Tom Cleaver

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s lawyer Mehmet Pehlivanli on Tuesday announced that he had filed criminal charges against the three people who had signed a report which declared that the ...

The north’s authorities “have blood on their hands” over the death of a 25-year-old worker at a “nightclub” in the village of Yerolakkos, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ ...

The government on Tuesday received an official invitation from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to attend the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem which is set to take place on ...

Employees of the Paphos district government are to engage in a two-hour strike on March 13 to protest against the EOA’s apparent refusal to enter into a collective labour agreement. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday announced that he will stand for re-election in the role in October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership elections. “I am running for president. I ...

Fast-track examinations of planning permission applications for medium-risk projects are now going ahead, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday. The announcement follows the introduction of fast-track applications for low-risk ...

A 25-year-old woman was found dead on Monday night at a “nightclub” in the village of Yerolakkos, Turkish Cypriot police confirmed on Tuesday. The woman, who had officially been employed ...

‘A brain gain rather than a brain drain’ was what President Nikos Christodoulides promised last week when announcing plans to visit London in May with the aim of persuading Cypriots ...

Turkey sacked its ambassador in the north for the second time in the space of six months shortly before midnight on Friday, with the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...

Turkish Cypriot perpetual candidate Arif Salih Kirdag on Friday said he will once again stand to be Turkish Cypriot leader in October if he can garner financial sponsorship to do ...

The Islamic holy month of Ramadan is set to begin on Saturday. The first taraweeh prayer of the month will take place on Friday night, with fasting set to begin ...

The month of March has been designated as “Civil protection and civil defence month” by Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou, with the coming 31 days set to form part of his and ...

A USB storage device containing content extracted from the mobile phone of former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis was the main topic of discussion at Friday’s hearing of the court ...

Around 7,000 faulty airbags have been replaced so far since the government decreed the recall of over 80,000 cars at the beginning of February, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Friday. Speaking ...

Cabinet will discuss the ongoing crisis at the English School next week, according to reports which surfaced on Friday. The Cyprus News Agency reported that President Nikos Christodoulides has “been ...

The launch of the digital ‘e-Kalathi’ platform, which was designed to inform consumers about the prices of essential goods and allow them to compare the prices thereof, has been delayed ...

A 27-year-old man who was reported missing in Larnaca in 2013 has been located safe and sound in another country, the police said on Friday. The police said the man was ...

Lawyers acting on behalf of former state pathologist Panicos Stavrianos on Friday sent a letter to President Nikos Christodoulides claiming his rights had been violated when he appealed a court ...

The Nicosia municipality on Friday congratulated Limassol and Larnaca for progressing to the second stage of the bidding process to become the European capital of culture in 2030. “This distinction is ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Thursday called for the government’s tax reform plans to be complete by autumn. He said he has received “positive reactions” to Wednesday’s announcement ...

Cyprus’ political parties issued mixed responses to tax reform plans announced by President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday. Disy, Cyprus’ largest party, said the plans contain “elements which satisfy us” but ...

Serhat Akpinar, the founding rector of Kyrenia’s Girne American University and current Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ for ruling coalition party the DP, on Thursday defended the legality of the studies ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader and former ‘prime minister’ Tufan Erhurman leads incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar by five per cent in the latest poll asking Turkish ...

Omer Faruk Karaguzel, the lawyer of Turkey’s ambassador in the north Yasin Ekrem Serim, on Wednesday threatened to “use our legal rights against baseless news and slander” after Turkish ...