Tom Cleaver

Members of the European parliament late on Wednesday night condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent visit to the north, with one describing him as “a neo-Ottoman tyrant and ...

The House ethics committee on Wednesday discussed a bill which would force the government to post all laws and acts passed on an internet-based platform, with the aim of “ensuring ...

A Turkish Cypriot journalist who received death threats after publishing a series of articles in which an interviewee had made allegations of a deep money-laundering and smuggling network based in ...

The European Union consistently defends the rights of Cyprus and Cypriot citizens, Nacho Sanchez Amor, member of the European parliament and its rapporteur regarding the European Commission’s 2023 and 2024 reports ...

Member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou on Wednesday announced that he is to visit Russia “in a few days”. He made the announcement during a European parliament debate titled “...

Restoration works at the mosque in the Paphos district village of Terra have been completed, with a handover ceremony having been attended by dozens of Turkish Cypriots who originated in ...

There will be no further investigation into the protest staged by hunters in March which blocked the motorway linking Nicosia and Limassol, police chief Themistos Arnaoutis said on Wednesday. He ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Tuesday refused to acquiesce to a request filed by the north’s chief public prosecutor’s office to lift the immunity of ruling coalition party ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday poured cold water on the idea of opening a new crossing point in central Nicosia, saying that President Nikos Christodoulides had requested the ...

European parliament President Roberta Metsola is to visit Cyprus on Saturday. She is to meet President Nikos Christodoulides at the presidential palace in Nicosia, before visiting the Cyens centre of ...

A floating dock sank off the coast of Limassol on Tuesday, the fisheries department said. It added that the dock was around 1.8 nautical miles off the coast, and that the ...

The trial of two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by news company Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as Cyprus citizens, commonly known as ...

Cypriots pay the second-highest rates for electricity in Europe when adjusted for spending power, Eurostat data released on Tuesday showed. Only consumers in the Czech Republic pay more for their ...

A 76-year-old man who travelled to Cyprus for a holiday in April admitted on Tuesday to having sexually abused a six-year-old girl while on the island. The man is reportedly ...

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan on Tuesday said he had filed a lawsuit to restore his client’s degree, which had been revoked in March. The degree ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday praised the “strong reaction from our Turkish Cypriot compatriots” in recent protests against both the north’s ruling coalition and against Turkish President Recep Tayyip ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday issued a warning to Turkish Cypriot trade unions over their opposition to the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday opened Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s new official residence in Ayios Dhometios. Erdogan arrived at the palace with Tatar, who had welcomed ...

A total of five people were arrested at a small protest held near the new official residence of Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, which is due to be officially opened ...

Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who served under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called for charges of treason to be brought against those suspected of having been involved in a ...

A couple of hundred people gathered at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point in western Nicosia on Saturday morning to protest against the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to ...

The Organisations of Turkic States’ (OTS) council of elders held a meeting in Kyrenia on Friday – the council’s 17th since its establishment in 2010. It was attended by council chairman ...

For the third time since April 8, thousands of Turkish Cypriots took to the streets to protest against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs ...

The north’s ruling coalition on Friday morning took measures to order the postponement of strikes in essential services as Turkish Cypriot workers began a day-long general strike on Friday. ...