Tom Cleaver

The north’s supreme court and the Cyprus Turkish bar association have issued a joint demand for a referendum to be held with a view to enacting sweeping reforms to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday met the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel, with the latter in open revolt over the former’s stance on the Cyprus problem. ...

Pensioners’ union Ekysy on Monday said the government’s claim that it has allocated €13.5 million of extra funding to cover increases to pensions for low-income pensioners is “misleading”. It said ...

The government on Monday announced the signing of a contract worth €12 million for the construction of 54 affordable two-bedroom apartments in the Nicosia suburb of Strovolos. The agreement was signed by ...

The inflection point in Turkish Cypriot politics, the crossroads, the quasi-referendum between a two-state solution and a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, between Europe and Turkey, this year’s ...

Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre on Thursday night said that Cyprus should focus on “security and defence and competitiveness” when the island takes over the Council of the European ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Friday held a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, with the call coming just days after Iran summoned Cyprus’ ambassador in Tehran ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday said that it is expected that United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin will return to Cyprus in January, with a fresh enlarged meeting ...

Around 16 serious offences were committed in Cyprus every day on average throughout last year, according to Cystat, the government’s statistical service, which stated that 5,942 serious offences were reported to ...

A solution to the Cyprus problem is up to the Greek Cypriots, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday. He told Turkish public broadcaster TRT that “Greek Cypriot officials ...

Fatma Unal, who has enjoyed a years-long close personal association with the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel, was on Thursday asked by the prosecution to change her lawyer in ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Thursday denied reports that the governments of Cyprus, Israel, and Greece are planning to combine to create a military “rapid reaction force” to counter Turkish ...

Cyprus can “give a big boost” to Moldova’s process of acceding to the European Union, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. Speaking upon his arrival at the day’s ...

The European Union “must deliver” on the issue of enlargement, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. “Enlargement falls within the European Union’s political range and we must do much ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said the European Union must “confront” countries which attempt to help Russia evade sanctions placed on it as a result of its invasion of Ukraine. ...

Tractors were stationed line astern outside the presidential palace on Thursday as Cypriot farmers joined a continent-wide protest against planned changes to the European Union’s common agricultural policy and ...

Five of Cyprus’ six members of the European parliament on Wednesday night voted to approve a motion empowering the parliament to enter negotiations with the European Council for the creation ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s undersecretary Huseyin Cahitoglu was on Wednesday accused of money laundering during his third appearance in court after being arrested on suspicion of bribery ...

The state budget for 2026 was approved by parliament on Wednesday, with 37 MPs voting in its favour and 19 voting against. Votes in favour came from MPs from the three parties which ...

A French court has rejected an extradition request filed by the Republic of Cyprus regarding a man whom it accuses of developing property on land in the north owned by ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday accused President Nikos Christodoulides of “disregarding his interlocutor” in his assertions that he is ready to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to ...

Iran summoned Cyprus’ ambassador in Tehran Petros Nacouzis and issued him a written objection after the Cypriot government issued a joint declaration with the United Arab Emirates on Sunday declaring ...

The Great Sea Interconnector project will not “collapse”, Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Wednesday, stressing that “there is no question” of such a thing happening. Speaking to CyBC radio, ...

Huseyin Mavideniz, the 29-year-old British national who was killed after a fight outside a bar in Trikomo in 2023, “might have had a chance to survive” if he had received medical ...