Tom Cleaver

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Monday said his ‘government’ is to begin “serious work” to allow Turkish Cypriots abroad to vote in the north’s elections. Speaking during ...

The north’s ‘finance minister’ Ozdemir Berova on Monday defended his ‘ministry’s’ use of stolen vehicles for official purposes. Speaking in ‘parliament’, he said that while 61 vehicles imported from ...

Monday’s court hearing regarding the three people facing criminal charges over a report by news company Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the ...

Cypriot natural gas will be extracted from under the sea for the first time in 2027, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday. Speaking to Politis radio, he said he expects ...

The government is forecast to make a total of €37 million from tax revenues related to the country’s only licenced casino, the gaming and casino supervision commission said on Monday. ...

Turkish ambassador to the European Union Faruk Kaymakci on Sunday called for Cyprus to think of other European Union member states and allow the EU-Turkey high-level energy dialogue to restart. ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Sunday expressed his opposition to what he described as the government’s efforts to “integrate Cyprus into Nato”. Speaking at his party’s youth wing ...

The north’s ‘finance ministry’ is using stolen cars for official purposes, former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem Kudret Ozersay said on Sunday. In a post on ...

A demonstration was held in Nicosia’s central Eleftheria square on Sunday over the train crash which killed 57 people between the Greek villages of Tempi and Evangelismos on the mainline ...

Residents of Rizokarpaso on Sunday staged a protest to demand that the road linking the village to the Apostolos Andeas monastery be completely rebuilt. A couple of hundred people blocked ...

A ceremony was heled in Limassol on Sunday to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the death of George Grivas, the leader of Eoka between 1955 and 1959 and the founder of Eoka ...

A tree was planted in London on Saturday as a memorial to the 24 Cypriot children and 11 Cypriot adults who died when the hotel in which they were staying in Turkey ...

Two British nationals were arrested at Larnaca airport after having been found attempting to smuggle 148 boxes of cigarettes from the north to their home country. The pair, a 65-year-old man ...

A 24-year-old man has been arrested as part of the police’s investigations into an attempted murder which occurred in the Larnaca district village of Kornos, the police said on ...

The highway connecting Paphos and Polis Chrysochous will be complete by either 2030 or 2032, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Friday. Speaking during a visit to Polis Chrysochous with the town’...

Turkish Cypriot Kythrea and Louroujina mayor Ali Karavezirler on Friday said the village of Louroujina is ready to “complete the 380-metre distance” between itself and the adjacent Greek Cypriot village ...

Public sector doctors’ trade union Pasyki on Friday expressed fury at the fact that the state health services organisation (Okypy) had not sent a representative to Thursday’s House health ...

Cypriot football giants Omonia on Friday said archrivals Apoel receive “preferential treatment” from the state, as the debate regarding unpaid taxes heats up. Omonia’s statement comes after Apoel were, ...

A bullet casing was found in the car driven by the 37-year-old suspect in the case surrounding the death of 24-year-old Shoaib Khan in the buffer zone-adjacent village of Potamia, ...

The case against Turkish Cypriot former MEP candidate Oz Karahan was on Friday adjourned until March to allow the defence to be given all witness material and to find a ...

Senior citizens in the Paphos district village of Steni are to participate in a European Union Erasmus project aimed at empowering elderly people to fight against climate change. The contract ...

The United Nations security council is set to reaffirm its commitment to a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, according to a draft copy of the resolution which will see ...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Thursday cited Cyprus among a number of issues facing Turkey’s candidacy to join the EU. Speaking to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Thursday said he is considering ways to involve the private sector in accident and emergency units in Cyprus. Speaking to the House health committee, he ...