Tom Cleaver

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Sunday described the European Union’s outgoing High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell as a “true friend of Cyprus”, as his tenure in Brussels ...

Three and a half years since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood inside the former Dianellos cigarette factory which has functioned as the Turkish Cypriot legislature since 1974 and promised a ...

The 24-year-old man who fell out of a moving vehicle in the early hours of Saturday morning remains in a critical condition after having undergone surgery, the police said on ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Sunday said he is “optimistic” that an ongoing dispute between doctors and the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be resolved within the week. He ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Saturday set a hard deadline of midday on Sunday for trade unions and employers’ groups to decide whether they will accept his proposal to bring ...

Green Party MP Charalambos Theopemptou on Saturday called for assisted dying to be legalised in Cyprus. Reacting to the bill on the matter which is making its way through the ...

A total of 69 Cypriot artefacts which were in the possession of a private citizen in Austria are to be returned to Cyprus, it was announced on Saturday. The artefacts were ...

Two people were arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning after a fight outside a nightclub in Larnaca. Police were called to the scene at around 3am, with reports ...

The number of crossings made between the Republic and the north by Greek Cypriots fell by almost 4.5 per cent in the first nine months of the year compared to the ...

The Amalthea plan, Cyprus’ humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, will be reactivated soon, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday night. Addressing an event in Limassol, he said the transfer ...

Public debate over whether Cyprus should join Nato is “premature”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday night.  “At present, the government is “working to increase our compatibility with Nato ...

An earthquake measuring five on the Richter scale hit off the coast of Cyprus on Friday evening. According to Turkey’s disaster and emergency management directorate (Afad), the earthquake occurred ...

The issue of the north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak)’s membership of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Enqa) “must be resolved” before a scheduled ...

The government’s plan for a private company to operate the Larnaca port and marina on a temporary basis until a new investor is found to upgrade its infrastructure “puts ...

Polish football club Legia Warsaw on Friday demanded that European football governing body Uefa take action over a “scandalous” tifo unveiled by fans of Cypriot club Omonia before the two ...

The government was forced to re-award its tender for the provision of new electric ministerial cars after the bid which had initially won the tender was disqualified on a technicality. ...

A new tender is to be opened for the operation and maintenance of the Larnaca marina, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday. Speaking after the day’s cabinet meeting, ...

The north plans to increase the minimum number of votes required for a political party to be elected to ‘parliament’, transport minister Erhan Arikli said on Thursday. Speaking to Kibris ...

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, will be put into operation on ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Thursday said he plans to “bring onto the agenda” the possible opening of a second crossing point in the capital’s old town. ...

A 58-year-old man was arrested at Paphos airport after police found him to be in possession of a total of 32 grammes of cocaine, the police announced on Thursday. The man ...

There will be “no escalation” of strike action taken by doctors, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Tuesday. He was speaking after a meeting with doctors’ unions which took place ...

A group of 39 United States congressmen have penned a letter to the country’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken seeking to clarify, among other things, whether Hamas is operating in ...

Police in Larnaca were on “high alert” on Thursday morning, with Polish football fans arriving in the town en route to their club Legia Warsaw’s Europa Conference League fixture ...