Tom Cleaver

President Nikos Christodoulides announced six changes to his cabinet on Friday in the second major reshuffle of his term so far, and the first in almost two years. Michael Damianos, ...

The House finance committee is “approaching the end” of its debate regarding the government’s sweeping tax reform proposals, committee chairwoman and Diko MP Christiana Erotokritou said on Friday, describing ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday lamented a “lack of results” in efforts to resolve the issue of long tailbacks and congestions at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point in ...

The prospect of a railway line being constructed in Cyprus is not to be laughed at, European transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas said on Tuesday. “Don’t laugh at [the idea ...

European transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas on Tuesday said he considers himself to be a second Cypriot commissioner, alongside his “good friend”, fisheries commissioner Costas Kadis. “For me, Cyprus has two ...

Cyprus’ close relations with most of its neighbours can aid the European Union’s fight against illegal and unregulated fishing when it takes over the Council of the European Union’...

The Iranian government on Saturday confirmed that it had seized a tanker vessel operated by Cyprus-based company Columbia Shipmanagement, with news agency Reuters quoting state media as saying the ship ...

Larnaca is both ready and set to host its annual marathon on Sunday, with more than 13,000 runners from 85 countries expected to pound the town’s streets across the event’s ...

Greece’s foreign ministry on Saturday promised to “never accept” northern Cyprus’ unilateral declaration of independence, on its 42nd anniversary. “Today marks 42 years since the illegal, invalid … [and] unilateral proclamation ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday both called for a “just, lasting, and sustainable solution” to the Cyprus problem, as the north celebrated the 42...

Credit rating agency S&P has upgraded the outlook of Cyprus’ economy from “stable” to “positive”, citing a “faster than expected” improvement in external debt ratios. The island’s ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday condemned northern Cyprus’ unilateral declaration of independence as a “reprehensible act”, on its 42nd anniversary. “Today’s sad anniversary of the illegal and internationally illegitimate ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman called for “peace and friendship with the Greek Cypriot people” in his message marking the 42nd anniversary of the Turkish Cypriots’ unilateral declaration of independence. “...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday praised the “extremely constructive” approach taken by Cyprus regarding relations between the European Union and Turkey, as it prepares to undertake the Council of ...

Law commissioner Sofia Cleopa Hadjikyriakou lamented that her office is understaffed and staffed with people from the wrong ministry as she appeared in front of the House finance committee, which ...

The government aims for Cyprus to have a “hydrogen production business ecosystem” by the end of 2027 to bolster the island’s energy production, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Friday. ...

Seismic activity in and around Cyprus has been “gradually reducing” in strength in the aftermath of the two strong earthquakes which struck near Paphos on Wednesday, the geological survey department ...

United Nations special representative Khassim Diagne on Friday met Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu for the first time, as his contacts continue after arriving on the island to take ...

Turkish Cypriots reacted largely positively on Friday to the first meeting of Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, following the former’s election ...

Salih Cansec, the chief of the north’s tender commission, on Thursday had his remand extended for a further seven days after having been arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued to insist on a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem after his first meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman following the latter’s ...

Members of parliament on Thursday mulled the prospect of giving the Paphos district another parliamentary seat and, in turn, taking one away from the Nicosia district, with a final vote ...

Salih Cansec, the chief of the north’s tender commission, appeared in court on Thursday after having been arrested late on Wednesday night on suspicion of taking bribes. According to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday welcomed Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio to the presidential palace, marking the first ever visit of a Sierra Leonean president to the island. The ...