Tom Cleaver

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday condemned northern Cyprus’ unilateral declaration of independence as a “reprehensible act”, on its 42nd anniversary. “Today’s sad anniversary of the illegal and internationally illegitimate ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman called for “peace and friendship with the Greek Cypriot people” in his message marking the 42nd anniversary of the Turkish Cypriots’ unilateral declaration of independence. “...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday praised the “extremely constructive” approach taken by Cyprus regarding relations between the European Union and Turkey, as it prepares to undertake the Council of ...

Law commissioner Sofia Cleopa Hadjikyriakou lamented that her office is understaffed and staffed with people from the wrong ministry as she appeared in front of the House finance committee, which ...

The government aims for Cyprus to have a “hydrogen production business ecosystem” by the end of 2027 to bolster the island’s energy production, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Friday. ...

Seismic activity in and around Cyprus has been “gradually reducing” in strength in the aftermath of the two strong earthquakes which struck near Paphos on Wednesday, the geological survey department ...

United Nations special representative Khassim Diagne on Friday met Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu for the first time, as his contacts continue after arriving on the island to take ...

Turkish Cypriots reacted largely positively on Friday to the first meeting of Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, following the former’s election ...

Salih Cansec, the chief of the north’s tender commission, on Thursday had his remand extended for a further seven days after having been arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued to insist on a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem after his first meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman following the latter’s ...

Members of parliament on Thursday mulled the prospect of giving the Paphos district another parliamentary seat and, in turn, taking one away from the Nicosia district, with a final vote ...

Salih Cansec, the chief of the north’s tender commission, appeared in court on Thursday after having been arrested late on Wednesday night on suspicion of taking bribes. According to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday welcomed Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio to the presidential palace, marking the first ever visit of a Sierra Leonean president to the island. The ...

A small boat with a total of 21 Syrian nationals on board arrived in Cyprus, near the village of Rizokarpaso, on Thursday morning. The 21 people, all male, were spotted by the ...

An agreement was signed on Thursday to bring to an end the months of wrangling between workers and employers over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) and set how it is implemented ...

Seismic activity in and around Cyprus is “expected to ease” after the two strong earthquakes which struck near Paphos on Wednesday, geological survey department director Christodoulos Hadjigeorgiou said on Thursday. ...

The European Commission will “continue to do everything it can” to promote the planned Great Sea Interconnector project, European energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen said on Thursday. He was speaking to ...

The Turkish government on Wednesday donated US$100,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP). The donation was formally handed over to the CMP’s Turkish Cypriot member Hakki Muftuzade by ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday evening departed Cyprus for Turkey ahead of his first meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since being elected to the role last ...

The court case against the two Greek Cypriots who remain on trial for alleged privacy violations after five were arrested in July continued in Trikomo on Wednesday, with a representative ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday said the finding of natural gas under the seabed off the coasts of both Greece and Cyprus “demonstrates the strategic importance of our ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday offered his well wishes in both of Cyprus’ official languages – Turkish and Greek – as well as in English, as two strong earthquakes struck ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday said his country supports “efforts to reunify” Cyprus. “Our positions are clear. We support efforts to reunify the island as mandated by the ...

A wild Wednesday of weather and seismological activity saw Cyprus struck by two earthquakes measuring above five on the Richter scale, while large swathes of the island were also hit ...