Tom Cleaver

Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman on Thursday expressed his distaste at the arrest of Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday offered his “deepest condolences” to Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro and “the people of Portugal” following the death of 17 people after the derailment of a ...

The transport ministry has instructed the road transport department and the information technology services department to rectify matters after motorists were left without valid road tax certificates despite paying their ...

The European chief public prosecutor’s office (EPPO) on Thursday confirmed that it had launched an investigation into the Great Sea Interconnector project, which has been planned to link the ...

Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north, was released on bail on Thursday after having been arrested himself on Wednesday. He ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday promised “further policies” to aid displaced persons and their descendants at a meeting with mukhtars-in-exile. “We will look at the issues which concern you and ...

The anti-corruption authority on Thursday corroborated attorney-general George Savvides’ position that he never received three “corruption cases” from it regarding alleged irregularities at the Vasiliko natural gas (LNG) import terminal. “...

Cyprus’ holding of the Council of the European Union’s presidency in the first half of next year will be “of crucial importance” for efforts to achieve unanimity among the ...

The north’s ‘health ministry’ issued an official denial that there had been a chlorine gas leak at the Teknecik power station in Kyrenia after four people had been hospitalised ...

Cyprus Turkish bar association chairman Hasan Esendagli late on Wednesday night visited Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north, who was ...

Zorbas is one of the 26 names jointly chosen by the met offices of Cyprus, Greece and Israel to be given to storms which occur in the region between this coming ...

Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July, was himself arrested on Wednesday, according to reports. Sources confirmed to the ...

Kenan Ayaz, who was convicted last year of being a member of a proscribed terrorist organisation after being extradited from Cyprus to Germany, will return to Cyprus next week to ...

Greek Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis on Wednesday called on the Cypriot government to “clarify its position” over the Great Sea Interconnector project. The project, if completed, will connect the ...

Ninety-five per cent of families displaced by the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district in July have now received a lump sum payment from the government, President Nikos Christodoulides ...

The military court case regarding the alleged illegal entry into the north of five Greek Cypriots who were arrested near Trikomo in July was on Wednesday adjourned for a week ...

A 22-year-old man was remanded in custody for eight days on Wednesday after being arrested in connection with the attempted murder of a security guard and setting four hire cars ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Tuesday warned of “consequences” for any “third country” which seeks to obstruct the construction of the Great Sea Interconnector, which, if complete, will link ...

Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman said that the policies being followed by incumbent Ersin Tatar are turning the north into an “open-air prison”. “There have been no ...

Just 13 per cent of Cypriots favour the idea of Turkey joining the European Union, according to data published by the EU’s Eurobarometer survey on Tuesday. Meanwhile, 84 per cent of ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou will hold separate meetings with workers and employers over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) with the aim of staving off the looming three-hour general strike over the ...

The House refugees committee on Tuesday discussed the creation of a new national fund to reimburse Greek Cypriots who lost access to their immovable property as a result of being ...

The north’s electricity authority (Kib-Tek) on Tuesday afternoon denied there had been a chlorine gas leak at the Teknecik power station near Kyrenia, alleging that the report of a ...

Priti Patel, the United Kingdom’s current shadow foreign secretary and former international development secretary, suggested the creation of a new jetty off the coast of Gaza to facilitate the ...