Tom Cleaver

United Nations undersecretary-general for peacekeeping operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Tuesday called for calm in the buffer zone after a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides. He said the UN peacekeeping force ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades on Tuesday accepted that there is the “possibility” of a fuel shortage, with maritime traffic at the Strait of Hormuz having once again come to a ...

The amount of goods sold southwards over the Green Line fell by over €1 million last year compared to 2024, according to statistics published on Tuesday by the Turkish Cypriot chamber of ...

The owner of a block of flats which collapsed, killing 96 people inside, and who then attempted to flee to Cyprus to start a new life in the hours after the ...

Tuesday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across most of the island for most of the day, though clouds are expected to gather during the evening hours. Those ...

A joint letter sent by the governments of Greece and Cyprus to the European Investment Bank requested a new due diligence study, not extra funding, for the Great Sea Interconnector ...

The Turkish Cypriot legislature on Monday voted unanimously to withdraw a bill aiming to cut payments of the cost-of-living allowance to public sector workers which had earlier provoked a general ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides on Monday set out what he described as his ministry’s five priorities as he presented a report on its work over the course of last ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou and Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis met on Monday to discuss ways forward for discussions aimed at solving the Cyprus problem. Stefanou described the meeting as “...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Monday said he will inform cabinet about “what is going to happen” in the case regarding allegations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis against a number ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘education minister’ Kemal Durust appeared in court on Monday, as he prepares to stand trial for his part in the “fake diploma scandal”. He faces a litany ...

The National Guard is “closely monitoring” the situation in and around the buffer zone after fears arose of heightened tensions near the buffer zone village of Pyla last week, Defence ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Sila Usar Incirli on Sunday told United Nations undersecretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo of the need for a federal solution to the Cyprus ...

The visit of United Nations undersecretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix to Cyprus is “important”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. He told the Cyprus News Agency that Lacroix’...

A 41-year-old Ukrainian national on Monday pleaded guilty to advertising and promoting the sale of property in the north which prior to 1974 belonged to Greek Cypriots. The man, named as ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has been warned that his relations with Elam may create “serious problems” for him at the European level, according to reports. Newspaper Politis wrote that Manfred Weber, ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday offered terse words for both the Greek Cypriot side and Israel for “forming an alliance against Muslim countries” during his closing address at ...

The Turkish Cypriots are “one of two equal founding partners in Cyprus”, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman stressed on Saturday, as he took to the stage at the Antalya diplomacy ...

A Bluetooth tracking device which was posted to a Dutch frigate. deployed to the waters off Cyprus after the island was hit by an Iranian-made drone last month, allowed it ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Saturday expressed bemusement at the rising costs of construction for the new road which, if completed, will link Paphos with Polis Chrysochous, with the ...

The new town hall which will be built in Larnaca “will perfectly reflect the European capital of culture” – the title which the town is set to hold in 2030 – deputy mayor ...

The Cypriot government has promised to provide at least €850,000 worth of humanitarian assistance to Sudan as the civil war in the northeast African country enters its fourth year. “At the ...

The total number of farms infected with foot and mouth disease in Cyprus has now risen to 101, the veterinary services department said on Saturday. It said that following the latest ...

A total of three countries made direct reference to the ‘TRNC’ in official government announcements related to meetings held on the sidelines of the Antalya diplomacy forum. The Turkish government ...