Perdikis on Thursday sent a strongly worded letter to Famagusta district governor Yiannis Karousos after it was alleged that district government employees uprooted palm trees from ...

A fire which completely destroyed a car in the early hours of Thursday morning in Limassol was set maliciously, the police said. The car belonged to a 70-year-old man, with ...

The Nicosia general hospital is to introduce fees at its car park, the state health services organisation (Okypy) announced on Thursday. Okypy said there will now be a “controlled parking ...

The fire brigade’s report on the fire which killed a family of five in Limassol last weekend is set to be submitted to the police on Monday, fire brigade ...

Michalis Katsounotos was on Thursday among three people named as the police’s assistant chiefs. He was appointed to the role alongside Ioannis Mavrochannas and Marios Ayiotis, with the appointments ...