Tom Cleaver

A fire broke out at a private members’ club in Larnaca during the early hours of Thursday morning, causing “extensive damage” to the premises, the police said. The police and ...

Thursday is set to begin with cloud cover across most of the island, with those clouds to bring with them the possibility of rain, though the skies are expected to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman is to veto a law passed by the Turkish Cypriot legislature last week which criminalised the naming of high-profile individuals who appear in court accused ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Wednesday defended his decision to call on Israel to “finish the job” in its war with Iran, while also lambasting Akel for criticising his ...

British Cypriot MP Nesil Caliskan has been appointed to a government post for the first time, being named by the country’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as the parliamentary ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said that “we are proud of Cyprus’ Maronite community” while welcoming a delegation from the community, led by its outgoing non-voting representative in parliament Yiannakis ...

Wardens at the central prison will go on strike for 24 hours on Friday next week, trade union Isotita announced on Wednesday. The union demanded the immediate termination of disciplinary proceedings ...

Allegations of perjury against Alma leader and former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides resurfaced on Wednesday, with letters having been sent to both the legal service and to police chief Themistos Arnaoutis ...

European Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen on Tuesday stressed the European Commission’s “crystal clear” commitment to the planned Great Sea Interconnector project, which, if completed, will link the energy grids ...

The prospect of an independent criminal investigator being appointed to examine allegations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis against a number of high-profile figures is now “out of the question”, according ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said he wished he had never held the post and instead remained in post as Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’. Speaking during an ...

Greece is “our most steadfast support”, Disy leader Annita Demetriou said after meeting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday. She said that she and Mitsotakis had “discussed developments in ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides on Tuesday hailed a deal reached by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament regarding a new regulation aimed at securing stocks and ...

The blanket ban on the use of personal drones on the British bases has been lifted, the bases’ authorities said on Tuesday, while the ban on drones near the north’...

Disy is beginning to pull out a lead ahead of Akel, according to the latest poll ahead of the forthcoming parliamentary elections, with both parties vying to be the largest ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Monday handwrote a draft bill to cut Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’ salaries by 10 per cent during a session of the Turkish Cypriot legislature. Members ...

The court of appeal on Monday ordered a retrial of Georgios Christodoulou Zavrantonas, who was in 2022 sentenced to 22 years in prison for the possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine. Zavrantonas’ lawyer ...

European Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen has reiterated the European Union’s support for the Great Sea Interconnector, which, if completed, will link the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece and Israel, ...

A report into accusations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis against a number of high-profile figures, centred on allegations of abuse of a woman named only as ‘Sandy’, was handed by ...

Cyprus is “fully prepared” for hantavirus, “both in terms of laboratory support and in terms of managing potential cases”, the health ministry said on Monday, with the number of cases ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Monday pledged his commitment to Ukraine’s “territorial integrity and sovereignty” as he met his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha on the sidelines of the day’...

Outgoing United States ambassador in Nicosia Julie Davis on Monday expressed pride at having “done so much” during her term as ambassador, as she held a farewell meeting with President ...

Commerce Minister Michael Damianos on Monday hailed the European Union’s imminent signing of a new interim trade agreement with Mexico, describing it and the establishment of a more general ...

European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna on Monday hailed the European Union’s new simplified rules regarding the use of biocides in food and feed production, while the Council of ...