Tom Cleaver

A man is in a critical condition after being run over by a lorry while walking on the old road linking Limassol and Nicosia near the village of Moni, the ...

The United States navy’s replenishment tanker ship the USS Laramie arrived in Limassol on Thursday, the country’s ambassador in Nicosia Julie Davis Fisher said. She said the ship ...

Independent Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Jale Refik Rogers on Wednesday called for compulsory sex education to be introduced in schools in the north. She made reference to the revelation that more ...

The Cyprus problem “could be solved in three months” under the right negotiating framework, former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator Ozdil Nami said on Wednesday. Speaking to Kibris Postasi TV, he ...

The international isolation suffered by the Turkish Cypriot people since 1963 is a “crime against humanity”, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday. “Those who remain silent about this situation ...

Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras on Wednesday said he is “satisfied” with the government’s decisions regarding the future of the town’s port and marina, placing Greek state-owned asset management ...

The “pay as you throw” scheme, wherein people are forced to pay for special issue rubbish bags to have their rubbish collected, will cost each consumer between €150 and €250 per year, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said Cyprus’ trilateral cooperation with Egypt and Greece has as one of its main objectives “the promotion of peace and stability in the region”. Speaking ...

Two teenagers, aged 16 and 15 years old, were remanded in custody for three days on Wednesday after having been arrested on suspicion of participating in the violent incidents which took place ...

A contract for the controversial roadworks in Akamas is in the process of being terminated on the grounds of violations of its terms, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou told the House ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is making an extraordinary visit to Cyprus on Thursday. Citing sources, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported that Herzog’s visit is related to the “intergovernmental ...

The north’s ruling coalition partners “have not met in 20 days”, ‘deputy prime minister’ and DP leader Fikri Ataoglu said on Tuesday, as coalition partner YDP mulls a potential withdrawal. ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Tuesday ruled himself out of another run for office, with Turkish Cypriot leadership elections set to take place in October. In a social ...

The Greek state-owned asset management company Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRDAF) was on Tuesday placed in the driving seat of the Larnaca port’s development. The decision was made ...

The north’s ‘agriculture ministry’ on Tuesday announced its intention to import “high value sheep” from abroad with the aim of being able to bolster halloumi production in the face ...

Greek Cypriot violations of the United Nations buffer zone are “acts of self-defence”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Speaking to public broadcaster CyBC as draft copies of UN ...

Cyprus, Greece, and Egypt are gearing up for a trilateral summit of the three countries’ heads of government, which is set to take place in the Egyptian capital Cairo on ...

A donkey found to have been shot multiple times by a hunter is in a “critical condition” after being taken in for treatment by the Tashkent nature park in the ...

A bill which would have increased the punishment for animal fighting in the north was rejected in ‘parliament’ on Monday, with independent ‘MP’ Hasan Tosunoglu insisting that cock fighting is “...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ latest report on the UN’s good offices in Cyprus praised both Greece and Turkey for their improving relations, saying their support will be “critical” ...

A total of 61 girls under the age of 18 years old in the north gave birth last year – a rate of more than one per week – the Cyprus Turkish medical association (...

Cyprus’ defence ministry is dangerously and deliberately blurring the lines between civilian and military facilities by “disguising military positions within civilian structures”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. In a ...

By Tom Cleaver Poland’s “primary mission” as it takes on the European Council’s rotating presidency is to “unite all 27 European Union member states around the common goal of ...

The United Nations must “avoid equating” the actions taken by Cyprus’ two sides in the island’s buffer zone in Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ coming report regarding the situation on the ...