Tom Cleaver

Cyprus’ political parties on Thursday largely welcomed the United States’ decision to allow the Republic of Cyprus to purchase military hardware directly. Disy leader and House president Annita Demetriou described ...

Lawyers representing journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of having “insulted” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, on Thursday requested that the case against ...

United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo will meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on February 10, Tatar’s office announced on Thursday. DiCarlo’s meeting with Tatar is the first ...

The United States’ decision to allow the Republic of Cyprus to purchase military hardware directly is “a development of historic importance”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. “It reflects the ...

Two of the three Turkish Cypriots who were declared wanted by the Republic of Cyprus’ police in relation to the shooting of a 24-year-old Pakistani national on Wednesday publicly denied ...

Cyprus’ first Vice President Dr Fazil Kucuk and his successor Rauf Denktash, who went on to serve as Turkish Cypriot leader for over three decades, were remembered at ceremonies in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday night hailed the ceasefire agreement struck between the State of Israel and insurgent group Hamas in Gaza. “I welcome the ceasefire agreement in Gaza with ...

Cyprus has been authorised to buy military hardware directly from the United States government after joining three programmes run by the country’s department of defence on Wednesday night. As ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader and former ‘prime minister’ Tufan Erhurman leads the way in the first poll of the year to ask Turkish Cypriots who they plan ...

European Council President Antonio Costa will invite Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun to Brussels, Cypriot government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Letymbiotis said President Nikos Christodoulides had encouraged ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday night called for Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to have “positive” intentions when the pair meet over the matter of opening new crossing points between ...

A Greek Cypriot taxi driver appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Tuesday after having crossed to the north at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point with two women in the ...

Turkish Cypriot halloumi producer Meric on Tuesday became the fourth Turkish Cypriot halloumi mark to receive the European Union’s protected designation of origin (PDO) certificate. The company is named ...

Francina Armengol, the chairwoman of Spain’s Congress of deputies, the lower of its two legislative chambers, on Tuesday said her country and Cyprus must “join forces” with the European ...

Shamishi was named as the “worst-rated” Cypriot food by users of popular gastronomic tourism website Taste Atlas. The dessert was given an average of just 3.2 stars by the website’s ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Tuesday urged the House commerce committee to pass a bill which would set maximum prices for bottled water at some points of sale to a ...

The government’s goal is to “create a new production model based on the use of smart technology” in the field of agriculture, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday. ...

Poland’s ambassador in Nicosia Marek Szczepanowski on Tuesday outlined the seven pillars of its country’s tenure as European Council president. Speaking at an event at European Union House ...

Two companies based in Cyprus were included on the latest list of entities sanctioned by the United States for aiding Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The list was published ...

The head of the north’s citrus export company Cypfruvex, which is accused of having trafficked hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals and left them to live in squalid conditions in camps ...

Harsh words flew back and forth on Friday over plans to upgrade the road linking the village of Rizokarpaso and the Apostolos Andreas monastery, with the north’s ‘transport minister’ ...

Discussions are underway to potentially create direct transport links between the north and Syria, the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said. Speaking to the north’s public broadcaster BRT, ...

The European Union must “actively and systematically support” Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Christodoulides was the first foreign leader to meet Aoun ...

The fiscal council’s budget for 2025 is over 12 per cent larger than its budget for the previous year, according to information revealed on Friday. News website Stockwatch reported that the ...